Writing Homework Help

For the Researched Argument Essay, you are going to construct an audience-based argument that presents a specific claim about your topic and integrates the research you have done this semester to support your claim. Your thesis statement should propose a solution or solutions to a particular problem. as well as tell the reader WHY this is the best/most feasible course of action and/or HOW this course of action could/should be implemented. 

Think carefully about your readers. Consider these five questions:

1. What do you want readers to do or think?
2. Why should they do or think that?
3. How do they know that what you say is true?
4. What should readers know about counterarguments?
5. What larger principles or context grounds your argument?

Also, think about the stakeholders involved in your topic. Who is most impacted? Most invested? Who can be the agents of change? Who is in the most powerful position to effect change? Note: stakeholders and agents of change are not always the same group of people. 

Writing an audience-based argument means thinking about your goals. What do you want the audience to do, think, or feel? What action do you think they need to take (if applicable)? In some cases, your audience may be large entities, such as corporations or governments, so you should set proportionate goals for your audience.

Whatever your goal for your audience, you must choose and evaluate evidence accordingly. What evidence does the audience need? To what would they respond best? What most aligns with their own goals and agendas? Here, a careful consideration of ethos, pathos, and logos is critical. How are you going to appeal to your reader in a way that persuades them to proceed according to your recommendations?