Rough draft due: Beginning of class Monday, June 9, 2014
Topic: Is Benghazi a scandal? Take a position one way or another and argue it, with evidence.
Audience: Average, high-school educated adult American who may know little or nothing about the Benghazi situation
Requirements:
- Three pages typed, double-spaced, in MLA format
- At least three sources cited in paper and included in Works Cited
- Introductory paragraph including main idea, thesis statement, and information on why the topic is relevant to your reader
- One to three paragraphs briefly summarizing the events of Sept. 11, 2012, and the events that followed as a result; choose these events carefully to support your main idea
- One to three paragraphs explaining why the situation is or is not a scandal; use or refer to concrete details to make your case
- One or two paragraphs bringing up the other side of the argument and shooting it down
- Conclusion reiterating whether or not it is a scandal and making concrete suggestions on what should be done from this point onward
- Works Cited page with at least three sources
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