English homework help
Topic: “Is uses of plastic getting worse?”
- Your research project essay will need to be between eight (full) to ten pages in length.
- You must address an issue that has at least two sides (email me for topics if you’re not sure)
- Effectively address the rhetorical situation – audience, purpose, context
- articulate a clear position regarding the issue and argue that position with logical reasons
- adequately develop the argument using credible support (research)
- acknowledge the opposing viewpoints and employ counterargument or concession
- identify and explain the assumptions, contexts, and consequences of the various positions.
- Utilize at least 10 credible sources – from scholarly databases, books, etc. (no google .com sources)
- MLA formatting
- Read and carefully follow all of the guidelines for MLA on the purdue OWL website.
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ - You will need to incorporate 10 outside sources (Note: dictionary.com does not constitute a source. into the essay—use paraphrase and/or direct quotations). From these sources at least 4 need to be books and the rest may be database articles, documentaries, etc.
- You will need a Works Cited page at the end of your essay that includes the 8 – 10 sources.
- Follow these style specifics:
- Only write in third person
- Do not use contractions
- Follow all MLA guidelines