Overview

This week, you spent some time reflecting on persuasion in your everyday life. But why is persuasion so important? Let us think about that a little bit in this assignment.

Prompt

Now that you have spent some time writing down some potential issues for your project, it is time to narrow the focus.

Part One: After exploring the library databases and reviewing your brainstorming activity, select two potential issues that are related to your career or degree. Again, ensure that you are selecting and writing about two different issues. Each section should be written as a fully developed, 5–8 sentence paragraph.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Identify two arguable sides about your first issue related to your career or degree field.
2. Identify two arguable sides about your second issue related to your career or degree field.

Part Two: After exploring both sides of each issue, choose one to write about in your final persuasive essay. Specifically, you must also address the following rubric criteria:

3. Choose a side that you might argue.
4. Identify why your topic would be meaningful to your audience (people connected to your career or degree field).

Guidelines for Submission

Your assignment must be written in MLA or APA format. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. This assignment is submitted in Brightspace.

Supporting Materials

To support your work on the project, use the following resources: CQ Researcher – SAGE

Academic Search Ultimate

Opposing Viewpoints in Context – Gale Other relevant library databases

Your Brainstorming Ideas activity

Module One Assignment Rubric

Criteria	Proficient (100%)	Needs Improvement (75%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
First Issue	Identifies two arguable sides about the first issue related to a career or degree field	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include explaining two clear, arguable sides to the issue or demonstrating relation to a career or degree field	Does not attempt criterion	22.5
Second Issue	Identifies two arguable sides about the second issue related to a career or	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for	Does not attempt criterion	22.5

Criteria	Proficient (100%)	Needs Improvement (75%)	Not Evident (0%)	Value
	degree field	improvement may include explaining two clear, arguable sides to the issue or demonstrating relation to a career or degree field
Argue	Identifies which side might be argued if this issue is pursued in the final persuasive essay	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include discussing more clearly the relation to the potential topic	Does not attempt criterion	22.5
Audience	Identifies why the topic would be meaningful to people connected to the career or degree field	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with errors or omissions; areas for improvement may include more detail in explaining why the topic would be relevant to the audience	Does not attempt criterion	22.5
Articulation of Response	Clearly conveys meaning with grammatical choices, sentence structure, and spelling, demonstrating an understanding of audience and purpose	Shows progress toward proficiency, but with inconsistencies in grammatical conventions, sentence structure, and spelling, negatively impacting readability	The submission has critical inconsistencies in grammatical conventions, sentence structure, and spelling, preventing understanding of ideas	10
Total:				100%