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GCCCD Required or Voluntary Military Service in US Armed Forces Paper

 

Format/Page Requirement:

1” margins, proper MLA heading ; Times New Roman 12 point font; double spaced; approximately 6-10 pages. Follow MLA guidelines for any and all citations. Maintain academic language/tone throughout (avoid conversational language/tone).

Prompt:

Students in a U.S. history course are studying required military service. Some of the students believe that men and women between the ages of 18-35 should be required to serve at least two years in the United States Armed Forces. Other students believe that military service should be voluntary. Decide whether you agree or disagree with required military service.

Write a paper to convince students in the history course to take your side on the issue. Include reasons, examples and evidence that would lead the students to support your position.

Essay

Requirements:

You will be evaluated on the following skills:

  • Thesis statement (identifies ARGUMENT)
  • Topic sentences (identify CLAIMS)
  • Evidence & Sources: Use specific and concrete examples that ILLUSTRATE and support your point.
  • Evaluation: EXPLAINS how or why the illustrations support the argument or sub-claim.
  • Use of Academic Templates, Transitions and Metacommentary
  • Audience/Tone
  • Sentence structure/Grammar
  • In-text/parenthetical citations
  • Counterarguments and Rebuttals
  • MLA format/Works Cited:

MLA Guidelines go http://www.library.cornell.edu/sites/default/files…

You Must Demonstrate:
  • Mastery of summary, paraphrase and/or direct quotations.
  • Mastery in citing evidence according to MLA guidelines.
  • Mastery in addressing counterarguments and refutation, using sources to validate your claims.
  • Mastery in using academic templates, transitions and metacommentary effectively.
  • Mastery in evaluation of the quality and persuasiveness of the claims and evidence provided in various sources.
  • Mastery in providing credible and valuable data from scholarly sources.
  • Mastery in structure and organizational writing skills.

Deadline:

You must submit a DIGITAL COPY of your essay to Google Classroom on Thursday, 6/3/21. Additionally, you must submit your essay to TURNITIN.COM on 6/3/21 by 11:59 p.m. Both deadlines must be met to be considered on time and accepted for extra credit. This is a high stakes assignment and it is worth 60 points of extra credit; it’s important that it’s taken seriously.