Your Choice

Touchstone 5: Argumentative Essay

ASSIGNMENT: Write a 4-6 page (approximately 1000-1500 word) argumentative essay using the classical model supported by evidence and research.

Sample Argumentative Essay
A. Instructions

Remember the word argument does not mean a fight in a writing context. An academic argument is more like a thoughtful conversation between two people with differing viewpoints on a debatable issue. However, you are required to take a position on one side of the issue.

Your submission must include an APA style reference page following the essay. In your research, you will need 2-4 credible primary or secondary sources to use as support in your essay.

On a separate page, below your reference page, include thoughtful answers to the Think About Your Writing questions. References and Think About Your Writing questions are NOT included in the word count for this essay.

B. Think About Your Writing

Below your reference page, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.

1. What have you learned about how to present a strong argument? How could/will you apply this knowledge in your professional or everyday life (3-4 sentences)? Sophia says: Think about the specific skills and techniques that you used while developing and writing your essay. What tools will you take with you from this experience?

2. Consider the English Composition I course as a whole. What have you learned about yourself as a writer (5-6 sentences)? Sophia says: What did you learn that surprised you? Is there anything that you have struggled with in the past that you now feel more confident about?

C. Argumentative Essay Guidelines

Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your research essay until it meets these guidelines. Print this checklist!

Argumentative Topic and Thesis Statement

Have you included a thesis that takes a clear, specific position on one side of a debatable issue?

If you’d like to have your thesis statement reviewed prior to submitting your full essay, you may email your thesis to learningcoach@sophia.org with “Working Thesis” in the subject line.*
Argument Development

Are all of the details relevant to the purpose of your essay?
Is the argument supported using rhetorical appeals and source material?
Is your essay 4-6 pages (approximately 1000-1500 words)? If not, which details do you need to add or delete?

Research

Have you cited outside sources effectively using quotation, summary, or paraphrase?
Are the sources incorporated smoothly, providing the reader with signal phrases and context for the source information?
Have you referenced a range of 2-4 credible sources?
Have you included an APA style reference page below your essay?

Organization and Flow

Is there an introduction, conclusion, adequate body paragraphs, and a counterargument?
Is the argument presented in a logical order and easy for the reader to follow?
Are there transitions within and between paragraphs?

Style

Are the word choices accurate and effective?
Are the sentence structures varied?

Conventions and Formatting

Have you properly cited your sources according to APA style guidelines?
Have you double-checked for correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting, and capitalization?
Have you proofread for typos?

Before You Submit

Have you answered all of the Think About Your Writing questions on a separate page below your reference page? Are your answers thoughtful and included insights, observations, and/or examples in all responses?
Does your submission include your essay, followed by your reference page, followed by your Think About Your Writing questions?

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Theories of Organizational Behavior: Diversity

Business Finance

The CEO has hired you as an external organizational development consultant to help him identify problem areas and to understand where changes should be made within the company. Over the next few weeks, you will also be working with the CEO and managers in all four divisions of the company to help establish these changes. Your various responsibilities will also include talking with employees at each level of the company to get a better understanding about underlying problems.

Currently, you are done meeting with the four vice presidents, and Jared the CEO has called you into his office for a quick meeting to discuss next steps.

Jared states, “I want to give them some background on organizational behavior so we have certain common knowledge about organizational development, motivation, needs theories, and so forth.”

Later that day, as the OD consultant, you sit down at the computer and pull up your writing about the organizational behavior theories. The time you took to write down information about the major theories will be useful for the PowerPoint presentation you’re preparing now. By comparing and contrasting the theories and then talking about it with the vice presidents, you hope to shed some light on gaps in their understanding about how individual behavior affects the organization.

So, in essence, the assignment is asking you to create your PowerPoint slides based on the fundamentals of Organizational Behavior. First, describe differing theories on organizational development, motivation and needs theories, and then compare and contrast the theories by providing strengths/weaknesses and pros/cons for the theories.

If there are any questions on any of this, reach out to your instructor and also be sure to attend or listen to the chats as that is where you will be able to ask questions and gain many insights in what is being asked for here.

PowerPoint presentation: 6–8 slides (100 to 150 words per slide of speaker notes) Please include references.

art history reading and respond

Humanities

read Clifford-On Collecting art and culture from The Predicament of Culture https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xvryame4_DgilWTfW… (excerpts from p.215-251, p.216-223, 226-9, 230-6)

Just to clarify, p215-251 is the section of the pdf my prof want me to focus on, but only have to read the selections listed after that p. 216-223, 226-9, 230-6

Pick one of those questions from my classmate and respond with one to two paragraph.

LIT2100 FSCJ Eternal Sunshine And A Scanner Darkly Movie Reviews

Writing

Hi,

I have LIT 2100 and there is homework that I need help with, there are 10 small questions about two movies or novels.

1- Eternal Sunshine

2-A Scanner Darkly

( I will provide the written novel for both of them )