English Comp Final Paper Pt. 1

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1.     Identify a problem that is occurring in your state or profession/industry. Make sure your reader knows where the issue is located. For instance, if you are writing about an industry, identify the industry. What is your connection to the problem? How does it impact your state or profession/industry, and who does it tend to impact the most?    Write a double-spaced, argumentative research paper supporting your solution or argument. Keep in mind, your goal as a writer is to defend your claim through scholarly research and convince your reader that your solution or argument is a logical and supported one.   2.              Pick the solution or argument that you consider to be the best one from the research that you’ve done.   3.              Include at least five scholarly sources and proper in-text citations in APA or MLA format.   4.              Your paper must include a Works Cited or References page and acknowledge all sources that you summarize, paraphrase, and/or quote within the paper.   Your argumentative research paper should include a cover page if you are using APA and proper headers if you are using MLA. The paper must include a minimum of five scholarly sources such as eBooks, books, journals, or web pages that end in .edu, .org, or .gov. As you prepare this paper, ask yourself the following questions: ·       Have I established the context and purpose of my paper?  ·       Have I clearly stated my thesis and established the central theme? ·       Have I defined the scope of my thesis and determined key concepts?  ·       Have I selected information sources that relate to these concepts? ·       Have I used a variety of search strategies and appropriate information sources to access information? ·       Have I chosen sources based on multiple criteria such as relevance to the research question, currency, and authority? ·       Is my content appropriate and relevant?  ·       Have I made reference to readings as appropriate? ·       Have I communicated, organized, and synthesized information as appropriate? ·       Is my paper organized logically? Does my writing display focus and structure? ·       Have I correctly applied information use strategies concerning citations/references; choices among paraphrasing, summary, or quoting; use of information in the proper context; and choices about whether ideas are common knowledge or require attribution?  ·       Have I considered the ethical and legal restrictions on the use of published, confidential, and proprietary information? ·       Have I fulfilled the length requirement for the writing assignment and sufficiently addressed assignment criteria? ·       Have I properly documented sources of information?   For this paper please use the profession of police officer and relate to the real world issues of systematic racism and police misconduct and how as a cop you are trying to make the world see you as a good guy and trying to change the views of the world.    Also in this paper lease use the following quote as the thesis:   “Despite the negative attitudes developed towards police officers due to prevalent systematic racism and police brutality, it is vital to initiate appropriate reforms towards enhancing equality for all to regain public trust”