You will need to do some focussed brainstorming, pre-writing, and preliminary drafting in order to produce a concise and persuasive argument. We will discuss these processes further in class. No late submissions will be counted. Although you are not required to submit a final paper, I urge you to take advantage of the opportunity it presents to improve your critical thinking, argumentation, and communication skills. The above distribution assumes that you submit both short essays and the final paper.
All assignments are to be completed before the class period for which they are listed.