1. Argumentative Workshop January 26, 2015

2. Formatting  Check the MLA format  Refer to the BLUE guide  Heading (double spaced)  Running Header  1’ margins/left justified  Each paragraph indented  Double spaced  Times New Roman; size 12  Centered original and creative title  There should be no SPECIAL formatting.

3. Format Example

4. Structure  Number your paragraphs  Do you have six paragraphs or more?  If yes, then you are good. If not, then you need to look back at your outline and revise adding in the missing section.  Number your TLQs  Do you have at least 8?  If yes, then you should have enough PROOF. If not, do more research and find examples that support the paragraph.

5. Introduction  Does your introduction include a hook?  Rhetorical Question  Anecdote  Does your introduction include background information that introduces the reader to the topic?  Is the THESIS at the end of your essay? Is it in Although format?

6. Introduction The Arizona sunset; glimmering with red hues that glisten off the clouds… or are they? Smog is a common occurrence in large cities and with that smog comes a distrusted sense of beauty. How can something so beautiful be so harmful to the environment. Although pollution is common in America, it is creating life-long problems in the rest of the world because companies are depositing waste into the ground and people are dumping their trash on the side of the road. Hook Thesis

7. Claim  Highlight your STATEMENT in green.  Does your statement tell the reader what you are arguing?  Highlight your PROOF in PINK.  Label the transition, lead-in, quote of your proof.  Highlight your COMMENTARY in YELLOW.  Do you connect the proof back to the statement and explain to the reader how the evidence connects to your idea with examples?

8. Counterclaim  Highlight your STATEMENT in green.  Do you argue against your original claim?  Highlight your PROOF in pink.  Do you use research from a reliable source to explain the counter argument?  Highlight your COMMENTARY in yellow.  Do you explain the other side? Do you use examples that show how the other side argument is valid?

9. Rebuttal  Highlight your STATEMENT in green.  Do you mention the counterargument claim and disagree with it?  Highlight your PROOF in pink.  Label the Transition, Lead-In, Quote  Do you use research to disprove the counter argument?  Highlight your COMMENTARY in yellow.

10. Conclusion  Do you conclude your essay with a final transitional statement?  Does your restated THESIS contain the same ideas as your orginal?  Do you include a synthesis of the information that you gathered?  Is there a CALL TO ACTION?  Do you provide a solution or propose some sort of action to be taken on your issue?

11. SWITCH!! Silently read your partner’s paper.

12. Rhetoric  Does the writer appeal to logos?  Write “L” next to the commentary that provides REASONS to support the evidence.  Does the writer appeal to ethos?  Make a not if the reader diminishes their credibility.  Does the writer appeal to pathos?  Write a “P” next to the sentence(s) that appeal to your emotion and mark in the margin what emotion is felt.

13. Register  Does the writer stay in a FORMAL register?  Does the writer stay in third person?  Circle ALL “you”, “I”, “me”, “us”; anything in first or second person.  Does the writer stay away from contractions?  Circle all the contractions that are used.  Does the writer use any slang words or clichés?

14. Mechanics  Were TRANSITIONS used other than in the TLQ?  Check for spelling.  Mark any misspelled words.  Check for punctuation errors.  Mark errors in punctuation.

15. Works Cited  Research-based papers require the use of a works cited.  Works cited gives credit to all source that you used in your paper.  The difference between a BIBLIOGRAPHY and a WORKS CITED is that a works cited focuses on the sources used while a bibliography focuses on ALL sources looked at.

16. Works Cited  Works Cited is the last page of your paper.  Make sure your works cited is in MLA format.  Label “Works Cited” in the same format as your title.  Double Space between entries  Alphabetize the entries.

17. Works Cited "Blueprint Lays Out Clear Path for Climate Action." Environmental Defense Fund. Environmental Defense Fund, 8 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Dean, Cornelia. "Executive on a Mission: Saving the Planet." New York Times. New York Times, 22 May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Ebert, Roger. "An Inconvenient Truth." Rev. of An Inconvenient Truth, dir. Davis Guggenheim. rogerebert.com. Sun-Times News Group, 2 June 2006. Web. 24 May 2009. GlobalWarming.org. Cooler Heads Coalition, 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Gowdy, John. "Avoiding Self-organized Extinction: Toward a Co-evolutionary Economics of Sustainability." International Journal of Sustainable Development and World Ecology 14.1 (2007): 27-36. Print. An Inconvenient Truth. Dir. Davis Guggenheim. Perf. Al Gore, Billy West. Paramount, 2006. DVD. Leroux, Marcel. Global Warming: Myth Or Reality?: The Erring Ways of Climatology. New York: Springer, 2005. Print. Milken, Michael, Gary Becker, Myron Scholes, and Daniel Kahneman. "On Global Warming and Financial Imbalances." New Perspectives Quarterly 23.4 (2006): 63. Print. Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print. ---. "Global Warming Economics." Science 9 Nov. 2001: 1283-84. Science Online. Web. 24 May 2009. Shulte, Bret. "Putting a Price on Pollution." Usnews.com. US News & World Rept., 6 May 2007. Web. 24 May 2009. Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.