WHAT: Identify a problem found in your personal or professional life, a problem for which you can form a viable solution. Write a persuasive research based essay using at least 4 sources and APA citation format. The essay must identify the problem and then lead readers to consider or accept a reasonable solution Problem: Can’t get into required classes at school Solution : Make them large lecture courses; make them online courses; give priority to majors; allow some courses to be taken at other schools for transfer credits INTRO: HOOK – QUOTE, STATISTIC, DIALOGUE, ANECDOTE REVEAL TOPIC – (IN THIS ESSAY, YOUR TOPIC IS THE PROBLEM AT HAND) BACKGROUND INFORMATION – RELEVANT INFO ABOUT YOUR TOPIC (1 or 2) THESIS: [Because students can’t get into required classes at school], [Universities should offer larger lecture courses, online courses, and different locations for students to get into classes they desire.] BODY P. #1: larger lecture courses are good because it allows more students to be able to attend a class. TOPIC SENTENCE – INTRODUCES FIRST THESIS POINT OBSERVATION: observation (what occurred) ANALYSIS (what I thought about it) TRANSITION (tie in larger lectures to online courses) while lager classes allow for more students to attend, online class allow an infinite amount of students to attend a class. BODY P. #2: online courses TOPIC SENTENCE – INTRODUCES SECOND THESIS POINT OBSERVATION ANALYSIS TRANSITION BODY P. #3: different locations REPEAT CONCLUSION: NOW WHAT? – WHAT SHOULD HAPPEN NOW THAT THE READER KNOWS YOUR SOLUTION SO WHAT? – WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO KNOW THIS TOPIC AND ITS SOLUTION . .