Write an essay on the topic: America’s Failing Education system

Topic:
America’s Failing Education System

Description
Formatting: MLA 8th Edition
Total Page Requirement: 6 – 8 double-spaced pages + a works cited page
Important Note: Papers of less than 3 full pages will receive additional penalties.
Sources: Please use at least 5 academically-reliable sources to support your argument.
For your third and largest paper, you will construct an essay that argues for a solution to the problem you’ve been
writing about this semester. To reach the minimum page requirements, you must go far beyond merely stating
fact after fact. Instead, you must use those facts as part of a concerted effort to convince the audience that your
argument is right. Use the skills you’ve practiced in the last two essays to assist you in the construction of this
text.
Your essay will be evaluated by the following characteristics:
It must display a formal, sophisticated writing style that avoids casual language; direct references to the writer,
reader, and/or essay (first and second-person references); trite expressions and cliché; etc.
It must include properly formatted MLA in-text citations and works cited page citations. Remember that the
works cited page is required but doesn’t count toward the minimum page requirement total.
It must include properly incorporated and introduced evidence—quotes, statistics, facts, etc.—that support the
argument but do not dominate it. Original thinking and explanations are of paramount importance. An overreliance of quotes and/or paraphrasing will garner severe penalties.
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It must make an actual argument and attempt to convince the audience of an argumentative stance. It must not
simply summarize the issue or the possible approaches to it.
It must be mechanically correct, avoiding significant errors in grammar, punctuation, and syntax. It must also
utilize transitional devices and sentence variety to create a sophisticated, clear, and fluid writing style.
It must avoid committing logical fallacies, including oversimplification and slippery slope errors.
It must display proper MLA formatting.
It must include a substantial introduction and conclusion that both meet the goals discussed in class.
It must maintain a logical structure in which paragraphs are cohesive, well-organized, and purposeful.
It must display depth of analysis: the ability to make connections among ideas and effectively explain content, as
well as the ability to move beyond summary and subjective judgments.
Please note that, once again, you will not be graded on your opinion or the suggestions you select. You will
instead be graded on how well you express your argument, persuade your audience, and employ the rhetorical
techniques and strategies we’ve been studying.