Current Issues Argumentative Essay

Pick one of the topics from the following or choose your own topic of interest (instructor’s approval required) and write a six-paragraph essay: Should Border Wall Be Built?; Does Systemic Racism Exist?  Should Vaping Be Legalized? ; Should Same-sex Marriage Be Legalized? ; Is technology restricting human imagination? .  Your essay should have at least 6 paragraphs (No page limit! But your essay should consist of at least 6 paras.).  Argumentative essay is a genre of writing that requires the students to critically argue for or against a topic; collect, generate, and evaluate evidence; and establish a position on the topic in a concise manner. You have a claim, and you argue to convince readers of your claim. You discuss your agreement or disagreement with someone or something with reason or evidence. Students  should do the following things: 1) make a claim (thesis), 2) support the claim with reasons (back up your claim  with at least 3 reasons), 3) critique your opponent’s view (counter argument).To know more  on how to write an argumentative essay, read the chapter  “Arguing” pp. 397-416 from your textbook  or read the instruction on this link: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/essay_writing/argumentative_essays.html