Your topic

In this essay, identify and narrow down a problem or issue concerning health or wellness in your local community. You'll develop a research question while keeping in mind you'll also propose one possible solution to the issue.

Your task and instruction

• Compose an argument that identifies a single issue or problem concerning health or wellness within your local community.
• Identify a specific target audience that may oppose your issue.
• Consider what this audience knows, and needs to know, the types of evidence they value, and how they could be best convinced.
• Compose the strongest and most reasonable textual argument (logos) you can as the writer (by also establishing your ethos) to reach and persuade your audience (pathos).
• Support your position through the use personal experience and evidence and include strong description, real or likely examples, clear establishment of terms, acknowledgment and analysis of counterarguments, and careful reasoning.
• Propose one solution (only one) to the issue and how the audience may act to help solve the issue.

Evaluation/Grading Criteria

• five - pages, (not including references)
• Includes a clear thesis statement/claim on a local health or wellness topic
• Uses the classical argument outline structure
• Employs and demonstrates understanding of rhetorical appeals (ethos, logos, pathos, & kairos)
• Includes one, actionable solution to the issue
• References at least 6 sources with a minimum of 3 peer-reviewed sources
• APA (7^th edition) in-text citations and reference entries list required
• One quote per page; use paraphrasing instead of direct quotes
• Only one long quotation in the essay permitted
• APA (7^th edition) title page and formatting