5/23/23, 6:09 PM Case – ENG102 English Composition II (2023APR24FT-1)
https://tlc.trident.edu/d2l/le/content/196485/viewContent/4919830/View 1/2
Module 3 – Case
MULTI-SOURCE ARGUMENTATIVE WRITING
Assignment Overview
Multi-Source Argumentative Essay
Length: no less than 1,000 words, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12-pt. font size, one-inch margins
This essay is to consist of your own thoughts, words, and ideas with properly cited and documented secondarysources as support.
Case Assignment
For this assignment, you will write an organized and well supported Argumentative Essay using three or morepoints of analysis. You will be most successful writing on a topic that is of interest to you. The best ideas are topical;they are what people are talking about today. And remember that your thesis should be debatable; in other words,there has to be at least two sides to an issue for it to be considered argumentative.
A well-organized essay has a beginning, a middle, and an end. The beginning, or introduction, should include anopening sentence to grab your reader’s attention. Follow the opening sentence with a brief background on the topicor situation. The last sentence of the introduction is the thesis statement. The thesis states the main point of theessay, which in this case, would be a statement affirming the main point of view on the selected topic.
A well-supported essay includes supporting points, details, and examples. Each body paragraph must support(explain) your reasoning (rationale) using specific details. Each body paragraph must have a topic sentence thatstates the main point of the paragraph.
The conclusion typically summarizes the main points of the essay and/or closes with a lasting impression thatconnects the reader to their world.
Listen
5/23/23, 6:09 PM Case – ENG102 English Composition II (2023APR24FT-1)
https://tlc.trident.edu/d2l/le/content/196485/viewContent/4919830/View 2/2
Privacy Policy | Contact
This essay must include a combination of no less than SIX in-text citations from two or more credible andreliable sources. Citations are to be a combination of direct quotations and paraphrased quotations with orwithout the author's name, and a Reference List in APA Style must be included.
Be sure to proofread your essay and edit for proper grammar, punctuation, diction (word choice), and spelling, aserrors in sentence skills will lower a final grade. A grade will be determined based on the Module 3 Case expectationsand the Trident University General Education rubric for English.
Assignment Expectations
Write an Argumentative essay (no fewer than 1,000 words in length) that states and supports an original thesisstatement.
Make and support an Argumentative claim in a well-supported, organized, and cohesive essay.
Select credible and reliable sources for use in a well-supported and cohesive essay.
Use a direct quotes, paraphrased quotes, and summaries in APA Style. Listen
Dictionary
Translate
