ENG110 – College Writing Argument Essay

Requirements:

• The essay should be three to four pages in length.

• You should include an APA-style title page and headers in addition to the three to

four pages for the assignment. Please double space the assignment, write it in

12 point Times New Roman font, and use a 1-inch margin.

• You should include three sources in your essay that are reliable and academic.

One of those sources should address the counterargument.

o Make sure you have at least three in-text citations where you have direct quoted, paraphrased or summarized material from the sources. You will need corresponding references for each of these sources that match the in-text citations.

• You need an introduction and conclusion for this essay. Remember the introduction sets up the essay and ends with the thesis statement. The conclusion sums up the essay and restates the thesis in a different way. The introduction and conclusion should not be exact replicas of each other.

• Your body paragraphs should focus on one topic that supports your argument.

You will also need to determine where you want to address the counterargument.

• Your writing should be free of punctuation, spelling, and grammar errors and contain appropriate word choice for an academic setting with clear sentence structure.

Be sure to read the criteria by which your work will be evaluated before you write and again after you write.