Sunday, February 10, 2019

Getting Started on a Proposal Argument



You’ve been assigned a proposal essay.

Keep in mind that every essay ‘writing style’ has specific aspects of securing a properly written argument in that specific style. 

In academic writing, you will be learning to argue your position on an issue. 

Depending on what style of argument, you may be writing a persuasive proposal (Proposal Argument), an ethical argument for quality standards (Ethical Argument) or proving a causal relationship between two things (Cause/Effect Argument).


In this handout, you will learn some basic points to arguing in a proposal essay.  A proposal essay assignment requires you to come up with a proposal for fixing a current issue in society.  For ENGL101, your proposal argument will be focused on alleviating the opioid crisis in America.



This means that you need to establish a plan to propose in the paper to argue that specific steps will fix the problem.  You learn about the issue and the steps that have already been taken in America (through the readings posted in the weekly assignments folder), and then you come up with your own proposal to determine how to change, modify, or introduce new tactics to crush the crisis.


To learn more about proposal argument writing, view the helper handout at https://fgc-enc1101.blogspot.com/p/classroom-sites.html.



LESSONS FOR PROPOSAL ARGUMENTS
To help break the Proposal Argument lessons and overview into manageable pieces, you can either go directly to a section of the booklet by clicking below, or you can begin with page 1 Basics for Proposal Argument Essays and at the bottom of that page use the navigation tabs to move forward or back within the booklet.

1.      Page 1 (Basics)
5.     Page 5 (Reminders)
6.     Page 6 (Structure)
7.      Page 7 (Legal Reform)
11.   Page 11 (Wrap-up)




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Essay 3 Cause/Effect Argument

Design and Development Handouts

· Know the Guidelines: Cause/Effect Argument Essay Writing—view the planning, outlining, and development handouts for the cause/effect essay.

· Sample thesis for a causal argument: this handout shows a sample cause/effect THESIS, the break-down of that THESIS, and how the essay would be structured to develop and argue the THESIS.

· Flow, Length, and Content of a Typical Body-paragraph: a specific break-down of what is expected in a well-developed body-paragraph of an argument paper.

· Need Ideas for Cause/Effect Essay??: this handout provides 'spring-board' articles and images to help you think through how you feel about the topic and possible cause/effect relationships. These are not scholarly sources. They are simply readings to help you understand different ideas surrounding the issue.