ENG 123 From Issue to Persuasion Guidelines and Rubric Overview: This assignment is private between you and the instructor, but you will be discussing the work you’ve done on your chosen issue in future discussions with your peers. This week, you spent some time reflecting on persuasion in your everyday life, and you shared some potential topic ideas with your peers and instructor. But why is persuasion so important? Let’s think about that a little bit in this assignment. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: 1. After exploring the Opposing Viewpoints Database and reviewing your brainstorming activity, identify two issues that are related to your future career or area you want to study: a. Write a fully developed paragraph for issue one (5–8 sentences). i. Explain at least two clear arguable sides to the issue. ii. Explain how the issue relates to your future career or area you want to study. b. Write a fully developed paragraph for issue two (5–8 sentences). i. Explain at least two clear arguable sides to the issue. ii. Explain how the issue relates to your future career or area you want to study. 2. After exploring the arguments related to your issues, take a moment to consider the bigger picture. Then, briefly reflect (in 1 to 2 paragraphs) on the importance of persuasion for the issue you are most likely to write about. Be specific in your assignment; this information will help guide you as you work on your project in the coming weeks. a. Identify which side you might argue if you plan to pursue this issue in your final persuasive essay. b. Identify your potential audience and why your topic would be relevant to them. Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Submit this assignment as a Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Submit it via the Module 1, 1-6 Assignment: From Issue to Persuasion link in Brightspace. Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Issue One Identifies first potential issue that has two clear arguable sides and demonstrates relation to future career or desired area of study Identifies the first potential issue, but it is missing information that explains the two clear arguable sides to the issue or does not demonstrate relation to future career or desired area of study Does not clearly explain why the potential issue was chosen 25 Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Issue Two Identifies second potential issue that has two clear arguable sides and demonstrates relation to future career or desired area of study Identifies the second potential issue, but it is missing information that explains the two clear arguable sides to the issue, or does not demonstrate relation to future career or desired area of study Does not clearly explain why the poten ...

1. ENG 123 From Issue to Persuasion Guidelines and Rubric
Overview: This assignment is private between you and the
instructor, but you will be discussing the work you’ve done on
your chosen issue in future discussions
with your peers. This week, you spent some time reflecting on
persuasion in your everyday life, and you shared some potential
topic ideas with your peers and
instructor. But why is persuasion so important? Let’s think
about that a little bit in this assignment.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

2. 1. After exploring the Opposing Viewpoints Database and
reviewing your brainstorming activity, identify two issues that
are related to your future career
or area you want to study:
a. Write a fully developed paragraph for issue one (5–8
sentences).
i. Explain at least two clear arguable sides to the issue.
ii. Explain how the issue relates to your future career or area
you want to study.
b. Write a fully developed paragraph for issue two (5–8
sentences).
i. Explain at least two clear arguable sides to the issue.
ii. Explain how the issue relates to your future career or area
you want to study.
2. After exploring the arguments related to your issues, take a
moment to consider the bigger picture. Then, briefly reflect (in
1 to 2 paragraphs) on the
importance of persuasion for the issue you are most likely to
write about. Be specific in your assignment; this information
will help guide you as you
work on your project in the coming weeks.
a. Identify which side you might argue if you plan to pursue
this issue in your final persuasive essay.
b. Identify your potential audience and why your topic would
be relevant to them.
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Submit this assignment as a
Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times

3. New Roman font, and one-inch margins.
Submit it via the Module 1, 1-6 Assignment: From Issue to
Persuasion link in Brightspace.
Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%) Value
Issue One Identifies first potential issue that
has two clear arguable sides and
demonstrates relation to future
career or desired area of study
Identifies the first potential issue,
but it is missing information that
explains the two clear arguable
sides to the issue or does not
demonstrate relation to future
career or desired area of study
Does not clearly explain why the
potential issue was chosen
25

4. Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%)
Not Evident (0%) Value
Issue Two Identifies second potential issue
that has two clear arguable sides
and demonstrates relation to
future career or desired area of
study
Identifies the second potential
issue, but it is missing
information that explains the two
clear arguable sides to the issue,
or does not demonstrate relation
to future career or desired area
of study

5. Does not clearly explain why the
potential issue was chosen
25
Argue Identifies which side might be
argued if this issue is pursued in
final persuasive essay
Identifies which side might be
argued if this issue is pursued in
final persuasive essay, but lacks
details or does not discuss
relation to the potential topic
Does not identify which side
might be argued
20
Audience Identifies potential audience and
why topic would be relevant to
them
Identifies potential audience and
why topic would be relevant to
them, but discussion contains
inaccuracies or lacks details
Does not identify potential
audience and does not discuss
why topic would be relevant to
them
20

6. Articulation of
Response
Assignment is mostly free of
errors of organization and
grammar; existing errors are
marginal and rarely interrupt the
flow
Assignment contains errors of
organization and grammar, but
they are limited enough that
assignment can be understood
Assignment contains errors of
organization and grammar that
make it difficult to understand
10
Total 100%
ENG 123 From Issue to Persuasion Guidelines and Rubric
Rubric
INT 113 Module One Discussion Sample: Country Composition
and Geography
Follow the format of this post to complete your own analysis.
You will use some of the same resources cited in the
references, so follow the same citation format.
The country I have chosen for the final project is Turkey. I

7. visited Turkey several years ago and really enjoyed my time
meeting the locals and visiting historical sites, like Ephesus.
There has been a lot of talk about the growth Turkey has
seen in more recent years, which has piqued my interest in
regard to investment.
(World Atlas, 2015)
Geographic Elements (Central Intelligence Agency, 2015):
Regional location Southeastern Europe, Southwestern Asia
Water access Black Sea, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean Sea
Bordering countries Greece, Syria, Bulgaria, Georgia, Iraq,
Iran,
Armenia, Azerbaijan
Natural hazards or climate Earthquakes, volcanic activity
Country Composition (Central Intelligence Agency, 2015):
Literacy rate 95% (15 and older)
Rate of urbanization 1.97% (rate of change) and 72.9% urban
population
Heavily populated cities Istanbul (13.954m), Ankara (4.644m),
Bursa
(1.869m), Adana (1.778m)

8. Major religions Muslim (99.8%) - Sunni
Educational data Education expenditures (2.9% of GDP)
Age structure 0–14 (25.5%), 15–25 (16.8%), 25–54 (42.9%),
55–64 (8.10%), 65+ (6.7%)
Business observations:
Europe and Asia.
unrest, there would be some risks involved with heavy
investments to the region.
strong labor force with the
majority of the population being in that working age
category (15–54). The majority of the population can read and
write as well, which is promising for training
purposes.
ess to other
parts of Europe.
References

9. Central Intelligence Agency. (2015). The world factbook:
Turkey. Retrieved from
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-
world-factbook/geos/tu.html
World Atlas. (2015). Turkey. Retrieved from
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/countrys/asia/tr.htm