English 102 UNIT 4

Purpose:The purpose of this assignment is to begin drafting your academic argumentative research paper.Description:In this assignment you will first write your literature review; then you will write your introduction. The following details are requirements of the assignment:Introduction (9-12 well-developed sentences/approximately 350 words): The following components must be included in the introduction(in the following order).oSentence 1: Introduce the general topicoSentence 2: Pro side (general)oSentence 3: Con side (general)oSentence 4: Narrow the scope (1)oSentence 5: Examples of the narrowed topicoSentence 6: Narrow the scope (2)oSentence 7: Specific controversyoSentence 8: Pro side (specific)oSentence 9: Con side (specific)oSentence 10: The thesisLiterature Review (800-900 words): oLiterature review preface: This paragraph acts as a guide to what the reader can expect in the literature review.oLiterature review body: This section includes three to four body paragraphs that discuss the history terminology and both sides of the controversy (pro and con).oLiterature review conclusion: The conclusion signals that the literature review is ending but it also acts as a kind of preface for the body of the paper by restating the thesis statement and establishing your argument once again.Demonstrate how to summarize and paraphrase source materials.Demonstrate the avoidance of plagiarism through proper use of APA citations and references for all paraphrased and quoted material.