- 16 Mar, 2021
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ADHD diagnosis and Stimulant Prescriptions
MAKE SURE TO DISTINCT THAT THE AUDIENCE IS THOSE WHO OPPOSE MY VIEWPOINT OF STIMULANTS BEING BAD FOR ADOLESCENT AND YOUNG ADULTS. MAKE SURE TO USE EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM AND GO INTO THESE PERSPECTIVE:YOUNG/ADOLESCENT BRAIN AND HOW IT IS HARMFUL TO PRESCRIBE STIMULANTS TO CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS. IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND THE EFFECT THAT STIMULANTS HAVE ON PRODUCTIVITY AND HOW IT IS NOT EFFECTIVE. MAKE SURE TO LOOK AT THE ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES LIKE THE PROFITABILITY OF PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES AND TRENDS OF HIGH RATES OF ADHD DIAGNOSIS/MISDIAGNOSIS AND OTHER PERSPECTIVES.
What It Is
The Inquiry 3 Project will challenge you to apply the knowledge and skills you’ve learned in the previous inquiries to a single written text: an argument proposing a solution to the issue you have identified.
The purpose is to participate in an ongoing public discourse by utilizing effective rhetorical skills. More specifically, in your project, your goal is to present the best possible argument of your position for an audience that does not agree with your position.
The concepts we’ve discussed in this class (ethos, logos, pathos, claim, support, warrant, etc.) are essential to this project, and you’ll have to understand them all to create an effective argument.
General Description and Guidelines
This document only offers instructions and requirements for the final draft of the Inquiry 3 Project. Please see the Module 3 page on Developing the Inquiry on Canvas (a couple of links back) for information and documents about the writing process, workshop, etc.
Your project will inquire into a social issue of your own choosing that is interesting and relevant to you. For this assignment, a “social issue” is defined as an issue concerning the wellbeing, rights, survival or relationships of some group of people, including humanity at large, or of other living beings or living systems. This issue needs to be an ongoing argument; that is, the issue is complex and there is not a consensus about how to address it.
Your project will address a specific audience of your choosing. The only requirements for the audience you establish are that 1) the audience opposes your own viewpoint on your issue, and 2) the audience is specific. For example, your audience should not be “athletes,” but “high school football players.” Not “women,” but “single mothers in America,” or even “African-American single mothers in Ohio.” Not “those who suffer from depression,” but “American teenagers who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder.” Be specific.
You can choose the medium for your project: You can write this as a standard, academic research essay, or you could format this is a letter to an editor, a letter to a specific person, a speech, an editorial, etc. Whatever medium you choose, choose deliberately. Consider the medium that would best appeal to your audience, and best suit your argument. Think of the rhetorical situation.
Keep in mind while writing that you have an agenda in making your argument. You must establish that a certain situation exists and that something needs to be done about it. You must have a solution to the problem and convince the audience your solution is the best and satisfies some need it has.
Your project will incorporate research from at least four reputable, authoritative, scholarly sources. As a general guideline, try to ensure that sources you use have significant experience with your subject, are credible, or are experts on your subject.
A helpful hint: There are questions you can ask of yourself as you’re writing to ensure you are addressing rhetoric and logic: 1) how am I presenting myself? 2) is my evidence convincing for this audience? 3) what assumptions does my audience have that affect its perception of my argument—or—considering its values and beliefs, would my audience agree with the way I see this?
The Final Draft
If all goes well, your rough draft and the workshop will provide you with the focus and clarity you need to complete the final draft of your essay. The final draft of your essay will:
be 5-6 pages long;
be written appropriately for a specific audience, with strong evidence that you’ve addressed the rhetorical conventions we’ve learned about so far: the rhetorical situation, ethos, logos, pathos, appeals, and concepts of the Toulmin Model of Argument.
be well-organized, focused, coherent, properly formatted, and free of errors in spelling, punctuation, and grammar;
include at least 12 scholarly research resources from authoritative, reputable sources, incorporated into the work itself and in a properly formatted Works Cited page (MLA citation style).