Answer & Explanation:The academic essay Assignment in this unit will be a written, cohesive argument
for a specific change in your community or workplace. The Assignment should take
the form of a persuasive essay, in which you will provide reliable evidence from
at least four sources to support the argument for change that you are
advocating. You will also need to address a counter-argument or misconception
about your topic within the essay, as the ability to do so is a key component of
a strong argument. Essentially, the essay will reflect what you have learned
about writing effectively, using research, and creating a logical argument to
influence an audience.
As long as your topic meets the Assignment requirements, there are no specific
restrictions on the topic of an argument for change, unless noted otherwise by
your instructor.
In accordance with Kaplan University’s plagiarism policy, students must not
self-plagiarize by submitting an Assignment for two different grades; therefore,
you must not submit a paper for this Assignment that has been graded in whole or
in part for another class, whether at Kaplan or another institution. For further
insights on self-plagiarism, please review KUWC’s resource, “Self-Plagiarism”
(podcast or transcript).
Podcast: http://www.screencast.com/users/KUWC/folders/Effective%20Writing%20Podcasts%20%282011%29/media/fcf54eb3-d161-421a-b200-ed0fb98d96e5
Transcript: https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/DocumentStore/Docs11/pdf/WC/Self_plagiarism_podcast_draft.pdf
Your persuasive essay will need to meet the following criteria:
APA 6th Edition format for the document, including an appropriately
formatted title page and References pageA thesis statement at the end of the introduction paragraph Well-developed paragraphs that include evidence from sources to support
your argument for a specific change in your community or workplaceFour reliable sources should be cited within the text of the Assignment; at
least one of the cited sources should be either a book/ebook or a periodical
articleAll cited sources need to have full citations on a References page (except
for any interviews you conduct, which only require in-text citations)Standard American English and a formal tone throughout the writingOnly the third person point of view should be used
Achieving the above criteria should be your main goal with your academic essay. A
strong and well-supported argument will be at least 4 pages (1,000 words long),
not including the title page and references page.
If you are interested in receiving feedback on a draft version of your persuasive
essay, reach out to Kaplan University Writing Center for tutoring services. You
can find further information about the available services on the KUWC website:
Paper Review and Q&A Services.
Also, review the following KUWC resources for guidance on APA manuscript
formatting, APA citation formatting, using evidence from sources, and
revising:
KUWC: “Common Citations in APA
Format” KUWC: “Citing Sources Tutorial” (video) KUWC: “APA Sample Title Page” (video or PDF) KUWC: “What is Plagiarism?” (podcast or transcript) KUWC: “80/20 Principle” (podcast or transcript) KUWC: “Revision Strategies: Post-Draft Outlining” (podcast or transcript)
Click the following link to access the grading rubric your instructor will use
when assessing your Assignment: Unit 8 Assignment Rubric.
Click the following link to see a sample Assignment: Unit 8 Assignment Sample.
Turnitin Analysis
A special feature is available to help you with reviewing your Unit 8 Assignment
for plagiarism. When you submit your Assignment to the Unit 8 Dropbox, it will
automatically be analyzed by the plagiarism detection tool, Turnitin. Soon after
you submit your Assignment, you will be able to view the Turnitin Originality
Report. Originality Reports provide a summary of matching or highly similar text
found in a submitted paper. When an Originality Report is available for viewing,
an icon will appear in the report column of the Assignment Inbox. Originality
Reports are only available in the Inbox. For this reason, you will need to
download the report prior to the grading of the Unit 8 Assignment. To do this,
click on the print icon at the bottom of the Originality Report. This will
prepare a readable, PDF version of the Originality Report that you can save to
your computer.
You will get a plagiarism-free paper and you can get an originality report upon request.
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