Blog Post #8: Argument essay prewriting continued

After completing Blog #7, do the following:
-Find at least four credible sources to develop your argument topic.
-Review each source and make a brief statement about how you could use each source to develop your argument. Post this to your blog. In the meanwhile, continue developing your claim based on your research, reading, and thinking. Post your claim to your blog.
-After you complete the tasks above and post your response to your blog, continue taking detailed notes on your sources (handwritten or typed) that you can use in your argument paper, including summaries, quotations, etc. Bring a printed copy of your post and additional notes on your sources to the class on Tuesday, March 1.

Blog Post #7: Argument essay prewriting

See the assignment guidelines for Essay #2: Argument and other related documents on Blackboard (Course Documents). Determine whether you will write an argument of fact, an argument of definition or an evaluation for your Essay #2. Write a paragraph responding to the following and post it to your course blog (do not number your responses; just write a coherent paragraph about your ideas on your upcoming essay). Title your blog post as “Blog #7: Argument essay prewriting.”

1) State the type of argument you will make (argument of fact, argument of definition, or evaluation).
2) State your topic and your tentative claim on this topic.
3) Explain why you are interested in writing about this topic.
4) List possible examples of evidence you might use to persuade the audience to believe the claim and where you may find the credible sources that can provide you with the evidence.

Bring a printed copy of your post to class on Thursday, February 24. Come to class ready to tell the class about your topic and discuss it with the instructor and your peers.