Choosing a Topic for your Final Critical Essay:
Reading and Writing Persuasion
Each week, we will work toward the development of the Final Critical Essay. This will be a persuasive essay of 1200 words based on one of the following topics inspired by readings in our textbook, The McGraw-Hill Reader. For your first post, choose one of the following topics and read the Chapter Introduction and one of the suggested essays. Choose a relevant or provocative quotation from the essay you have chosen.
Compose a working thesis statement, and complete the following for your first discussion post:
Topic Choice
Working thesis
One paragraph in which you reflect on the topic and your position
A relevant quotation from the essay correctly cited in APA. Please place the quotation in the paragraph you compose.
Initial post should be 300 words.