Practice persuasive writing and synthesis of sources. You will increase your critical thinking skills by analyzing yours and others’ assumptions, evaluating multiple perspectives, and developing a clear position. Writing, research, and eloquent written expression are vital for a successful future. You will express all of these skills in this assignment. This essay will be used as the English department assessment for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s mandated core curriculum assessment of Student Learning Outcomes (SLO). This essay will address the SLO objectives of critical thinking and written communication.
Your research paper should demonstrate the following learning objectives:
, Awareness of the audience to whom you are speaking Awareness of the purpose of your argument , Ability to enter into a scholarly conversation Ability to write a qualified and narrow argumentative thesis statement Ability to synthesize information from various sources Ability to craft an argument with different types of relevant, credible, and detailed support , Ability to research and identify academic sources Ability to summarize, paraphrase, and quote while citing correctly in MLA to avoid plagiarism Ability to converse in standard. academic En lish