41 Rhetorical Modes: Position Argument (major essay)

You will select an issue related to health and wellness that concerns you.  Please choose from the following:

• The effectiveness of personal feedback/tracking devices (fitbit, Apple watch or other wearable technology)
• Changing a sedentary lifestyle
• Sugar, salt, fat and their effect on Metabolic Syndrome, Type 2 Diabetes, Hypertension and Heart Disease
• Body image
• Recess or PE classes in K-12
• Disordered eating
• Balancing school, work, and life

You may select any topic as long as at least ONE other classmate is writing about it.  We’ll be doing some collaborating within subject-specific groups.

There is always more than one side to an issue.  What is your stance?  Create a position statement: 

There should XXX OR There should not XXX

You will select a rhetorical audience. 

• Who can make decisions about this issue? Are you addressing parents, the Governing Board, members of the Arizona Legislature, or the members of the U.S. Congress?
• What do they need to know?
• What type of evidence will persuade them?  Click HERE for resources.

You will consider opposing views in your essay.  Who would not support your view?  Consider their perspectives.  Provide counterarguments to their objections.

Use rhetorical strategies such as pathos, ethos, and logos to convince your reader.

Describe clearly what will happen if your position is not upheld.

Your paper will reference  at least three sources including a scholarly journal article.  You will submit a well-written essay of 1000 – 1200 words.

This rubric shows how the 200 points will be earned: