• Read Chapter 8: Writing to Convince
Write a Persuasive Essay.
From your course textbook, write a persuasive essay based on the Writing for Life assignment at the bottom of page 202 (Scenario 1). For this essay, you are to choose a problem at your school (FIU) that you feel needs to be addressed (for example, parking). Within your essay, you are to provide two sources within your work that supports your stance on the problem you have identified. The sources that you need to find are about parking problems found in universities. Your research does not need to be specific to FIU; rather, the research that you find should be able to be applied to the parking situation at FIU.
You must choose the essay option I have provided for this assignment . If you submit an essay that does not respond to one of the prompts, your essay will not be accepted as an appropriate response to this writing assignment; instead, you will be asked to write another essay that does respond to the prompt you were assigned.
Research Requirement : As you read the chapter readings, note how the authors use researched material to support their arguments. To successfully complete your persuasive essay assignment, you must incorporate at least two sources (either credible online sources or library resources) within your work to support and advance your claims . DO NOT USE WIKIPEDIA. Any Persuasive Essay Final Draft that does not incorporate research from at least two “outside” sources (sources other than your course textbook) will receive a failing grade . Use the knowledge you gained from completing last week’s research and citation exercises to help you develop your essay.
Be sure to reference your Lectures – Week Six folder for helpful information on writing argumentation.
Caution: Do not allow the research you include to take over the entire essay. I am most interested in your opinions and ideas and how well you incorporate the research to support them. Your voice and your manner of expression should still be present; do not try to copy the writing style of the authors you research.
The problem that I see with parking is that they are under construction at this moment and if you have to park it doesn’t espcify which one is the student parking and which one is is the visitor. I took class on campus last semester and it was very confusing to me.
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