Instructions
Find a source that is making an argument that you find interesting. (This will be your main source
for the paper.) This source can be one of the readings from Graff, or it can be a source you find
on your own. Your paper will be a response to this source. Present the argument and make
responses to the argument using further research. Your responses can be finding things in the
source you agree with and things in the source you disagree with. In the end, show how your
understanding of the argument has changed. Do you agree with it more or less than you did
when you first read it? Do you disagree with it more or less than you did when you first read it?
For the topic email, there are no format requirements. Write in whole sentences.
Grade will be part of the Activities grade for the quarter.
ARGUMENT DRAFT
Submit to draft to the Argument Draft assignment when it appears in a module.
Write a paper with the following outline:
Introduction:
One paragraph that shows the reader what is interesting and important about the controversy the
main source argument is involved in. You can describe the conversation that the main source is
participating in. At the end of the introduction, tell the reader what the overall claim that your
paper will be making.
Main source summary:
One paragraph that summarizes the argument of your main source.
Responses:
At least four paragraphs that respond to different points in the main source argument. These can
be things you agree with or things you disagree with. These responses can be patterned on the
Argument Response Template Sheets. You can use the same Template multiple times, but do try
to have some variety. Each of the response paragraphs will develop the response with
information from at least one additional source.
Conclusion:
One or two paragraphs that show how your understanding of the main source’s argument has
changed after your responses. You can consider the following questions: what do you want the
reader to think after you’ve shown them your responses and your further sources? Is the main
source argument stronger than it was before? Weaker? Is it more complicated? This section
should refer back to the points made in the previous paragraphs, but not in a repetitious way.
Requirements:
The draft must be in MLA format
Four pages.
Five sources minimum (one main source and at least four additional sources).
Note: Take a picture with your phone of any non-internet sources you use to class and message
or email it to me.
Quotations allowed, but there should be more paraphrase than quotation.
MLA format.