Method Guidelines
In this assignment you will write an argument paper. In an argument paper you will asset a thesis. In your
thesis you will take a stance either in favor of a position or against a position. You will support your position
based in the readings of the course or readings that are directly related to readings and topics covered in the
course. You may defend you thesis in the following ways:
- provide a comparative examination of two or three different possible responses to your thesis and an
explanation of why you have chosen to defend one position over the other - provide a critical analysis of your own position which identifies potential weaknesses in the position and
explains what makes that position nevertheless superior in some ways to the others considered; and - apply your thesis to an everyday situation, work of fiction or film to demonstrate the merit of your position.