SHORELINE COMMUNITY COLLEGE

HUMANITIES DIVISION

Research-Based Argumentative Essay Assignment

• Choose a point of view you wish your reader to adopt.
   
• Consider who your audience is and what rhetorical strategy will best convince your readers.
   
• Make sure the point of view you devise is neither too broad for an essay nor too narrow (nor factual).
   
• Find at least two sources of information you can use to back up your thesis
  
• Cite sources using MLA citation style.
   
• Write a focused Argumentative Essay using detailed facts to support your argument.
   
• Title the essay with a title that captures the unique essence of the essay.
   
• Type the Argumentative Essay - 3 to 5 pages double-spaced - with the following heading:

Your Name
Sean Rody’s English 101
Quarter, Year
Argumentative Essay

• Fill out Argumentative Essay Evaluation completely (including number of points earned and precise, detailed reasons why points are deserved).

• Staple all pages together--before coming to class--and turn in on due date.