the subject is writing skills

Choose ONE of the following topics and write two argument paragraphs against or for (minimum 10 sentences).

1. Technology has negatively impacted the human society.
2. Violent video games cause behavior problems.

• Writing Instructions:

1. Topic sentence of the two-paragraph argument:

Take a position: you should state the main idea of both paragraphs and your opinion on the topic (against or for).

2. Supporting sentences:

• Make a claim (reasons why you are against or for)
• Support your claim with (statistics, facts, examples, research, etc.)
• OPTIONAL: Use counterarguments (claims that are opposite to yours)

3. Concluding sentence
4. Remember to:

• Add a title
• Indent
• Underline the topic and concluding sentence.
• Check the grammar & spelling
• Check the capitalization & punctuation rules
• Avoid plagiarism (summarize, paraphrase and/or use quotations). Include an in-text citation and a reference list.

5. Plagiarized assignments will receive a zero.

6. A modal example is given in Chapter 6 in Interaction 2 by Pavlik (p. 110).