Tips for Writing an Effective Editorial Paper

Analyze Three Editorials Carefully

. Turn in a formal outline with the final paper or lose 5 points off the grade of the paper.Grammar, spelling, and overall neatness will certainly affect your final grade on the paper, so be sure to write carefully and allow yourself time to proofread and correct your paper before turning it in to me. I have posted to Canvas three editorials: Patricia Stallsmith “The Summer Option for Back-to-School,” Star Parker “Reparations Don’t Buy Justice, Dignity, or Freedom,” and Tim Kaine “I Prayed Virginia Would End the Death Penalty.” Please read them all carefully and see how you react to them. Which of them can you argue with? Which of them seems inaccurate? Which of them seems incomplete? Which of them fails to persuade you? Find at least one flaw in the editorial that you can attack. Perhaps the thesis is correct but lacks reliable and objective evidence to support it. Perhaps the evidence is strong but outdated. Perhaps the thesis and evidence are both fine, but the editorial has a weak conclusion. Perhaps most of the evidence is fine, but one source is biased or weak. You don’t have to disagree with everything in the editorial—but you need to find a way to criticize it. Then write a paper in which you explain your opinion on the subject matter and why it is superior to editorial writer’s opinion. Your thesis should arise naturally from how you feel about the editorial writer’s argument and the evidence used to support that argument in the editorial. Do not attack the writer personally. Do not resort to name-calling or any other childish strategy. Prove that the author is wrong in some way. Marshall evidence to demonstrate tha. Turn in a formal outline with the final paper or lose 5 points off the grade of the paper.Grammar, spelling, and overall neatness will certainly affect your final grade on the paper, so be sure to write carefully and allow yourself time to proofread and correct your paper before turning it in to me. I have posted to Canvas three editorials: Patricia Stallsmith “The Summer Option for Back-to-School,” Star Parker “Reparations Don’t Buy Justice, Dignity, or Freedom,” and Tim Kaine “I Prayed Virginia Would End the Death Penalty.” Please read them all carefully and see how you react to them. Which of them can you argue with? Which of them seems inaccurate? Which of them seems incomplete? Which of them fails to persuade you? Find at least one flaw in the editorial that you can attack. Perhaps the thesis is correct but lacks reliable and objective evidence to support it. Perhaps the evidence is strong but outdated. Perhaps the thesis and evidence are both fine, but the editorial has a weak conclusion. Perhaps most of the evidence is fine, but one source is biased or weak. You don’t have to disagree with everything in the editorial—but you need to find a way to criticize it. Then write a paper in which you explain your opinion on the subject matter and why it is superior to editorial writer’s opinion. Your thesis should arise naturally from how you feel about the editorial writer’s argument and the evidence used to support that argument in the editorial. Do not attack the writer personally. Do not resort to name-calling or any other childish strategy. Prove that the author is wrong in some way. Marshall evidence to demonstrate that he or she is wrong. Find that evidence by locating an additional source on the subject matter, from which you will support your counter-argument. I recommend using Opposing Viewpoints, a database in NOVA’s library to find sources to support your Editorial Paper. Your audience for this paper, aside from me, will be a group of intelligent people who have not yet made up their minds on the subject. Educate them as to why your position is the right one, and the editorial writer’s opinion is wrong. You will have to refer to and document your sources (the published editorial and one additional research source that you will locate, read carefully, and cite as evidence to support your thesis) according to the Modern Language Association system.Cite from the editorial between 1-3 times; cite from the research source between 2-4 times. You must turn in a formal outline, and a Works Cited page with two entries, along with the Editorial Paper. Do not use any quotations that are more than three lines long. Do not use long quotations from the editorial or the other research source.t he or she is wrong. Find that evidence by locating an additional source on the subject matter, from which you will support your counter-argument. I recommend using Opposing Viewpoints, a database in NOVA’s library to find sources to support your Editorial Paper. Your audience for this paper, aside from me, will be a group of intelligent people who have not yet made up their minds on the subject. Educate them as to why your position is the right one, and the editorial writer’s opinion is wrong. You will have to refer to and document your sources (the published editorial and one additional research source that you will locate, read carefully, and cite as evidence to support your thesis) according to the Modern Language Association system.Cite from the editorial between 1-3 times; cite from the research source between 2-4 times. You must turn in a formal outline, and a Works Cited page with two entries, along with the Editorial Paper. Do not use any quotations that are more than three lines long. Do not use long quotations from the editorial or the other research source.