ENg110 unit 6 Argumentative Writing Assignment- Outline
ENG110 – College Writing
Argumentative Writing Assignment- Outline
Due: by 11:59pm on Sunday of Unit 6.
For the Descriptive and Evaluative Writing Assignments you submitted in Unit 2 and 4, you selected one of the topics below and described your personal experience with it. Then, you evaluated an advertisement dealing with one of these topics. Now, you will create an outline for your Argumentative Writing Assignment.
The outline must include your plan for answering the research question associated with the topic you select below:
1. Social Media and Communication
• How has social media affected society’s communication skills in a positive OR negative manner?
2. Gender Pay Gap
• Why or why not is there a gender pay gap in modern society, and what should be done to address it?
3. Arts Funding
• How necessary is arts funding in the American education system?
This assignment is designed to demonstrate your plan for your Argumentative Writing Assignment. Your outline should include:
Thesis Question and Answer
Begin with the question you selected above. Then, answer the question with a working thesis statement that features the specific topics of your outline.
Outline of Supporting Paragraphs
Please do not include full paragraphs here. Rather, outline the body paragraphs. In your outline, include at least two points that support your thesis statement as well as one point that will address the counterargument (the other side of your argument).
In the outline, include the names of the three scholarly and academic articles that you will be using in your essay and indicate where they will appear in your supporting paragraphs. You should also include a reference page with an entry for each article. Utilize the library resources to find sources for your essay.
Sample Outline Format
You may use this as a guide to formatting the outline. Please keep in mind that you will have to fully explain each of the areas highlighted below in your outline.
Thesis Question
Thesis Statement
Outline of Supporting Paragraphs
A. Supporting Paragraph Topic 1
a. Explanation of Topic
b. Evidence
B. Supporting Paragraph Topic 2
a. Explanation of Topic
b. Discussion of Countargument
c. Evidence
C. Supporting Paragraph Topic 3
a. Explanation of Topic
b. Evidence
References page
Additional Guidlines
Follow these additional guidelines when completing this assignment:
• Include a minimum of three APA in-text citations for the three sources you plan to use in the outline
• Include an APA reference page with a minimum of three entries
• Include an APA title page
• Include a running head
• Be objective and avoid using “I,” “me,” “you,” “we,” or “us.”
• Be sure to use the Writing Tips page to help with your APA formatting and other resources provided in previous units of this course.
• Use your sources to support your thesis statement and argument, but make sure to show the reader the other side of your argument to avoid being biased.
Students: Be sure to read the criteria, by which your paper/project will be evaluated, before you write, and again after you write.
Evaluation Rubric for Argumentative Writing- Outline, Intro, Conclusion
Assignment
Emerging |
Progressing |
Accomplished |
Exemplary |
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0-10 |
11-14 |
15-17 |
18-20 |
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Outline |
Many details are not |
Outline may have |
Outline is |
Outline is effective, |
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in a logical or |
some discernable |
organized. Details |
purposeful, and |
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expected order. |
organization, but |
are placed in a |
well organized. |
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Standard outline |
some details are not |
logical order. |
Standard outline |
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format is not used. |
in a logical or |
Standard outline |
format is used. |
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expected order. |
format is mostly |
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Standard format is |
used. |
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partially used. |
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Thesis |
Thesis question |
Thesis is attempted |
Thesis is present |
Thesis is present |
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Question |
and/or thesis |
with little relation to |
and answers the |
and answers the |
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and Thesis |
statement are either |
the thesis question. |
thesis question. |
thesis question. |
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Statement |
not clear or not |
Thesis statement is |
Thesis statement |
Thesis statement is |
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present. Thesis |
somewhat unclear |
is mostly clear and |
clear and includes |
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statement does not |
or confusing. |
includes |
well thought-out |
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answer the thesis |
supporting topics. |
supporting topics. |
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question. |
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Evidence |
No sources are |
At least one source |
At least two |
At least three |
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indicated in the |
is indicated in the |
sources are |
sources are |
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outline or sources |
outline. Sources are |
indicated in the |
indicated in the |
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are not properly |
not properly cited in |
outline. Sources |
outline. Sources |
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cited in the outline. |
the outline. |
are mostly cited |
are correctly cited |
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properly in the |
in the outline. |
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outline. |
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APA |
Paper is missing |
Paper is missing two |
Paper is missing |
Paper includes all |
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Format |
more than two of |
of the following or |
one of the |
of the following and |
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the following or |
two of the following |
following or one of |
is correctly |
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more than two of |
are not formatted |
the following is not |
formatted: a title |
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the following are not |
correctly: a title |
formatted correctly: |
page, headers, and |
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formatted correctly: |
page, headers, and |
a title page, |
is double spaced in |
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a title page, |
is double spaced in |
headers, and is |
12 pt Times New |
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headers, and is |
12 pt Times New |
double spaced in |
Roman font. Paper |
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double spaced in 12 |
Roman font. Paper |
12 pt Times New |
includes very few |
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pt Times New |
does not include the |
Roman font. Paper |
errors in the use of |
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Roman font. Paper |
use of in-text |
includes the use of |
in-text citations and |
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does not include the |
citations or |
in-text citations |
reference page |
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use of in-text |
reference page |
and reference |
entries. |
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citations and |
entries. |
page entries. |
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reference page |
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entries. |
Grammar
and
Mechanics
Writing is hard to |
Writing is sometimes |
Writing is easy to |
Writing is free of |
understand |
difficult to |
understand despite |
almost all |
because of errors in |
understand because |
minor errors in |
punctuation, |
grammar, spelling, |
of several errors in |
punctuation, |
spelling, and |
and punctuation. |
grammar, |
spelling, and |
grammar errors. |
Word choice is |
punctuation, and |
grammar. |
Appropriate word |
inappropriate for an |
spelling. Word |
Appropriate word |
choice is used for |
academic setting. |
choice is sometimes |
choice is used for |
an academic |
Sentence structure |
inappropriate for an |
an academic |
setting. Sentence |
is often unclear. |
academic setting. |
setting. Sentence |
structure is clear. |
Outline rarely or |
Sentence structure |
structure is mostly |
Outline is written in |
does not use the |
is sometimes |
clear. Outline |
the third-person |
third-person |
unclear. Outline |
mostly uses a |
perspective with an |
perspective and an |
inconsistently uses |
third-person |
objective tone. |
objective tone. |
a third-person |
perspective and |
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perspective and |
objective tone. |
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objective tone. |
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Solution: ENg110 unit 6 Argumentative Writing Assignment- Outline