2:06 Back Submission Assignment Details English Composition Description Assignment Instructions ((. This week, you will start to follow the stages of writing for the Persuasive Writing assignment. You will first identify a debate from within your discipline, and then write a paper in which you state and explain your position on that debate. You will then take your own stance within this debate and support your argument with two scholarly, peer-reviewed resources from the Capella library. You are welcome to continue on with the subject you chose for your Informative Essay, but work toward taking a stance on your subject-a stance that has two clear sides. You will write about your position on your subject. It is imperative that you identify a true two-sided topic, a topic over which educated professionals in the field reasonably disagree. This week you will start by creating an outline for the Persuasive Essay. Include the following in your assignment: Select a debatable topic. • Create an outline for your Persuasive Essay. ● ( o Use the Developing an Outline [PDF] provided as a resource to guide you as you develop your outline. • Use two scholarly library articles relevant to a chosen persuasive essay topic. o List the articles at the end of your outline on a separate references page o Credit the authors of the articles within the outline. Apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, tone, and citation formatting. • Apply accepted conventions of grammar, 2:06 Back ● Assignment Details English Composition ((. disagree. This week you will start by creating an outline for the Persuasive Essay. Include the following in your assignment: • Select a debatable topic. Create an outline for your Persuasive Essay. o Use the Developing an Outline [PDF] provided as a resource to guide you as you develop your outline. Use two scholarly library articles relevant to a chosen persuasive essay topic. o List the articles at the end of your outline on a separate references page o Credit the authors of the articles within the outline. Apply the standard writing conventions for the discipline, including structure, voice, person, tone, and citation formatting. Apply accepted conventions of grammar, punctuation, language usage, and mechanics, including proper APA document formatting. Assignment Requirements Your paper should meet the following requirements: • Written communication: Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. ( • Standard formatting: Follow APA formatting for creating a document, including title page. An APA sample paper is located on pp. 251-254 of the Hacker Handbook. • Length: Submit one, full double-spaced page. Font and font size: Use Times New Roman, 12- point font. Competencies Measured By successfully completing this assignment, you will/n 2:07 DEVELOPING AN OUTLINE DEVELOPING AN OUTLINE An outline is like a grocery list. While shopping with a list you can organize and prioritize items-for example, you can buy everything you need in the frozen food section instead of wasting time picking things up piecemeal. Like a grocery list, an outline builds a framework a writer can use to guide her through a paper. Some skip outlines because they think outlines are busywork rather than part of the writing process - but the benefits of an outline far outweigh the time needed to make one. After all, an outline need not be "fancy" or terribly complex. The outline's purpose is simply to help make organizational and structural sense of a paper before it begins. The following are a few ideas to consider as you develop an outline: When to Outline Many writers have different preferences for getting started with a new writing assignment. Some writers prefer to approach a topic via various prewriting strategies, such as freewriting, looping, listing, and clustering, while other writers prefer to begin with an outline of words, ideas, categories, or even full sentences to be considered as the initial main ideas or supporting points for the first draft. When writers are uncertain about how to approach an assignment or when they need to determine what ideas they do have for a topic, then prewriting strategies are usually a better choice than outlines. However, once the prewriting stage is complete, some writers forget or are unaware of the benefits to using an outline as a vital link or bridge between each stage the writing process. Use an outline between each stage of the writing process - Prewriting, Drafting, and Revising - as it can help writers: ● CAPELLA UNIVERSITY . to inventory ideas and give boundary and form to the ideas discovered in prewriting to determine the interrelationship between ideas as they develop to inventory ideas and needs as they develop in multiple drafts to organize ideas for logical structure and chronology to verify connections between supporting points and the thesis to verify connections between supporting points and evidence/examples to verify opportunities for paragraph development (MEAL Plan), and to verify audience needs and analysis This is the concept of the "working outline," how an outline is updated to record changes between each stage of the writing process. Rather than conceiving of an outline merely as the final representation of the content and organization of a final Writing Center, August 2014 . DEVELOPING AN OUTLINE CAPELLA UNIVERSITY paper, writers need to be aware of how outlines can "work" throughout the writing process to provide opportunities to discover the strengths and weaknesses in focus, development, and organization. Tips on Developing an Outline Start general and work toward the specific You can begin an outline anytime-even before the scope of a project is fully realized If possible, allow time between outlining and writing your paper Shape your outline in a way that is interesting for you Share your outline with a friend before starting to write assets.capella.edu 1 Ć D 2:07 2 of 2 . . to determine the interrelationship between ideas as they develop inventory ideas and needs as they develop in multiple drafts organize ideas for logical structure and chronology verify connections between supporting points and the thesis to verify connections between supporting points and evidence/examples to verify opportunities for paragraph development (MEAL Plan), and to verify audience needs and analysis This is the concept of the "working outline," how an outline is updated to record changes between each stage of the writing process. Rather than conceiving of an outline merely as the final representation of the content and organization of a final Writing Center, August 2014 DEVELOPING AN OUTLINE CAPELLA UNIVERSITY paper, writers need to be aware of how outlines can "work" throughout the writing process to provide opportunities to discover the strengths and weaknesses in focus, development, and organization. Tips on Developing an Outline ● Start general and work toward the specific You can begin an outline anytime-even before the scope of a project is fully realized If possible, allow time between outlining and writing your paper Shape your outline in a way that is interesting for you Share your outline with a friend before starting to write Unless your outline is an assignment, it doesn't have to be "perfect" Example of Basic/Generic Outline 1. Transforming chaos into order A. Definitions of chaos and order 1. Etymology and historical views B. Chaos as a social problem 1. Inner and outer chaos 2. Social problems are chaos 3. Amount and intensity of chaos is increasing C. Transforming chaos 1. Why transformation, not destruction a. intangible things are indestructible b. chaos is a mind thing II. Methods of transformation A. Increase understanding 1. Ways of understanding B. Decrease confusion 1. Ways of decreasing confusion C. Maintaining a healthy balance between inner and outer worlds III. Conclusion - "Chaos needs to be properly understood" A. Misunderstanding chaos is not an option 1. Confusion breeds discontent; discontent breeds violence 2. Outer peace requires reducing inner discontent, reducing in discontent requires more understanding Writing Center, August 2014 1 assets.capella.edu 2