Should registered voters in California vote yes or no on the proposition

Should registered voters in California vote yes or no on the proposition

Prompt:

Choose Prop 22, and respond: Should registered voters in California vote yes or no on the proposition?

This essay doesn’t ask whether or not you agree with what the prop says it will do; it asks you to analyze the prop and make an arguable about the extent to which the prop as written will do what it says.

Areas of focus:
Evidence – the ideas you present must consider the issue comprehensively and accurately.

Tone – your position(s), claims, evidence, and diction must avoid emotional appeal.

Balance – your argument must consider what reasonable, intelligent people who disagree with you would say.

·       Don’t only select easily dismissed points from those who would disagree with you. The strength of your argument often rests in answering a strong “counter” position.

·       Do not ignore evidence that goes against your ideas.

·       Concede and/or qualify (look those words up!) aspects of the argument that your position does not address or cannot account for.

Originality – Do not simply repeat others’ positions; that includes my stated positions and ideas.

Nuance – you must acknowledge multiple (not necessarily mutually exclusive) possibilities. Do not oversimplify. Nuance, according to the Oxford American Dictionary, means “a subtle difference in or shade of meaning [or] expression.”

Be aware of the rhetorical situation –
·       Who is your audience? What are the kinds of evidence and explanation your audience needs/expects? What is the audience likely to already know or believe?

·       What is the expected tone, format, diction, structure, or other features in this text?

·       How will you, as author, build credibility?

·       What is your purpose in writing this paper? (purpose = what you want the audience to think, feel, or do)

·       What is the context in which this argument arises? What parts of that context, if any, are pertinent to your argument?

Things to remember:
·       Title: “Writing Project 3”

·       1250 minimum words, not including required MLA list of works cited.

·       You may use outside sources, but make sure your claim does not rely on oversimplified reasoning, such as what is generally presented in ads.

·       MLA format including correct citation, and 12 point Times New Roman throughout. No bold, no underline.

·       Primarily third person (no “you”/”your”/”yours”, no “we”/”us”/”ours”; an “I” or two is okay, but probably not necessary).

Here again for your reference is the link to the California Secretary of State “Official Voter Information Guide:” https://vig.cdn.sos.ca.gov/2020/general/pdf/complete-vig.pdf
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