Researched argument about Title IX in College Athletics.
The purpose of this assignment is to craft a claim-based academic argument. In doing this, you will engage in a rhetorical process in which you take up a research habit of mind. This means that you will select, evaluate, and integrate 2-3 appropriate outside sources that help you develop your claim.
Topically, you will identify how an issue, challenge, or problem informs the space of college athletics. Similarly, it is your task to address how your meditation on the subject contributes to a larger public or scholarly conversation.
Successful Researched Arguments:
Posit, develop, and support a claim with reasons about an issue informing college athletics
Present a complex, thoughtful, and persuasive view of this issue
Position and frame the issue and the claim in such a way that it matters to readers
Effectively incorporate outside research in a way that attends to others’ viewpoints (i.e., consider and deal with possible objections to the claim)
Demonstrate awareness of the conventions of academic writing, particularly:
Introductions that connect with readers & appropriately frame the issue
Clearly stated claims with reasons (these can be longer than one sentence)
Well-developed reasons that support the claim
Strategic incorporation and analysis of other authors’ ideas and outside information
Proper in-text and end-text citation of these authors
Strategic use of the rhetorical appeals where appropriate
Conclusions that summarize the argument, provide further reason for readers to care about the claim, and/or leave readers with something to consider.