“Engaging Critical Thinking: The Importance of Constructing a Strong Argument”

Well, it had to happen. Now you get to spew all these awesome claims and reasons into a solid paper with the changes we talked about in your writing workshop.
Write an Argument. YAY!!
What exactly are we doing here?
You will write an argument paper with all the beautiful argument components that we’ve learned about.  You will need to take a clear stance on the topic, support your stance with elaborated reasons and sound evidence, and include a counterargument.  
Nitty Gritty
For this paper, we’re going to practice student APA style. APA is super easy to grade, so do this carefully. You won’t need an abstract, but you will need a title page, the main content pages, and a references page.  Here’s a sample student paperLinks to an external site. from APA.
You should use 1 academic/scholarly outside source.  
APA information from the LibraryLinks to an external site.
Why are we doing this?
This assignment engages your writing and critical thinking skills by asking you to go beyond passive reading and acceptance of ideas to explore and develop your own ideas based on the evidence presented to you.  You will have to think about your position then support those ideas with sound and logical evidence. 
How can I do well?
I will be looking at your paper and grading it based on the argument skills discussed in the module and in your Individual Writing Workshop as well as the basic writing conventions for a formal paper.
How is it supposed to look?
You should have a Reference page and in-text citations for this paper using APA documentation of an outside source.
As with all other formal assignments, this paper should be typed, double-spaced, and printed in 12 point Times New Roman font with 1-inch margins.  The page should be formatted using APA guidelines, an example of which can be found in a previous module.