Essay Prompt
Write a research-based argumentative essay for an academic audience while using secondary sources.
To prepare, you will read Harper Lee’s famous 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird and watch the 1962 film of the same name, starring Gregory Peck with the intent of selecting a contemporary social issue that emerges from the texts that is still important in 2022–and perhaps even more so today than in the 1950s and 60s when the book and film arrived on the scene.
Engage in research that explores a specific aspect of your chosen issue.Determine what your personal stance on the issue is and use your previous research (and possibly new research) to support your stance. Your research becomes your evidence. The process will be modeled for you in class.
Requirements
The essay must be a minimum of 500 words, but no more than 1,000 words.
Your essay must use at least two sources
One source MUST be from Ebsco via KYVL
The other source(s) can be from any credible source–including Ebsco/KYVL
Your essay must be typed following MLA page format.
double-spaced
one-inch margins
Times New Roman 12-point font
standard MLA heading and header
Your essay must include:
an introduction paragraph with an explicitly stated thesis
3 or 4 body paragraphs (each having a topic sentence with content development that follows the TTEIC format and in-text citations that follow the MLA format)
a conclusion paragraph
MLA in-text citations
an MLA Works Cited page
The essay should be written in 3rd-person point of view
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