DISCUSSION ESSAY
For this assignment, you will write a 5-7 page double-spaced, 12 point Times New Roman font, persuasive business letter to someone specific and related to your topic (Dear Mr. or Mrs. X).
No title page/Running head is necessary for this paper, but you will need a separate References page (your Reference page does not count toward the 5-7 pages).
This paper should use sections/headings to break up the content into manageable parts (some possible headings might include:
- Greeting/Salutation/reason for contact
- Introduction of yourself/topic (rename these headings however you see fit)
- Background/history on the topic
Depending on how you have decided to organize your persuasive arguments some options will work better than others
- Problem/Cause/Solution (each as their own heading)
- Problem/Solution (again each with their own heading and possibly some sub-headings incorporated)
- Monroe’s Motivated Sequence (each of the five steps worked through)
- Refutative pattern or Causal points (for speeches of fact)
Generally, all papers will want to start wrapping up with some
- Acknowledgment of opposing views from critics and rebuttal/counterarguments
- Conclusion/Call to action (repeat main points, finish strong).
- Sincerely, your name
- References page (APA formatted, alphabetized, hanging indents for each entry). At least six sources, four of which can be found in print and two of those four are scholarly journal articles (see assignment specs).
