Colllege Admisssion

Use the writing process to compose a researched argumentative essay of a minimum of 1200 words to convince readers to accept your point of view, i.e., your position on an issue. An argument is a piece of writing that takes a position on an issue, provides various types of evidence to support that position, and acknowledges and addresses valid counterarguments. You must include a works-cited page as part of your research documentation; however, the works cited do not count as part of the required 1200 words. To avoid plagiarism, check research documentation, and receive grammar feedback, you
are required to submit your draft to the Turnitin link. Choose a topic that can be argued or debated and is interesting and meaningful to you. Consider a controversial topic that may affect people locally or a current international/global topic in which you are interested and vested. This is a researched essay. You are required to use a minimum of four credible, scholarly
sources. These four sources must come from the CPCC online databases, such as ProQuest or Opposing Viewpoints in Context. You must include correctly formatted in-text citations and a works-cited page. You may have additional credible sources, preferably from the .edu or .gov. domains. You cannot use Wikipedia, Debate.org, ProCon.org, The Onion, Daily Mail, or any fake news website, however; these sources are not considered credible for college-level writing. Use current MLA manuscript formatting for the header, heading, essay title, etc., and MLA research-document formatting for the in-text citations and the works-cited page. Use a third-person point of view and a formal tone. Do not use contractions, slang, or
other informal language.