Homework: Research-Based Position- Information
Length: 1,200 to 1,500 words.
Overview
For this research-based paper, you will be required to develop a specific thesis and organize a sustained argument around it. Source material to be used for this paper can be found partly by using library databases and at least one of your sources must be a peer-reviewed academic article.
You must focus your paper on the topic of "local communities" and identify one problem that your community might face. Some examples are crime, violence, poverty, homelessness, immigration, housing, and flooding that people in Houston and or its surrounding areas face.
Outcomes
1. Identify and explain a specific and compelling issue within the parameters of the rhetorical situation outlined on the homework prompt.
2. Organized a sustained argument that is sensitive to a particular rhetorical situation.
3. Use library databases to find appropriate source material.
4. Distinguish between academic and non-academic sources and use different types of sources in appropriate ways.
5. Integrate source references, including direct quotations, using signal phrases (attributive tags) and parenthetical in-text citations (MLA format).
6. Synthesize source references from more than one source.
Format your homework according to the give formatting requirements:
1. The answer must be double spaced, typed, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the homework, the course title, the student's name, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The references and Citations should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.