Writing Homework Help

Please read the essay options for Essay # 3, the longer research paper.

Purpose: In English 124, the purpose of the closing research assignment is to allow the student the opportunity to research some topics that we have looked into and probe more deeply into these topics. In addition, there are some worldview and current event topics that students may want to explore in order to apply their understanding of rhetorical analysis, underlying assumptions, and the relationships between the argument and the ways writers advance their claims.

Task: Write an argumentative research paper with a Rogerian thesis statement that takes a debatable position on food, worldview research, or any of the current events listed below. This last essay must be 7-8 pages. Topics not listed in the three areas noted below are NOT acceptable. Please choose from among the topics listed below.

• use of 6 or more sources of significant scholarly, published research
• A Rogerian Thesis Driven Paper~! Example: Although pesticides are widely used in American farming, pesticides should be limited or possibly banned due to their negative effects on the ecosystem and on humans.
• access current research related to the subject the student has chosen from the long list below
• use of MLA strategies to structure this essay in such a way that it addresses the counterargument and the argument.
• Analysis and integration of sources that support the student’s voice as a writer
• Inclusion of quotations when citing data, scientific research and so forth. Otherwise, students should use summaries and paraphrases to borrow other people’s information
• Inclusion of signal phrases and in-text citations to borrow any and all materials from published scholarly sources.
• Criteria for Success
• Essay # 3 will be 7 to 8 pages
• Student should strive to meet with me prior to submitting this paper. If this does not work, students must go to the English Writing Center via clicking on the Tutoring button and registering for their free services. Allow 48 hours or more for this review
• Follow all directions in the essay assignment choices listed below.
• Write an argumentative essay with a clear Rogerian Thesis that you defend throughout the paper.
• Be sure to acknowledge the opposing position in your paper!
• If you realize that you agree with your opposition, change the thesis–flip it so that your argument reflects your research.
• Include a Works Cited as your last page of your paper.
• Include the updated, corrected outline and thesis statement in this last paper.
• Place the thesis and outline in front of your paper!
• Avoid random Google sites, Spark’s Notes, Cliffs Notes.
• Avoid use of “we,” ” us,” “you”, ” our” and “I” in this paper. Keep the paper professional and scholarly.
• Have fun exploring your topic!
• Font Size and Spacing: All papers are to be typed and double-spaced. Students should use Times New Roman font, 12 inch size. Length of Papers: All papers shall be 6 to 7 pages in length. The Works Cited will be the last page of the essay. MLA: All papers should follow the MLA format and documentation methods as noted in A Writers’ Reference 9th edition.Electronic uploads: All papers must be uploaded to canvas on or before the date they are due. Always read the due dates on your syllabus and on canvas.Essays: All papers must be uploaded to Canvas on the due date. No late work accepted. Always cite all borrowed materials. See my syllabus and Grossmont College policies regarding plagiarism and all forms of cheating.

Essay #3: Research Paper Options

Some ideas for a deeper dive into food research:

Nutrition and Food

Food and Aesthetics

Poverty Policies and Food

Justice and Food

Government Policies and Food

Capitalism and Food

Marketing and Food

Other Nations and Food Policies

Futuristic possibilities/nightmares of food production and consumption

Organic versus Standard Growing Practices

Monsanto and Other Large Corporations and the Food Industry

Socioeconomic Classes and FoodCultural Traditions and Food

Economics and Food

The USDA and Food

The Marketing of Soy: Is It Beneficial for Human Consumption?

Food Labeling on Packages and Canned Goods

Health and Varieties of Food Consumption

Antioxidants, The Natural Color of Foods, Food Color Added, and Health

The Marketing of Canola Oil

Safe Plant Oils for Human Consumption

Healthy Meal Plans for People Seeking to Have Biological Children (Weston-Price Plan).

Some ideas for happiness and worldview research:

Research on happiness and anything that students have not already researched on this topic

Does one’s worldview affect one’s overall health and happiness and success?

 Argue the importance of developing a worldview that is respectful of other worldviews

The impact of C.S. Lewis’s ideas/writings versus Sigmund Freud’s ideas/ writings on the 21st Century Strategies for Changing One’s Socioeconomic Status

The Effects of a Darwinian Worldview on humans, U.S. law, and culture.

The Effects of a Christian Worldview on humans, U.S. law, and culture.

Other Research Areas: All of these topics must be examined under the aegis of The U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights:

Fake News and the Bill of Rights and the Constitution: Who or what is Fake News, and what methods, tools, biases are used to interpret what this phenomena might be?

Microfinance and the reasons for Microloans in the modern world.

The cost of college and college graduates indebtedness. What has caused the huge increase in college costs? How can Millennials work to bring these costs down? What tax- payer sensitive solutions are reasonable and possible?

U.S. Cities with the poorest education systems: causes and reasons for this.

U.S. Cities with the highest crime rates: causes and reasons for this.

Fluoride and its use in American drinking water systems. The controversy behind this chemical.

Human Trafficking and the Moral and Legal Issues surrounding this modern problem.

Reasons for or against supporting the freedom seekers in Hong Kong

Reasons for or against supporting the freedom seekers in Iran

 Historic pandemic diseases and viruses. Address the causes and possible methods of humanely dealing with these diseases/viruses.

California and its “Wall of Debt”: solutions for this debt?

Censorship via the news media and the ways censorship impacts the Bill of Rights

Term limits for all politicians serving in Congress

The legal implications of foreign countries funding political parties and politicians

The Federal Reserve: Why does it exist? Who created it? What U.S. Presidents bucked it? What is the future of this Federal Reserve? What changes can be made to it? How could this private bank be replaced with something Americans vote into office?

The power of other non-elected entities such as the EPA and others

Privacy and invasion of privacy via the internet, cell phones, and most electronic forms of communication