I will provide you with the sources and the outline/rough draft.
My topic is: Does money buy happiness?
Essay Requirements
You are going to write a research paper based upon the topic you picked at the beginning of class.
How Long?
5-7 pages (does not include coversheet or works cited page)
Formatting
12 point Times New Roman font, double spaced, 1” margins.
MLA parenthetical citations in essay text.
MLA Works Cited page.
What to Do
Write a well-developed, well-researched argument essay expanding on the topic you investigated for your annotated bibliography. In this essay, you will take a side within the debate as a stakeholder, and you will support your side through the use of evidence.
Your dual purpose is to educate and to persuade a neutral, well-informed reader (i.e., a professor) to adopt your position. The essay should make good use of the three rhetorical appeals (ethos/pathos/logos).
Choose to argue in one of these argument categories primarily:
Action: “we should do X”
Cause & Effect: “X causes/caused/is causing Y”
Compare & Contrast: “X is better than Y because…”
Definition: “Is X an/like an A a/like a B?”
Research Requirements – 8 sources minimum
Four of the sources (regardless of where they come from—internet, database, scholarly source, etc.) must be the same as the ones from the annotated bib.
All other sources must be :
One must be a new scholarly source from the JSTOR or Academic Search Complete databases (note: all sources in JSTOR are scholarly – only some sources in ASC are scholarly, so be careful and check with me if you are unsure at ALL).
One can be either any scholarly source or a long-form journalism piece from any source.
Additional sources are fine as long as they are reliable sources.