First, develop an outline for your Persuasive Research Essay, next write the first draft of your Persuasive Research Essay, and then revise the first draft of your essay to the final draft.

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Introduction

If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.

– Yogi Berra, Former New York Yankees Catcher

Consider the planning and structure of a persuasive research essay. Learn how to develop an effective structural map that best reflects the analysis and thinking in your essay, and that will serve as a blueprint for your draft.

Now that you have assembled the material for your project, it is time to consider the structure of the essay you are planning to write. Consider developing an effective structural map that best reflects the analysis and thinking in your essay that will serve as a blueprint for your draft.

An outline is the skeleton of a good essay; therefore, it is important to think through your outline carefully. You will want to have enough information to help you formulate the complete essay.

The writing process varies significantly from writer to writer, so the time to complete the draft and final revision of this and other essays can vary significantly. Some writers complete much of the revision process while writing the first draft, while others rush-write the first draft and then rewrite and revise in later drafts. The point is, the time to complete a piece of writing can vary greatly from writer to writer. Actual time spent here might range from a couple of hours to a couple of days depending on your writing style. When your audience sees that you’ve done your homework and that you understand their perspective on an issue, you build credibility (or trust) with them. When your audience trusts you, you can more easily bring other persuasive tactics into play. You have developed your communication skill by learning about prewriting techniques like outlining that help you persuade others more effectively. Now, you will fill out your research paper into complete sentences to form the first draft of your research essay. As you do so, think about how you are applying the employability skills of innovation, communication, and problem-solving.

Depending on your own writing process, you have probably been doing a considerable amount of revising and editing of your work already in this course. The writing process is never strictly linear. Here, you will focus on revising and editing principles as they apply to a longer work.

The final draft of your persuasive research essay is essentially a revision of your first draft.

Instructions

There are three parts to this assessment, but there is not a provided worksheet. To complete this assessment you should create a new document and include Parts 1, 2, and 3 in that document. Upon completion, you should submit one document with all three parts included.

Part 1: Persuasive Essay Outline

Review what you learned about arranging an argument and developing an outline. Build onto your Research Proposal Outline to develop a Persuasive Essay Outline. Download the Example Persuasive Essay Outline [DOCX] Download Example Persuasive Essay Outline [DOCX]and use this example as a guide to complete Part 1.

In Part 1: Persuasive Essay Outline you should:

• Include a Title page.
• Lay out your thesis and three supports in an Introduction section.
• Lay out your three support sections, each with:
  • Reason, detail, or fact that support your thesis claim.
  • Short quotes from your resources.
  • An appeal to the audience’s ethos, pathos, or logos.
  • Counterarguments and rebuttals.
  • Any other supporting information.
  • A summary, conclusion, and transition sentence.
• Summarize key points in a Conclusion section.
• Include a References page.

Part 2: First Draft Persuasive Research Essay

Using your Persuasive Essay Outline as a guide, write your First Draft Persuasive Research Essay.

Focus on getting the content on paper, but do not ignore good writing techniques, including grammar and punctuation. Your essay content should be complete from start to finish and should include everything you intend to present in the final version of the essay.

Part 3: Final Draft Persuasive Research Essay

Fully revise your First Draft Persuasive Research Essay. Review what you read and studied about proofreading, revising, summarizing, transitioning, and citing sources, and then, carefully follow these editing principles in your revision.

Try having someone read your essay back to you. Many errors are uncovered this way, and edits should be incorporated in the Final Draft Persuasive Research Essay.

Your Final Draft Persuasive Research Essay should be proofread and fully developed. It should make a strong claim, and successfully support that claim with details and facts, citations, and counterargument rebuttals.

Additional Requirements

• Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.
• APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to current APA style and formatting. Learn more in the APA section in your textbook.
• Length:
  • Part 1: Part 1 should be a 1.5–2-page outline, plus a title page and a references page. In Part 1, it is okay to submit information in lists, notes, or shorthand—part 1 does not need to be in full sentences.
  • Part 2: Part 2 should be a 5–6-page first draft of the Persuasive Research Essay, plus a title page and a references page. In Part 2, please do not use lists or bullet points. Your first draft should be written in complete sentences and use proper grammar.
  • Part 3: Part 3 should be a 5–6 page final draft of the Persuasive Research Essay, plus a title page and a references page. In Part 3, please do not use lists or bullet points. Your final draft should be written in complete sentences and use proper grammar.
• Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Course Competencies

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and scoring guide criteria:

• Competency 2: Apply the writing process to structure arguments.
  • Outline the thesis and three supports in an Introduction section.
  • Outline a summary of key points in a Conclusion section.
  • Properly cite all references on a References page.
  • Write the first draft of the Persuasive Research Essay, incorporating content from the Persuasive Essay Outline.
  • Structure the First Draft Persuasive Research Essay following proper essay formatting principles.
  • Fully revise the Final Draft Persuasive Research Essay so it includes all required components.
• Competency 3: Apply strategies to create persuasive arguments.
  • Outline three support sections, incorporating all necessary components to create a persuasive argument.
• Competency 5: Address the assignment purpose in a well-organized text, incorporating appropriate evidence and tone in grammatically sound sentences.
  • Write in a well-organized and concise manner that adheres to the rules of grammar, usage, and mechanics.