Eng 205 Essay # 4: THE Research Essay 20% of grade Min 8 typed pages double-spaced MLA format Background: So far this semester, you’ve objectively analyzed and evaluated the rhetorical strategies used by authors in order to be persuasive and you’ve looked at what happens when a primary text is discussed in the context of outside sources. The Prompt: For your final research paper, you get to “Join the conversation”, creating your own argument (about ANYTHING you want) and backing it up with evidence. • For this paper, you will write a minimum of 8 pages at least 6 credible sources to back up your claims. • For your outside sources, you need to have 1 article from a scholarly journal, 1 book, 1 newspaper article • In addition, you can use documentaries and interviews as credible sources Successful papers will: • Make a strong arguable assertion on a topic • Use clear sub-claims to back up the overall argument • Develop each claim with credible textual evidence and sufficient discussion of how that evidence relates to the overall argument • Use logical reasoning • Correctly cite evidence- even when paraphrasing • Properly introduce quotes • Use clear topic sentences to signal the focus of each body paragraph • Use academic language and transitions • Bring new light to a topic- not merely repeat what’s already been said. I had chosen the topic of the benefits of learning to juggle.