Assignment | Political Platform Paper (Bishop): Getting Started

Your Goals:

• 4-5 page paper following MLA format
  • underline your thesis statement
• at least 4 researched sources
• an annotated bibliography

Consider yourself a political pundit who has been called upon for his/her expertise regarding a particular political party’s (Democrat or Republican, whichever you drew out of a hat in class) stance regarding ONE of the following topics: 

• Energy;
• Prosperity;
• Voter Identification;
• Immigration; or
• Criminal Justice Reform.

Your role as the author of this document is to learn enough about the argumentative points your opposition might make that you can confidently provide an in-depth, specific, and persuasive argument as to why your political point of view is superior to that of the opposition.  The audience is not only Professor Bishop, but the entire voting population.

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