Modern technology influences the society

Modern technology influences the society Order Description • Eight–ten pages, double-spaced (no less than eight, no more than ten) • Separate title page, bibliography • Eight sources, minimum • Topic of your choosing suitable for a university research paper, subject to my okay; must be persuasive/argumentative • APA style for title page, essay pages, references, and bibliography; Hacker/Sommers text is our official guide • Submitted online to Canvas/Turnitin • Deadline for submitting completed project: Friday, Dec. 8, 5 PM This is to be your crowning achievement for the term, representing about one-third of your semester grade. You should provide a good introduction and well-executed thesis that stakes a claim on the issue that is the foundation of your chosen topic, source-based discussions that execute that thesis organized into a thoughtful front-to-back structure, and a summarizing and implication-hinting conclusion—in other words, your basic persuasive academic essay. It also must include a counter argument, based upon a source, arguing the opposing position of your issue, which you will refute. “Source-based discussions” means that all major discussions in your body should have source-derived information as their foundation; you may expound at length on any theme, but all discussion should reflect information that your sources provided you—that’s what research papers do. The well-written essay will include section headings and subheadings, which we will discuss on Nov. 22. Note that we have in-class group workshops on your papers in progress, dates below; you should provide relevant drafts to your group’s members (those with whom you’ve been working during the research-paper era). Submission: The above date reflects our scheduled final exam time slot. That is the drop-dead hour for submitting your paper on time; anything later without specifically granted permission incurs the late-submission penalties noted in the syllabus. You may turn in your completed project at any point prior once the assignment is set up in Canvas, which will be around the time formal classes end. Note that the depth of commentary I give to the projects while grading is less than for other assignments and will be limited to a few general comments about strengths and weaknesses.