Argument Essay

*Essay Format and Citation Style: APA*

Essay Assignment & Prewritings

• Argument Essay Assignment
• Prewriting 1: Converting MLA to APA Format
• Prewriting 2: From Informative to Argumentative–Developing Your Position & Planning Your Re-Draft
• Prewriting 3: Final Drafting Steps

Tipsheets & Tools

• Chapter 8 of A Guide to Rhetoric, Genre, and Success in First-Year Writing: Making Academic Arguments
• Moving from Informative to Argumentative Theses
• Source Integration Techniques
• List of Evaluative Language Terms
• Phrases for Introducing Counterarguments
• Using Personal Experience in Academic Arguments: A Guide for Freshman Composition Students
• Argument Essay Rubric

Format & Citation

Format

• Writing down the Basics, APA Format, pp. 87-95
• Format APA 7th ed in MS Word OneDrive (Video)  
• Format APA 7th ed in MS Word App  (Video)
• APA 7th ed Apple Pages  (Video)  Do not do an abstract!
• APA 7th ed Word for Apple (Video)

Citation

• Purdue OWL APA Page
• Writing Down the Basics, pp. 96-110
• APA Citation Basics, 7th ed., (Video)

Samples

• The Critical Need for Media Literacy in a Digital Society

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