The Writing Process Instructions Let's begin the planning process for writing an argumentative essay. ? Selecting the topic o The first step in planning your future essay is selecting the topic and defining its general or specific length, if necessary. Remember that defining a topic helps facilitate the objective of the research and search for information with greater specificity. When selecting the topic, you need to consider the following questions: ? What do I know about the topic? ? Why am I interested in writing about that topic? ? What can I learn from that topic? ? How can I link that topic to my area of ??study or specialty?

The topic will be: The impact of underground economies in the country (Puerto Rico)

An example when planning the development of the essay could be the following:

o Inequality and marginality in the professional field o Guide questions to answer in your essay: o Is there inequality and marginality in the workplace due to gender, religion, social class or other classifications? o Can they be combated with formal and informal policies within organizations? ? Generation of ideas o After selecting the topic, you must apply the technique of generating ideas known as "brainstorming". This is a widely used technique to encourage the individual expression of ideas around a topic (see the template). This technique stimulates ingenuity and is characterized by the fact that you can include words, phrases, expressions or ideas that can help you develop the topic of your argumentative essay. In the diagram, you must include at least five (5) aspects that are closely related to the selected topic. ? Explanation o Once you have completed the process of generating ideas, you must explain the following in a paragraph of at least six (6) sentences: o Why did you select that topic of social interest? o What do you know about the topic? o What approach do you want to give to your writing? o What objectives do you pursue when writing about that topic? ? Sources of information o At this stage of planning the argumentative essay, it is necessary to explore the sources of information that you have available to expand the content of the previously selected topic. It is important that when carrying out this search you use reliable sources and not the first one that appears. Among them, you can use Google Scholar, Redalyc, SciELO, Academia.edu, EPSCO and the resources available in the databases of the Virtual Library of the institution, among others. Do not forget that the origin of this information must be serious and reliable, with a periodic update of its content to corroborate that you are not using erroneous data and information. When preparing this assignment you must include three (3) recent references, meaning those published 10 years or less, from reliable sources: news, academic articles, books, etc. You must follow the seventh edition of the AP.A style.

The outline that accompanies these instructions in photos will be filled out following these guidelines.

The three references are (I need them to be documented in A.PA 7):

https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WP/Issues/2018/01/25/Shadow-Economies-Around-the-World-What-Did-We-Learn-Over-the-Last-20-Years-45583

https://es.weforum.org/stories/2017/05/la-economia-informal-de-africa-esta-retrocediendo-mas-rapido-que-la-economia-latinoamericana/

https://repository.upb.edu.co/bitstream/handle/20.500.11912/7809/Economia%20subterranea%20y%20lavado%20de%20activos%20un%20analisis%20documental.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y

The writing process A. Selecting the topic Identify the topic of social interest selected for the preparation of your future argumentative essay. You must consider the following questions: o What do I know about the subject? o Why am I interested in writing about this topic? o What can I learn from that topic? o How can I link that topic to my area of study or specialty?B. Complete the brainstorming diagram that will serve as a guide to organize your thoughts in relation to the selected topic. e Identify five ideas, words, phrases or expressions that are related to your topic. e Write the central theme in the center of the diagram and around it the five subthemes that you intend to develop in the content of your future essay. Theme to develop Theme to develop Theme to develop Theme to develop Theme to develop C. Explain in a paragraph of six or more sentences the justification for the selection of the topic. When wnting the paragraph, you should take into consideration the following aspects: The reason or reasons for selecting this topic of social interest What you know about the topic e The approach you want to give to your future essay Your goals D. Include three (3) sources of information or references to academic articles, news or books that provide information to support your arguments. They must be written in APA style, seventh edition. Include references in APA format to articles from newspapers, magazines or reliable and recent sources. Include references in APA format to articles from newspapers, magazines or reliable and recent sources. Include references in APA format to articles from newspapers, magazines or reliable and recent sources