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ENG 200 Week 1 Assessing Arguments
Understanding the elements of an argument is the first step toward
creating your own. In this assignment, you will review three essays, each
demonstrating a unique style of presenting an argument, and choose one
essay to evaluate using strategies outlined in your text. Evaluating these
arguments will prepare you to write effective persuasive arguments.
Review the following essays in Ch. 1 of Elements of Argument. After
accessing the ebook, enter the page number given for each article to
access them. The place to enter the page number is at the bottom left of
the screen once the book has been accessed.
 Page 15: Aristotelian: “I am Adam Lanza’s Mother” by Liz Long
 Page 22: Rogerian: “The ‘Unnatural’ Ashley Treatment Can Be
Right for Profoundly Disabled Children” by Peter Singer
 Page 31: Toulmin: “Latest 3-D Films Add Dimension, Not
Appeal” by Jonathan Winchell
Select one of the three argument essays listed above to evaluate.
Use the strategies on pp. 53-54 in Ch. 2 of Elements of Argument for
your evaluation.
Write an assessment of the essay. Your assessment must be at least 350
words total. Include the following in your assessment:
1. Identify the essay and the author.
2. Identify the author’s thesis.

3. Explain whether the organization of the article was effective in
making its argument.
4. Describe the methods the author used to argue a point, persuade,
mislead, or sway the reader.
5. Describe how the author’s awareness of and response to other
arguments were demonstrated in the essay.
6. Describe the level of timeliness, relevance, credibility of the author
and publication presented in the essay.
7. Implement one quote from each essay to illustrate your evaluation.
Format your assessment according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines. Title and reference pages are not necessary for this
assignment.
The Assessing Arguments Grading Guide will be used to grade your
assignment.
Submit your assignment to the Assignment Files tab.
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ENG 200 Week 2 Argument Evaluation and
Response

ENG 200 Week 2 Argument Evaluation and Response
Arguments can be easily misunderstood and misinterpreted. There may
be times when we do not fully evaluate arguments before forming our
response to them. Would our response have been different if we fully
understood what was being argued? Argument evaluation is important in
everyday life to help you communicate effectively with others, and to
function in the world around you. This assignment requires you to
evaluate a written argument through identifying the claim and the
supporting evidence. After evaluating the argument, you will form your
response based on your evaluation.
Select an article from one of the themes on the Argument Evaluation
Topic List.
Locate that article in the University Library.
Read the article, and use the tips provided on p. 171 in Ch. 5 and p. 229
in Ch. 7 of Elements of Argument to evaluate the effectiveness of the
author’s claim and analyze the supporting evidence.
Write a 350-word summary of your evaluation. Include the following:
Identify the author’s claim.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the author’s claim.
Identify and analyze the supporting evidence connected to the claim.
Respond to the argument based on your evaluation. Use the tips in Ch. 4
of Elements of Argument for guidance on how to form your response.
Format your summary according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Include an APA-formatted title page. Any ideas used from the textbook
or the individual article should be cited appropriately using in-text
citations, as well as a references page citation. Use the Reference and
Citation Generator in the Center for Writing Excellence for assistance
with citations, if necessary.
The Argument Evaluation and Response Grading Guide will be used to
grade your assignment.
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ENG 200 Week 2 Topic Selection (Drones Over
America)
ENG 200 Week 2 Topic Selection
Selecting an appropriate topic is the first step in creating an effective
persuasive argument. This assignment is the basis for your Week 3
Thesis and Research Questions, Week 3 Organizing the Persuasive
Essay, Week 4 Persuasive Essay, and Week 5 Persuasive Essay
Presentation assignments.
Complete the Topic Selection worksheet.
Submit your worksheet to the Assignment Files tab.
Topic Selection Worksheet
Select a topic for your Week 4 Persuasive Essay using the following
steps:

Review the College Specific Resources for Rhetoric and Research
Learning Activity in Week 1.
Click on any College/School that interests you.
Each college page has a description of the importance of rhetoric and
research to degree programs and professional careers within that
College/School.
The topics for you to choose from are below the “Importance of
Rhetoric and Research” paragraph. Each topic has a link to an associated
resource from the University Library to learn more about the topic. For
example, the College of Humanities and Sciences has the topics
“Synthetic Life”, “Large Hadron Collider will Destroy Earth”, “Climate
Change”, and many other topics to choose from.

Choose one controversial topic. Your topic must be selected from the list
of topics under one of the Colleges/Schools. Please note that the
“Accessibility” area on the right is not one of the topics.
Complete the worksheet below using your chosen topic.
What is your topic? <Enter your topic here.
Relate the key points of an effective research topic for the topic you
chose for your Week 4 Persuasive Essay. Identify how your topic
addresses the key points of an effective research paper topic. Refer to the
“Evaluating Possible Topics” section on p. 339 of Ch. 11 in Elements of
Argument. Your response to each question should be at least 50 words
(for a total of at least 200 words).
How is your topic interesting?

<Enter your response of at least 50 words here.
How is your topic debatable?
How is your topic not too broad and not too narrow?

How is your topic not too unconventional?
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ENG 200 Week 3 Organizing the Persuasive
Essay (Drones Over America)
ENG 200 Week 3 Organizing the Persuasive Essay

Organizing your persuasive essay will depend greatly on the type of
thesis you plan to present. Using the Thesis and Research Questions
Worksheet from this week, you can begin to outline and organize the
content of your Week 4 Persuasive Essay.
This assignment has two parts, Part A and Part B.
In Part A, choose either Option 1 or Option 2. Respond to the questions
for the option you select.
After you finish Part A, complete Part B of the assignment.
Part A
Read “Organizing the Material,” on pp. 374-384 in Ch. 12 of Elements
of Argument.
Consider the thesis and research question you are creating for your
Week 4 Persuasive Essay.
Review Option 1 and Option 2 below for organizing an essay.

Choose one of the following options as your strategy for organizing your
Persuasive Essay:
Option 1: Organization Strategies
Which of the four organizational strategies (defending the main idea,
refuting an opposing view, finding the middle ground, or presenting the
stock issues) will you use, and why have you selected that strategy?
How does the strategy you selected align with your thesis statement?
Option 2: Contention
In what order will you unfold your essay’s main contentions?

What is your strongest and most persuasive contention?
Why is it more appropriate to place your strongest contention in the
emphatic position (either first or last)?
Write a response of at least 350 words total to the corresponding
questions from the option you selected above.
Part B
You will now start your Persuasive Essay, due in Week 4, by beginning
with an outline.
Outline your paper in at least 350 words, using the Persuasive Essay
Instructions as a template. Be sure to use complete sentences for each
component of the paper (i.e., introduction, body, and conclusion).
Format any citations within your assignment according to
appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Submit Part A and Part B of your assignment to the Assignment Files
tab.
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ENG 200 Week 3 Thesis and Research Questions
Worksheet (Customized Paper)
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ENG 200 Week 3 Thesis and Research Questions Worksheet
In this assignment, you develop your thesis and research questions using
the topic you selected in Week 2. This assignment will help to form the
basis for the research you are conducting for your Persuasive Essay, due
in Week 4. This assignment must be completed prior to the Organizing
the Persuasive Essay assignment this week, as it will form the basis for
how you will organize your essay.
Complete the Thesis and Research Questions worksheet. You may find
the following Center for Writing Excellence resources useful:

Writing a Thesis Statement Tutorial
Thesis Statement Generator
Format any citations within your assignment according to
appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
Thesis and Research Questions Worksheet
Provide responses to the following questions using the topic you
selected in Week 2. Your responses to this worksheet will help you in
Week 4 when you craft your Persuasive Essay.
What is your selected topic?
<Enter your selected topic here.
The thesis statement will provide direction to your essay. Write your
thesis statement for your selected topic.
Thesis statement: <Enter your thesis statement here.
Research questions help you to guide your research in finding materials

appropriate for your essay. Technically, these questions should be
answered by your thesis statement. Keep in mind that research questions
are sometimes edited or rewritten as you research.
Provide three research questions that will direct your research for this
essay:
<Enter your first research question here.
<Enter your second research question here.
<Enter your third research question here.
In 75-100 words, explain your next steps in preparing to write your
persuasive essay.
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ENG 200 Week 4 Persuasive Essay (Drones Over
America)

ENG 200 Week 4 Persuasive Essay
Persuasive essays can be structured in different ways, but they all have
one goal in mind: to persuade others to agree with the argument that is
being made. Have you ever disagreed with someone on a point and tried
to get them to understand your argument? This assignment will help you
learn the proper ways to structure your arguments so that they are more
persuasive.
Review the Persuasive Essay Instructions from Week 3.
Review the following completed assignments and your faculty feedback
for them:
Week 2 Topic Selection
Week 3 Thesis and Research Questions Worksheet

Week 3 Organizing the Persuasive Essay
Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word (approximately 4 to 5 pages) persuasive
essay, using your previous assignments as resources.
Format your assignment according to appropriate course-level APA
guidelines.
Submit your essay to the Plagiarism Checker, located in the Center for
Writing Excellence, and make any required changes that are mentioned
in the results of the report. Use the Plagiarism Checker Instructions for
step-by-step instructions for how to use the Plagiarism Checker. If
another submission is needed after changes, please submit your essay
again.
Submit your Persuasive Essay to WritePoint® powered by Grammarly
in the Center for Writing Excellence. Use the suggestions
from WritePoint® powered by Grammarly to improve the grammar and
use of active voice in your essay.

The Persuasive Essay Grading Guide will be used to grade this
assignment.
Submit your final copy of the Persuasive Essay, along with your final
Plagiarism Checker report to the Assignment Files tab.
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ENG 200 Week 5 Persuasive Essay Presentation
(Drones Over America)
ENG 200 Week 5 Persuasive Essay Presentation
Throughout this course, you have worked on a persuasive essay, which

you submitted in Week 4. Now it is time to present your persuasive
essay to a target audience. In this assignment, you will be taking the key
points from your persuasive essay and integrating them into a persuasive
essay presentation.
Read the Persuasive Essay Presentation Instructions.
Create your 6- to 8-slide Persuasive Essay Presentation.
For help with creating presentations, use the Learning Activities from
this week, which are also linked under Materials on the right side of the
screen.
Include detailed speaker notes in your presentation.
Format any citations in your presentation according
to appropriate course-level APA guidelines.
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