Argument: Video games do not affect young children’s behavior
ARGUING A POSITION
- Limit the argument to a single, assertive thesis
- Provide evidence to support your view
- Focus on a specific question to pursue
- Be clear and on one side of the argument
- Address counter-arguments to your side (your opposition)
- Refute the opposition with logic and evidence
- Be fair to the opposition
- Make clear transitions and have clear organization
- Persuade the reader why this issue is important with ethos, pathos, and logos
- Win your argument
- No fallacies
Research:
1 newspaper
1 academic journal / peer-review
2 Site: edu or Site: gov (one of these must be from the greater Internet)
2 your choice (open)
= 6 total sources
You may go beyond the minimum
Visual aid requirement:
one chart or graph (with proper MLA citation)
Length: 1,500 words minimum (do not exceed 2,500)
Grammar proficient
MLA proficient
required = Works Cited
Third person only