1. Present a thesis that interests both you and the audience, is debatable, and can be defended in the amount of space available.
2. Back up each statement offered in support of the thesis with enough evidence to give it credibility. Cite data from a variety of sources. Fully document all quotations and direct references to primary or secondary sources.
3. The warrants linking claims to support must be either specified or implicit in your data and line of reasoning. No claim should depend on an unstated warrant with which skeptical readers might disagree.
4. Present the thesis clearly and adequately introduce it in a thesis paragraph, indicating the purpose of the paper.
5. Organize supporting statements and data in a way that builds the argument, emphasizes your main ideas, and justifies the paper’s conclusions. Your argument must be arranged logically. Use transitions!
6. Anticipate all possible opposing arguments and either refute or accommodate them.
7. Write in a style and tone appropriate for the topic and the intended audience. Your vocabulary should be rich, but do not use informal, unnecessarily vague, or overblown language. Your prose should be clear and readable.
8. Make sure your manuscript is clean, carefully proofed, and typed in an acceptable format.
9. Give enough summary for readers to understand the topic, but not too much as to overwhelm your argument and analysis.
10. Avoid unnecessary repetition.
11. Avoid conclusions that are merely summaries. Summaries may be needed in long technical papers, but in brief arguments they create endings that are without force or interest. In the closing paragraph you should find a new idea that emerges naturally from the development of the whole argument.
12. Must include 4-5 in site references with MLA worksite page. No cover page. No index.
12. Must include 4-5 in site references with MLA worksite page. No cover page. No index.
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