Emphasize how your logic and evidence led you to your solution to your wicked problem (171).
You have arrived at the point where you can convincingly sell your solution to interested readers, even if a reader is a bit skeptical at first. You’ will need ten to twelve paragraphs to accomplish all of these tasks
Things to Do
1. See what Chevallier says in regard to organizing your essay in chapter seven, “Sell the Solution—Communicate Effectively” in Strategic Thinking in Complex Problem Solving, and develop your in introduction that makes your purpose clear, namely selling readers on your solution and explaining how you will set an example in taking an active role in that solution.
2. Pay close attention Chevallier’s advice on selling your solution, for example in section 2.4 of in chapter seven, “Sell the Solution—Communicate Effectively in Strategic Thinking in Complex Problem Solving, where he advises, you to emphasize how your logic and evidence led you to your solution to your wicked problem (171).
3. Add transitions where needed as discussed in chapter eight of They Say I Say.
4. Create a counterargument as suggested in chapter six of They Say I Say, one that starts a paragraph saying how a reader could potentially disagree with you. Finish that paragraph with a rebuttal to the counterargument that defends your solution.
5. Avoid a conclusion paragraph that unnecessarily repeats what you’ve already covered elsewhere in your essay.
6. Use the MLA Format Sample.
7. Add an appendix page showing a photo, chart, table, or other visual content (with a caption underneath it) to use data or details to enhance your essay’s factual support, captioned and located before your works cited page.
8. MLA format needs to form your essay in three ways, namely the first page layout and page numbering, in-text citation in your paragraphs,, and on a works cited page listing those works you actually mention in your essay.
9. If you find another credible source on your wicked problem, you can bring it into your discussion as long as you cite it on your works cited page and, in one of your paragraphs, compare it to at least one of the sources you already have.
Things to Avoid
• Avoid letting your sources take over your essay since the lion’s share of your essay’s argument should be yours, not theirs.
• Avoid quoting when paraphrasing would do and, when quoting is necessary, trimming the quotations down to four or fewer sentences by using ellipses ( . . . ).
• Avoid not introducing quotations by using the method demonstrated in chapter three in They Say I Say.
• Avoid not giving credit in your paragraphs to each source you discuss according to the instructions for MLA in-text citation on the Purdue OWL.
The Grading Standards for Selling Your Solution to a Wicked Problem
There are four areas of evaluation:
Reading
Show an understanding of the assignment as well as the inclusion of any concepts and important details in the assigned reading. The assigned reading sources must also be in correct MLA parenthetical citation format in the text of the essay.
Organization
The essay’s paragraphs should each contribute to the essay’s success by fulfilling their roles: an introduction paragraph that summarizes the background related to the option you have chosen, and contains a thesis that responds to the situation; “body” paragraphs that each support the thesis for a different reason; and a conclusion paragraph that brings the discussion to a close and offers a reader a logical conception of the whole essay.
Support
The essay should contain enough explanation and detail for each paragraph to fully contribute to the essay’s success.
Proofreading
The sentences in the essay must consistently read well because they contain few if any errors that distort the writer’s intended meaning or distract the reader’s easy reading of the writing.
