Topic: The use of drones for mail deliveries in the US
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The Toulmin essay should be between 900 and 1000 words, excluding the required annotated bibliography. This essay must include a minimum of five sources. Three should
be peer-reviewed sources.
Note: Consider your audience as laymen in the field with only general knowledge of your topic.
Make sure to include the following sections in your essay:
An introduction and claim,
Background,
Body,
And a conclusion.
Within the body of your essay, make sure to include the following in any order:
Support for your claim,
Opposing or alternate views,
The strengths and weaknesses of your opponents’ claims,
And your rebuttals of their claims.
An annotated Bibliography (AB) is due with your Toulmin essay. Using the MLA guide, list each source as it will appear on the Works Cited page of your essay. Summarize
each source in two or three grammatically-correct sentences. These short summaries are the “annotations.”
Toulmin Argumentation is a model of argument which suggests six parts in any argumentative text. These elements include: data, claim, warrants, qualifiers, rebuttals
and backing statements. Basically, Toulmin Argument analyzes the aspects of your position paper, for instance, so that you can identify the weak points of your
arguments and work on them while further improving your strong points as needed. Here are the basic items involved in Toulmin Arguments.
1.Data/Grounds
These are the evidence that you will use to support your claim or position.
2.Claim
The statement which you are offering for others, such as your readers or listeners, to accept.
3.Warrants
These link your data/grounds with your claim. They also explain why the data supports the claim.
4.Qualifiers
These are words or phrases which show the strength of the connection between the claim and the data.
5.Rebuttals
These are the arguments which are directed against the possible objections to your claim.
6.Backing Statements
These give extra support to your warrants.