Should-owning-a-gun-be-illegal-or-legal-management-homework-help
Should-owning-a-gun-be-illegal-or-legal-management-homework-help
Assignment: Essay #3 (Rogerian Argument)
Topic
Should owning a gun be illegal or legal?
Purpose
Introducing a problem along with two opposing sides in order to establish common ground
Instructions
Students must choose a topic of their expertise and/or interest and construct a Rogerian Argument in a three-to-four page document (excluding the Works Cited page).
Your argument either can be structured in a conventional essay, or it can be structured in a letter addressed to a person (writer, expert, scholar, etc.) or an organization(s) who has opposing views. Note: For the latter format, please refer to the sample essay “An Open Letter to Robert Levy in response to His Article ‘They Never Learn’†by Collen Fontana or “Letter to a Southern Baptist Minister. You also are free to use first, second, and/or third person point of view.
Guidelines:
Introducing a problem
Neutrally mentioning two opposing sides to the problem – your viewpoint and the reader’s viewpoint
Presenting opposing side
Presenting and justifying your side
- Establishing common ground between two sides
Requirements
1. Document Length: Between 3-4 pgs. No limits on paragraphs.
2. Essay should include a title
3. Works Cited page: At least three sources. Sources can include: books
magazine/journal articles, graphs, (direct/indirect) interviews, (direct/indirect)
surveys, graphs, charts, etc. Do not use Wikipedia or any non-
creditable websites as primary sources.
4. MLA format
5. Submission- Paper MUST be submitted as a Word attachment either Blackboard Assignment or via e-mail. THIS ESSAY MUST BE SENT AS A WORD ATTACHMENT, UNLESS YOU HAVE DISCUSSED ALTERNATIVE ARRANGEMENTS OF SUBMITTAL WITH ME!!
6. Point of View- First, Second, and/or Third person
7. Language- Rhetorical/formal
