Topics – Select One from the Following Four Topics
- Is it ever right for governments to restrict freedom of speech?
- Does free speech apply to social networking sites like Facebook?
- Read the article Fitbits for Bosses, by Lynn Parramore in chapter one (pgs 30-33). Take a position on the following statement: Do you think biometric measurement by employers is ever justified or does the privacy and security of one’s own body outweigh concerns of employers? why or why not?
- Should the government be able to wiretap the Internet or is this a dangerous expansion of the government’s surveillance powers? (Read the New York Times article below for more information).
Requirements for your essay
- Your brief persuasive essay must be in MLA format and two full pages. Do notwrite more than 600 words as this is not a research paper. You will have several writing opportunities in this course. Write a brief persuasive essay based primarily on personal opinion, but be sure to provide some support for your position on the issue. .
- Your essay must have an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion.
- Get organizedhttp://www.eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/pdf/persuasion.pdf before you begin to write.
- Use at least one correctly documented quote, paraphrase, or summary from one acceptable source (no more than two sources permitted)
- Use MLA rules for documenting your source.
- You must use in-text citations each time you use the words or ideas of your source in the essay. Example – (Jacoby 45).
- You must includeyour works cited list at the end of your essay(use a good citation generator as previously discussed in the citation exercise or consult purdue owl: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_works_cited_page_basic_format.html).Example of Works Cited List Entry – Jacoby, Susan. “A First Amendment Junkie.” From Critical Thinking to Argument: A Portable Guide. Sylvan Barnet and Hugo Bedau, eds.Boston: Bedford St. Martin’s, 2017.
- Use your source to support your ownideas.
- Do not create a Frankenstein Essay by copying and pasting. Write!
- Check your originality report in Turnitinand make necessary corrections. You do not need a password. Just click on the Check Module One Essay for Unintentional Plagiarism drop box in the Module One essay folder and follow the directions.