For this final assignment, you must write an argumentative research essay. You will select a topic related to social media and/or technology. The length requirement may include the Works Cited as long as your actual paper is at least a full 7 pages. The paper must be double spaced, use Times New Roman 12 point font with 1 inch margins.  Your paper must follow all MLA formatting guidelines.  In your paper, you must write a clear thesis and support that thesis with solid arguments and research. The many assignments in this course will help you understand more clearly the expectations of this assignment. I would encourage you to go through the Power Point in Assignment 1 as a reminder of the method for writing this type of paper. It would also be a good idea to review Angela Daly’s paper in Assignment 4 as this is a model for what you are trying to accomplish (although her paper is shorter).

You will be graded on the following:

1. Clear, argumentative thesis in the final sentence of paragraph one.

2. Each topic sentence in the main body of the paper must make an argument in support of the thesis.

3. All content in the main body paragraphs must support the topic sentence from each paragraph.

4. Eight sources at a minimum must be used. At least one source per main body argument must be used.

5. MLA formatting must be used

6. Grammar mistakes and use of first person are not present.

7. Logos, Ethos, and Pathos are clearly used. (the use of facts and statistics (logos), credible sources and experts (ethos), and emotional persuasion (pathos).

8. Length requirement is met