Military and Veterans Mental Health – Why its important.

In order to become a successful argumentative writer, an individual must possess the ability to propose an argument and actively locate credible source materials. In order to achieve this, a writer must engage in a research process designed to find and cite appropriate source materials to support an academic argument.

Your second major assignment for the class will use the skills learned in lectures four through seven to create a prospectus. As you’ll recall, a prospectus is divided into two parts: (1) the proposal of the argument and problem; and, (2) a working bibliography with properly cited sources relevant to the argument/problem. A working bibliography is similar to a works cited page with one significant exception: citations in a working bibliography are a list of sources you may use in your research.

The proposal section of the prospectus should address the following:

• The local problem you would like to research and argue for.
• Why this problem/topic is important to you.
• Why this problem/topic should be of interest to the Sandhills community.
• Steps you plan to take to research this problem/topic.
• Some of the challenges you think the community faces in solving this problem.

• What you hope readers learn about this problem/topic.

The proposal section of the prospectus must be 300 words long, follow proper MLA document format rules, and be free of grammar and sentence errors.

For the second section of the prospectus, you will generate a working bibliography of ten credible resources relevant to the problem you are arguing needs to be solved. Remember, most of your research will focus on this problem.

Military and Veterans Mental Health – Why its important.

NOTE: ALL SOURCES MUST HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED WITHIN THE PAST FIVE YEARS

Here are the requirements for the sources:

• Five sources must be scholarly articles taken from academic journals.

• Three of the ten sources must be from government and/or educational institutions. These can be websites or print sources. (Additional scholarly articles can take the place of this requirement).

• Two additional sources that are credible and relevant to the problem and/or argument at hand. If you decide to use any online websites that are not affiliated with an educational (.edu) or government (.gov) institution you must clear them with me first.

Citations for the sources must be cited according to proper MLA citation rules and the working bibliography must be in proper MLA format in order to receive maximum credit. Do not wait until the last minute to start this assignment or you will find yourself overwhelmed with information.

Military and Veterans Mental Health – Why its important.

Additional Notes:

*Proposals must meet adult literacy standards or it will not earn a passing grade. Points for grammar/syntax are built in to the points totals.

*Proposal section must meet the minimum word count requirements. If proposal section is less than 300 words, it will be penalized a letter grade.

*If proposal section uses source language and/or information, it must be cited correctly. Failure to do so will result in significant grade penalties.

*Working bibliography sources that are not deemed credible will receive 0 points

*All articles/sources must be published within the past five years. Articles that are not current within this time frame will not receive credit.

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