MODES OF REASONING 1730D ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT Value: First version 30% Due:

MODES OF REASONING 1730D

ARGUMENTATIVE ESSAY ASSIGNMENT

Value: First version 30% Due: April 9

Directions: Choose one of the following positions and write an essay arguing either FOR or AGAINST that position, following the directions for an argumentative essay outlined in lecture. For example, if you choose topic #3, the thesis statement of your essay can be either “The Canadian government should decriminalize prostitution for workers and clients aged 19 and above” OR “The Canadian government should NOT decriminalize prostitution for workers and clients aged 19 and above.”

1. Private prisons should be abolished.

2. Corporations should be required by law to pay the cost of repairing any environmental damage they cause.

3. The Canadian government should decriminalize prostitution for workers and clients aged 19 and above.

4. Propose a topic and thesis statement, subject to approval and/or revision by your instructor (me). Submit it by email on or before March 15. You CANNOT use an alternate topic unless it has been approved by the instructor.

In the course of researching your essay, you may choose to make your position more specific. For example, if you are writing on topic #2, you may wish to specify limits to legal liability for environmental damage, such as limiting it to damage that is either known by or could reasonably have been foreseen by the corporation that caused it. You may also wish to specify and delimit the meaning of “environmental damage.”

Format:

Four to six pages, typed and double-spaced, in Times New Roman 12 font.

One inch margins all around.

Page numbers in the top right corner.

Word length does not include cover page and works cited.

Supply a cover page with the following information:

Your name and student number.

The topic you are writing on.

The word count.

Your email address.

Citations:

Cite any material you take from other sources. This includes not only direct quotes, but also when you merely paraphrase the ideas of someone else. Use in-text citations (in brackets at the end of the sentence) rather than footnotes, and include a works cited page.

For more detailed directions on how to cite sources, go to: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_formatting_and_style_guide.html