argument essay draft

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Argument Essay Rough Draft After you have completed your research and all preliminary assignments, you will write a 4-5 page researched argument essay that persuasively presents a thesis that makes a claim about an issue related to your topic.  You must support your ideas with evidence cited from at least four authoritative and credible sources, including at least two peer-reviewed journal articles, as well as scholarly books, government documents, specialized magazine articles, and/or interviews with experts.  Make your position stronger by bringing up opposing ideas and either refuting them or minimizing their importance.  Provide in-text citations within the essay to cite all paraphrases, quotations, and summaries, using MLA or APA.  Provide a list of all sources that you cite within the essay (Works Cited for MLA or References for APA).  Your list of sources should include only those sources you actually cite within the essay, and it should not include annotations.  You may use additional or different sources than you included in your annotated bibliography, but you do not need to annotate them. (Use your plan/outline as your guide for writing your rough draft – Don’t forget to add transitions).   Purpose: Persuasively present a claim on your selected topic.  Audience: Professor of the class and other students in the class who are college-level readers, but may not be familiar with your specific research topic. Guidelines: Use an essay format with an introduction (introduce topic and present thesis), body (develop and support thesis), and closing (reiterate the thesis and provide a sense of completeness).  Provide a controlling thesis that presents your central claim and support it with authoritative evidence drawn from at least four sources, including two peer-reviewed journal articles.  Bring up opposing ideas and deal with them persuasively. Format:     Length: 4-5 pages; typed and double spaced; Times New Roman; numbered pages,  Use MLA or APA style, providing in-text citations and a list of sources.