Support for Gun Control and Reducing Violence in America | Discourse 100

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Discourse 100 Citizen Student: Legislate This! We’ve been exploring events that shape our lives, organizations that fight injustice, and what it means to be an advocate. For your major project thi ... s term, you’ll prepare and deliver a 5-7 min persuasive speech in support or opposition to a piece of legislation of your choosing. Any topic is fair game as long as it is a current issue before any state legislature or the United States Congress. Remember to consider the larger conversation around this issue. Who is arguing what? Where do you stand in relation to these other arguments? In addition, you are asked to include a minimum of 3 sources to support your arguments. One source must originate from a peer reviewed academic journal. Remember that 3 sources is a basement for your research burden, not a ceiling. Stay organized: Remember that speechmaking requires different strategies at times than writing requires. In your introduction, capture the audience’s attention; briefly map out the points you’ll discuss in the body of your speech. In the body, you will need to effectively define and contextualize the topic; sustain audience interest and inform us about the topic itself. In the conclusion, you will remind the audience where we’ve been. Take advantage of the final moments of your speech: it is a moment of power; leave us with something that resonates. As always, you will want to ensure that your topic is narrow enough that you can sufficiently inform us on the topic in the 5-7 minute time allotted. Each claim you make must be supported by evidence: research, personal experience, expert testimony, etc. Consider where your claim stands in relation to the claims of others. Are you responding to a naysayer? Are you agreeing with another claim, but with a difference? All evidence must be cited orally, cited on your preparation outline and on the Works Cited page. Failure to appropriately cite sources in your speech constitutes plagiarism. Build a balanced and engaging presentation by incorporating all of the rhetorical appeals and taking into consideration the needs of your audience. This speech will serve as a template for your final 7-9 page essay. Guidelines for Essay Length: 7-9 pages. Style/Format: This, as all essays in Discourse, will be formatted according to MLA (Modern Language Association) guidelines for scholarship in the humanities: • 12 point, Times New Roman font, double-spaced. • 1-inch margins top, bottom, and sides. • Although no cover page is needed, you should include your name, my name, the course number/title, and date at the upper left-hand corner of the manuscript. References: References will utilize quotation or paraphrasing, and they will include in-text citations (the author's last name and page number in parentheses; however, use only the page number if the author's last name is mentioned in the text leading up to the quote or if the previous in-text citation included the name of the same author). Works Cited: Your essay will include a Works Cited page in MLA format. Titles: The title is the first thing a reader encounters—make it descriptive, reveal the thesis and capture the audience’s attention. Do not format your title with quotation marks, boldface, underlining or italics. Quotation marks or underlining are only appropriate if the title borrows words from another source. REFERENCES Ashcroft, John . "Reducing Gun Violence." The Bostn's Gun project's Operation Ceasefire (2001): 1-77. Article. 16 November 2016. <https://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/188741.pdf>. Firman, John, et al. "reducing Gun Violence in our Communities." A Leadership Guide for Law Enforcement on Effective Strategies and Programs (2011): 1-32. Article. 16 November 2016. <http://www.theiacp.org/portals/0/pdfs/gunviolencereductionguide2011.pdf>. Kahan, Dan M. "Ideology, Motivated Reasoning, and Cognitive Reflection." Judgement and Decision Making 8 (2013): 1-18. Artcile. 16 November 2016. <http://journal.sjdm.org/13/13313/jdm13313.pdf>. Kopel, David B. . "THE IDEOLOGY OF GUN OWNERSHIP AND GUN CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES." Independence Institute (1995): 1-18. Article. 16 November 2016. <http://www.constitution.org/2ll/2ndschol/60dk-i.pdf>. Ludwig, Jens and Philip J Cook . "The Benefits of Reducing Gun Violence: Evidence from Contingent-Valuation Survey Data." The Journal of Risk and Uncertainty (2001): 1-20. Article. 11 November 2016. <http://home.uchicago.edu/ludwigj/papers/RU-CookLudwig-RedGunContinEval.pdf>. National Urban League. "Strategies for Reducing Gun Violence in American Cities." Mayors against Illegal Guns (2016): 1-72. Article. 16 November 2016. <http://everytownresearch.org/documents/2016/06/strategies-reducing-gun-violence-american-cities.pdf>. Office of the Congress Woman Robin L. Kelly. "OFFICE of CONGRESSWOMAN ROBIN L. KELLY." Washington, DC 20515 (2014): 1-66. Article. 16 Novemebr 2016. <https://robinkelly.house.gov/sites/robinkelly.house.gov/files/wysiwyg_uploaded/KellyReport_1.pdf>. Webster, Daniel W., et al. "SMART Approaches to Reducing Gun Violence." Smart Policing Initiative Spotlight on Evidence-Based Strategies and Impacts (2014): 1-36. Article. 11 November 2016. <http://www.smartpolicinginitiative.com/sites/all/files/SPI%20Gun%20Violence%20Spotlight%20FINAL.pdf>. [Show More]

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