Develop an effective argument research paper (800 plus words) about the research topic that you have chosen.
Format your paper according to MLA styleLinks to an external site..
Create an interesting title that captures the interest of your reader and focuses your essay.
Begin with a strong introduction that engages your reader and provides a clear thesis at the end of the introduction.
Develop at least three support paragraphs about your perspective.
Include refutation of another perspective in a separate paragraph or within your support paragraphs.
Use evidence from at least FIVE sources to support your opinions and your refutation.
End with a strong conclusion that restates your thesis in a different wording and sums up what the reader should take away from the essay.
Use MLA formatted in-text citation for evidence from your sources.
Add a MLA formatted Works Cited as a separate page at the end of the essay.
create an 800 plus word argument essay.

3. Your paper must include the following criteria:

A strong and relevant introduction;
A persuasive writer’s voice that is both uniquely yours and that is also appropriate for academic writing;
A strong argument thesis statement;
Well-argued body paragraphs that contain topic sentences which refer back to the thesis and provide supporting details from your research and your analyses;
A refutation paragraph that cites another perspective on your topic and offers a rebuttal with textual evidence;
Five relevant and credible sources incorporated in the development of the argument;
Strong organizational structure with clear transitional sentences;
A conclusion that reemphasizes the thesis statement;
Clearly cited references and quotations using the MLA parenthetical form of citations;
A Works Cited page using MLA format;
General MLA guidelines.
An appropriate heading provided in the top left-hand corner of your paper should look like this:
Hermione Granger

Professor Snape

ENG 112

31 October 1996

Inserted page numbers with your last name in front of them in the top right-hand corner of your paper (in the header), like this:
Granger 1

2. Save your final draft as a Word or Google doc and submit it as a file upload to the final draft link.