Module Five Project Draft Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

In this assignment, you will build on what you have learned in the first modules of this course and submit your persuasive essay project draft. Creating a draft is an important part of the academic writing process as it allows your instructor to provide specific feedback on how to strengthen your argument, how to better reach your audience, and whether your sources support your argument. Creating a draft is also crucial to the academic writing process as it allows you to articulate your ideas and thoughts in an organized structure so that you can rethink your main ideas and rewrite them in a way that makes your argument more persuasive.

Directions

For this project draft, you will submit the first draft of your essay. You will use at least one source from the Project Resources and two sources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library to support your essay. This essay will become Part Two of the project that will be submitted in Module Seven.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Thesis Statement: Compose a thesis statement that addresses your position.
2. Key Points: Support key points in your persuasive essay with evidence from your research.
3. These are the key points presented in your thesis statement.
4. Quotes or Paraphrases: Use quotes or paraphrases to integrate evidence from research into your persuasive essay.
5. Include at least one quote or paraphrase for each body paragraph.
6. Strategies: Include strategies to meet the needs of an audience. In your response, include:
7. An introduction with relevant background information that appeals to your chosen audience
8. A conclusion that summarizes your key points and includes a call to action for your chosen audience
9. Persuasive Writing Techniques: Use persuasive writing techniques in the body of your persuasive essay.
10. Address and refute an opposing viewpoint to your position.
11. Attribution Conventions: Use attribution conventions throughout your persuasive essay.
12. Use APA attribution conventions for all in-text citations or paraphrases.
13. Include a References page at the end of your persuasive essay.

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page (with an additional title page and reference page) Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style both throughout and at the end of your project draft. Use at least one source from the Project Resources and two sources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library to support your project draft.