What is a current hot topic issue or breakthrough idea in your field of study? (You should use the issue you

Essay Guidelines Controversy within the Discipline ENG 112

Prompt: What is a current hot topic issue or breakthrough idea in your field of study? (You should use the issue you chose for your Rhetorical Analysis assignment. Determine if any previous sources you found can be used for this paper. If so, use them; if not locate new sources.)

Using APA format for your Essay, structure it like this:

Introduction Paragraph that clearly states your research question or issue and describes why your topic is controversial–that is, why it is an issue in the field?

Body Paragraphs—multiple paragraphs where you present your research from sources. Essays can be informative or persuasive. Paraphrase sources and use in-text citations. Use direct quotes sparingly and for emphasis (also including in-text citations). Include your own analysis and/or opinions as well as research-based content. Though not required, you may want to include graphs, charts, images, etc. within your paper as well. (If including an image, give an explanation or caption; don’t just randomly incorporate it. Also, should the image cover a large portion of a page, it will not count as part of your required page length.)

Conclusion Paragraph(s)—one or two paragraphs in which you offer your opinion, recommendation, or prediction on the topic

References page listing 5-8 sources alphabetically

The majority of your sources must be scholarly, peer-reviewed sources found in a professional database. These are sources from an academic journal or from a journal in that discipline.

One of your sources can be a web source not found through a database. Its URL must end in .org, .edu, .net, or .gov.

One of your sources can also be an interview with a professor or scholar in the subject/discipline.

Use a variety of sources. You should not have multiple sources by the same author or multiple sources published by the same magazine or journal.