This paper asks you to create an argument of your own, without research. Your argument must be related to our city theme, but from this starting point your thinking can go in infinite directions. Choose a topic you feel you can write about without help from sources. (I will upload topics for you chose one of it)!! Your task will be to change the thinking of your audience or, better yet, to move them to action.
Argument demonstrates the credibility of a position; persuasion moves readers to accept or act on that position through the use of logos (logic), pathos (emotion), and/or ethos (character). In an argumentative paper, particularly one that relies entirely on your own ideas, your ability to persuade is especially important. Use appropriate rhetorical devices to craft your argument.
Grab the reader’s attention in your introduction, inspiring him or her to read further. You might, for example, identify a problem and propose or hint at a solution; you might acknowledge the opposition’s perspective or discuss the topic generally before narrowing down to your thesis statement, the idea you will support in the following paragraphs of your essay.
The body of your essay will provide support for your thesis claim, developing the reasons behind your argument. These reasons will likely be the topic sentences of your paragraphs.
Use the conclusion to reinforce your main points, to make the topic important, and to leave readers something worthwhile to remember. Be creative.
Remember that an essay is a group of paragraphs organized by a single, controlling idea, the thesis. Each paragraph should develop that claim beginning with a strong topic sentence that is further detailed using the rhetorical modes. Thoughts must progress logically and be linked by transitions when necessary. Clarify your meaning; don’t leave out important reasons or information that make the reader guess why one sentence or idea follows another.
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{ Your essay will include Stephen Toulmin’s six parts of all good arguments: the claim (thesis), the underlying claim (layers of foundational claims: what is right?), the grounds (supporting evidence) , the backing (reasons, your own thinking and explanation), the qualifier (words like often, probably, possibly, most always; modals like may, might, can could), and the rebuttal (anticipate counterarguments and rebut them, one by one). }
Avoid accidental repetition of words and phrases. Vary your sentence structures, edit and correct incorrect subject/verb agreement, inconsistent point-of-view and verb tense, sentence fragments or run-ons, and punctuation errors.
There will be no Works Cited page because you are not citing sources.