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Choose an argument from the article choices on Brightspace/D2L. Write a 2-3 page paper supporting or debunking the argument topic presented in your selected article. Your position should be clearly expressed in your thesis statement and throughout your paper. Use MLA citation style for your essay.
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Citations
MLA Style (Modern Language Association) [Rev. Aug. 2017]
This guide, made at the Shippensburg University Library, gives basic guidance for creating MLA Style In-Text Citations and entries in Works Cited lists.
This is a comprehensive site from the Purdue University Online Writing Lab (OWL). It will assist you to format your paper in MLA Style as well as give you detailed assistance with In-Text citations and entries in Works Cited lists.