The purpose of the Persuasive Essay assignment is to choose a topic that has some debatable issue.
You will then take a position on that issue and write a 2 full-page Persuasive Essay trying to influence you to accept or agree with your position on this issue.
Your paper must adhere to MLA 8 format.
Choose from the following topics for your paper:
Advantages and disadvantages of using social media (individual person perspective)
Positive and negative effects of social media (human society perspective)
The adverse impact of social media we should fight against
Great things we owe to social media
The effect of social media on identity. Modern phenomena of fake identities and having different online and offline identities.
The impact of social media on youth
The role of social media in education
The role of social media in cyberbullying
The role of social media in promoting healthy/unhealthy lifestyles, beauty image
Are social media sites productivity killers?
Does social media promote radicalization?
The impact of social media on doing business
The process of hiring in the age of social media
Hate speech on social media: To censor or not to censor
Is social media corrupting or promoting the idea of democracy?
Is social media addiction a real thing?
Should people be taught to be cautious about what they post online? Should children/ parents get special training on this?
Does social media promote or harm real-life communication?
Here are the details:
1. Read the Lecture Notes in Unit 5 on persuasive writing. Also, especially read Chapter 10.9 in the online text for ideas on how to construct an approach to persuasive writing. I will provide you with a link
While all the information in this chapter can be helpful, what is especially helpful is the information under the heading “Writing a Persuasive Essay.”
2. Choose a topic from the above list.
3. You will want to plan your organization so your ideas connect and make sense to the reader. You may use either of the patterns from the previous two units. Also, you may look at the different patterns presented in Chapter 10 for ideas. As a bit of advice, the structure is shown in Chapter 10.9 under the heading “Structure of a Persuasive Essay” is a helpful model to look at.
4. Since this essay is more persuasive instead of argumentative, you do not have to do any formal research, but you should have explanations and support for any positions you offer.
5. The essay will be at least two full pages long but no more than four pages (unless you have your instructor’s permission to go over 4 pages). You will use the MLA formatting guidelines that you used in the previous essays.
6. Include a title for your essay.
7. After writing the essay, be sure to take the time to read it several times for revision and editing. It would be helpful to have at least one other person proofread it as well before submitting the assignment.
please no sources needed
please double spaced
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