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Evaluation Argument
Evaluation arguments are used to rank winners, voice opinions, and/or identify desired qualities. Somedebates may seem two sided on the surface, but when pushed a little further, more sides emerge making the argument challenging and intriguing. This is the purpose of evaluating evidence, claims, and positions, to push the argument further.
Assignment: Write an argument in which you create criteria to evaluate the effectiveness or position of an argument presented in the selected readings. Your essay must respond to one of two writing prompts below:
Paarlberg "Attention Whole Foods Shoppers": Evaluate the extent to which this essay from Foreign Policy lives up to the publisher's criteria.According to our textbook, Foreign Policypublishes articles that focus on the following criteria: "domestic and international policy, global affairs, and contemporary events." Articles should be "serious but not scholarly, lively but not glib." Refer to chapter 10 for further details regarding evaluative criteria.
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Cashin "Introduction from Place, Not Race: A New Vision of Opportunity in America": Write an evaluative argument in which you seek to evaluate Cashin's proposal that place, rather than race or ethnicity, should be the primary concern of those committed to fairness in American society. Make sure that you have a clear and fair understanding of her argument (this should be demonstrated by restating her position in your evaluation) and that you clearly outline the criteria upon which you're evaluating her argument.
Regardless of the writing prompt you choose, your argument should include the following:
• Qualitative and quantitative evidence. Controversial issues like racism and sexism require evidence explained through language (qualitative); however, both of these topics can also refer to statistical evidence like the number of people affected by food insecurity or the proportion of people who disagree with affirmative action (quantitative).
• Evaluative criteria upon which you base your overall judgment (see pages 212-214)
• A clear argumentative structure including a claim, reason, warrant, and evidence (see page 217-219)
• Accurate MLA in-text and bibliographic citations for the textbook and other sources referenced
Length: The evaluation argument must be 1,500-1,800 words in length
Research and Documentation Style: You must reference two sources in addition to the primary article(s) from the textbook. Your sources must be scholarly in nature. Pages 416-418 in the textbook provide tips for assessing sources. Your essay must be written in MLA style including in-text citations and a works cited page. An MLA manual is provided in chapter 22 of the textbook.