Toulmin Essay

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Week 5: Assignment 2: Toulmin Essay Assignment

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Instructions: Please carefully read the following assignment details in its entirety. There are many components to this particular assignment, and each component is graded. This essay should be between 900 and 1000 words, excluding the required annotated bibliography. The Toulmin essay will help you practice what you have learned so far in this course. First, you will choose a topic of interest. Make sure that you choose a public debate with clear sides and staked. Then, you need to research that debate in order to narrow the topic’s scope, so it can be easily discussed in 1000 word essay. This should be a thesis-driven essay, and it should be in the third person. This essay must include a minimum of five sources. Three should be peer-reviewed sources, preferably from the APUS databases. From the library welcome page, click on Advanced Search at the bottom of the page and then check the “peer reviewed” sources box filter. This video will hopefully clarify the term, “peer-reviewed”. You may use eBooks; however, as discussed in your textbook, books generally are not as current as peer-reviewed articles. You may also use primary sources (interviews, statistics, etc); however, these primary sources should be obtained from experts within that field. If you cannot find strong sources for your chosen topic, then change your topic. If you have a question about the validity of a source, please email me, or post your question to the open forum. Note: Consider your audience as laymen in the field with only general knowledge of your topic. Make sure to include the following sections in your essay: an introduction and claim, background, body, and a conclusion. Within the body of your essay, make sure to include the following in any order: support for your claim, 6/6/2019 Writers Hub – Freelance Writing https://www.writershub.org/writer/orders/433406#instructions 4/5 opposing or alternate views, the strengths and weaknesses of your opponents’ claims, and your rebuttals of their claims. The Annotated Bibliography An annotated Bibliography (AB) is due with your Toulmin essay. Using the MLA guide, list each source as it will appear on the Works Cited page of your essay. Summarize each source in two or three grammaticallycorrect sentences, and indicate how it will be useful to your project. These short discussions are the “annotations.” The following is a sample of an annotated bibliography entry Clark, Irene L. The Genre of Argument. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace, 1998. Print. The topic and thesis chosen for this paper is below, please utilize thesis and portions of outline: I. Thesis: In an effort to campaign for entrance into the United States Military, recruiters should be allowed in every High School. II Recent historical background on how the debate has been unfolding within the past 20 years III Support for Claim Recruiters provide valuable information The military can be the best opportunity for some to receive a college education Military recruiters encourage discipline and hard work IV Counterargument Recruiters can mislead children about military life and benefits Recruits are notorious for harassing kids to join the military