The four sources above (the news story from NPR, the book, the “peer
reviewed journal article,” and the Issues and Controversies Database
resource) must be incorporated into your paper. In this module, we’ll
continue to talk about how to “integrate” source material into the
discussion.
Your paper must also contain MLA in-text citations and an MLA Works Cited page.
Make sure, too, that you create a “thesis driven” DEDUCTIVE ARGUMENT and not a “thesis seeking” inductive argument.
Here are some other points to keep in mind as you work on this project:
This paper must be argumentative (persuasive) in nature. Put
simply, this means that your paper must suggest a change, plan, course
of action, etc. connected to the issue you have selected. Papers that
fail to make a strong argumentative case for some plan of action will
not pass. Please note that you are not creating a “report.” You are
creating an “argument.”
It must follow a “deductive pattern” (which means that your thesis
is revealed at the beginning and the rest of the paper then argues your
case).
Study section 7.2 in your textbook, pages 130-131. Your Issues and
Controversies paper should be a “proposal argument.” Be sure you have
an understanding of the type of essay you are being asked to write.
Your paper must not contain logical fallacies.
This essay must be at least 750 words long.
Your paper must reference the Issues and Controversies website. In addition, it must reference the other 3 required sources.
You must use MLA documentation, both in-text citations and a Works
Cited page (note that your Works Cited page should not be submitted as a
separate document—it’s the last page of your paper).
You must use your sources only to support the argument you are
making (review the page in our modules covering how sources are used at
the college level). Your argument should be the central focus of this
essay, not what the “experts” have to say on the subject. You must work
to establish your own “ethos.” Papers that rely too heavily on expert
information will not pass; papers that contain more than 20% research
material will not be accepted. How you use research materials is one of
our essential lessons in this course.
You must effectively integrate your source material into your
discussion using the techniques of summarizing, paraphrasing, and quote
integration (including “selective quoting” and “signal phrases”)
I HAVE ATTACHED SOME OF THE REST OF THE SOURCES DOWN:
https://icof.infobase.com/articles/UmVmZXJlbmNlQXJ0aWNsZTp4cGwwOTQyMDBh?q=recycling%20plastic#xpl094200a_5
https://www.npr.org/2024/02/15/1231690415/plastic-recycling-waste-oil-fossil-fuels-climate-change
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