Paper instructions:
Guidelines for Persuasive Research Paper

Topic

Length: 7-10 pages (double spaced, 12-point Times

New Roman or other serif font)—Consider 2500

words as the average length, 3000 words as the

maximum
Topic MUST be outside of your technical and

professional specialty
Topic MUST be something about which there is

substantial DEBATE in Canadian society
Choose a topic that interests you, and which you

have not already written about or will not be writing or

speaking about in another class
Topic must be sufficiently narrowed that can

adequately discuss it in 7-10 pages
Essay

Your essay must have a persuasive focus (you must

convince your reader to do or believe something).

Delivering information or explaining a process, for

example, is not persuasion.
Assume an audience of your peers and your

instructor in this class; that is, write for a general,

educated audience (define any specialized terms).
Your essay must use a fair, unbiased tone (you must

build credibility through an objective tone).
Your essay must assemble strong, specific, and

credible evidence to support your persuasive thesis.