Just a War Essay

War Synthesis Essay

Essay due: Monday, April 15, 2019

Select a war and write a paper that synthesizes classroom sources and your own knowledge, experiences, and research to argue whether that war was just. Remember that definition is an important element of argument. Remember that a synthesis paragraph begins with your own opinion/topic sentence, which is supported by quotations from two different sources. Not all of your body paragraphs need to be synthesis paragraphs. Four to eight pages. MLA format.

Minimums:

1) Two synthesis paragraphs.

2) Six sources. You may choose (but are not required) to use our classroom sources. Additional sources will come from your own research. Be sure your internet sources are reliable and college level. You will need to work hard to establish thesesources.

3) As you build your argument, you may consider the causes,methods, impacts, and outcomes of the war in question.

4) Highly recommended: An element of visual rhetoric. This could be an editorial cartoon or an image or a graph or a chart. Your image should be included in the body of the paper. Don’t simply drop your image into your opening or closing. You should explain how this image helps you argue that there is or isn’t a just war. Be sure to establish the credibility of the source and cite the source of your image.

5) Highly recommended: Evidence against your thesis, soundly refuted by your laser sharp logic.

6) Required: A properly formatted Works Cited page.