Persuasive writing assignment.

Your challenge is to write a persuasive article in the journalistic style (similar to “Jurassic Conservation?”).  The topic of your article is yours to choose.  The length is 750 words, +/- 10%.

You must complete the following challenges before submitting:

* Work your way through a THESIS WORKSHEET. Make sure your thesis is approved.  This is essential if you wish to remain eligible to resubmit your article.

* Sort out your ideas with an ARGUMENT ORGANIZER or other graphic organizing tool.  You will need to submit this with your final product.

*Write your essay.  Remember to steer clear of logical fallacies, and focus extra attention on your introduction and conclusion.

Here is a copy of the scoring table for this assignment.

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