Problem Solution Research Essay (4 pages minimum)
What is the problem (its parts/causes/effects), and what are solutions?
Find information from sources on a social, cultural, political, economic and/or environmental problem that is related to water (in the broadest sense) in Hawaii or the Pacific, as well as solutions.
For this paper, after you brainstorm different topics and choose one, you will do research to: understand the issue, break down the parts of the problem, and find information on possible solutions. Your coverage of the problem and solutions should be balanced, so roughly half of your paper should cover the problem, and half should cover solutions. Note that this is an information-gathering paper, and you should find information that includes all of the three rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos and pathos (however, you do not need to identify the appeals in your research for this paper).
Minimum source requirements for the final draft:
one or more books or ebooks
one or more journal, magazine or newspaper articles
one or more online sources (which you have evaluated through the Library Research Challenge sheets or Website Evaluation forms)
If you cite any non-website sources in your paper, you will need to include copies of the sections you used when you upload your first draft. Remember that you can use more sources than these minimum requirements. (That includes interviews, radio or TV broadcasts, presentations, etc.)
Before you turn in your final draft, you must complete an Annotated Bibliography that contains summaries of the relevant research from your above possible sources (3 minimum).
What Im looking for
Standard essay organization
Introduction paragraph – gives background information on the issue, debate, or controversy, and how it is related to water (if the connection is not obvious)
Thesis statement – at the end of the introduction paragraph, states the problem (its parts/causes/effects) and possible solutions that you researched; avoids the common mistakes of the matter-of-fact, wishy-washy, duh, hazy, or screaming thesis.
Below are some templates for possible ways to clearly state the thesis; your specific thesis will depend on what you are saying in your paper.
The main parts/causes/effects of the ____ problem are ____, ____, and ____; some possible solutions are _____ and _____.
The problem of ___ is solved through _______, _______, and ______.
_______, _______, and ______ are some solutions to the _____ problem.
PIE body paragraphs
Begin with a clear point about the problem or solution (something like: One/another part/cause/effect of the problem or possible solution is ___.)
Directly quote or paraphrase information and passages from your research, framed in quotation sandwiches, with MLA formatted in-text citations. Use information that covers all the three appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos. (However, do not identify the examples of the three appeals explicitly.)
Explain how this information from sources relates to the problem or possible solutions.
Conclusion paragraph – wrap up the paper
Restate the thesis, at the beginning of the conclusion paragraph
MLA formatted Works Cited page
Remember that revision of drafts is required, especially if your first draft is more like a vomit draft and less like a polished draft.
Requirements
4 (or more) complete, typed and double spaced pages, with 1-inch margins, in a standard 12 point font (like Times or Arial), with MLA style formatting and citations, and essay formatting (a creative title, an introduction with a thesis, body paragraphs with points, a conclusion, and Works Cited page)
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