Paper Three Assignment, fall 2009

Following King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” as a rough model, our third assignment is to write a letter which advances a focused and developed argument about a specific topic to a particular individual or group. You are free to write about any topic of your choosing: I encourage you to write about something that interests you (for example, an argument about a current national or local political debate) or that engages your academic and professional interests. Please pay attention to things like audience, tone, paragraph organization, evidence, and counter-arguments. Length: 3 – 5 pages. Check syllabus for rough draft (three copies) and final draft (one copy) due dates. (Some possible topics include, but are by no means limited to: CUNY budget cuts, health care reform, immigration, advertising and gender roles, etc.)