The Argument for Decriminalizing Sex Work in America

FINAL DRAFT DEVELOPMENT. As you revise and complete your Final Draft, continue to develop the following:

· Thesis Statement. Take another look at your thesis statement. At this point, the thesis statement is a sort of a promise you are making to your readers about what you will show them. Does the rest of your draft show them everything you promised in your thesis statement? If not, then either add to your draft to cover what you missed or revise your thesis statement so it better reflect what you show them in your draft.

· Arguments. Add to your Final Draft any arguments that you didn’t get to in the Half Draft. Also, consider additional claims you might make to better support your thesis statement. Do the argument you include in your essay sufficient to fully support your thesis? Did you overlook any arguments or any other points you need to make to explain the problem or issue to your readers?

· Counterargument. In the Final draft, you must include at least one counterargument, in which you accurately present at least one viewpoint or claim in opposition to your stance and effectively refute that claim, using sound reasoning and valid evidence. If you haven’t written a counterargument, do so now.

· Persuasive Appeals. Effective argument essays also include the use of ethical and emotional appeals to support the arguments made. What rhetorical choices have you made in your draft that demonstrate your knowledgeability, trustworthiness, and credibility as a writer? What rhetorical choices have you made to identify with your readers’ values and concerns and/or evoke emotions in your readers conducive to your arguments? What additional rhetorical choices could you make to enhance your credibility and relevance of your stance to your readers?

· Evidence. For the Final Draft, you need to include at least 10 paraphrases and/or quotations from at least 5 relevant and credible sources, at least 3 of which are found using the Ivy Tech Virtual Library databases. No print sources should be used. ALL quotations and paraphrases, no matter how many you use, and ALL sources used, must be correctly cited following APA or MLA style guidelines (as specified by your instructor).

· Organization. Does your draft have a complete introductory paragraph that defines your topic, expresses the relevance of the problem or issue, and presents your thesis statement? Does your draft include multiple body paragraphs that open with topic sentences? Do you include transitions that tie together your ideas and arguments together? Do you include a distinct concluding paragraph?

COVER LETTER. With the Final Draft, also include a Cover Letter, in which you describe and explain how you revised your draft, including how you used the feedback you received from your peers and elsewhere. See Assessment Specifics, below, for more details.

See Assessment Specifics, below, for more information on what needs to be included in the Final Draft.

Submitting the Final Draft. When done, submit the Final Draft in the assignment page provided in Module 8.

Assessment Specifics—Final Draft

Final Draft Specifics

Cover Letter

· Minimum 200 words (successful cover letters are often longer)

· Address letter to your instructor

· In a couple sentences only, explain your primary motivation or purpose for writing your draft and describe your audience.

· Answer at least 2 of the 5 questions below; (where applicable) provide brief, specific examples of the following in your cover letter:

o What specific revisions did you make in order to improve how you accomplish this purpose and/or appeal to this audience? Why were these revisions important to make?

o What feedback did you receive from your peers? How did you use this feedback to revise your draft? How do these revisions improve your draft?

o What feedback did you receive from other sources, such as your instructor or tutors? How did you use this feedback to revise your draft? How do these revisions improve your draft?

o What have you decided to revise in your draft, apart from feedback you received? Why? How do these revisions improve your draft?

o What valuable lessons about writing effectively have you learned as a result of composing this project?

· Place the cover letter on a page just before the first page of your Argument draft (If following MLA style, this will be the first page of your draft document; if following APA style, this will be the second page of your draft document, just after the title page). Remove your Purpose Statement.

Final Draft

· An essay taking a stand and making arguments in support of a view or course of action on the issue, problem, or controversy developed in Writing Project 3.

· Clearly focused, debatable, and supportable thesis statement advocating your view on the problem or controversy

· Use of evidence from sources, objectively and accurately interpreted, to support your arguments

· Effective reasoning that demonstrates how the evidence supports the thesis and the specific arguments being made

· A logical organizational structure that clearly and effectively guides readers through the arguments being made

· Introductory paragraph, body paragraphs that present and support your arguments, and concluding paragraph, with topic sentences and transitions

· Use of evidence from sources; at least 10 quotations and/or paraphrases, clearly discernible from each other and from the writer’s voice and cited using correct in-text citations

· Use of at least 5 relevant and highly credible sources, at least 3 of which come from the Ivy Tech Library databases. (No Print Sources.)

· APA or MLA manuscript style, as specified by your instructor, with in-text citations and a References or Works Cited list including ALL sources used. (References or Works Cited list does not count in the minimum word-count requirement)

· Observation of the conventions of Standard English

· Minimum 1500 words (the minimum 200 words for your purpose statement is not included in this count)