Your purpose is to join in the conversation/debate about an ongoing topic or eve

Your purpose is to join in the conversation/debate about an ongoing topic or even a new problem or newly emerging issue. You should clearly identify your stance in a thesis statement early on, show that you understand the state of the debate by representing multiple perspectives, and weave together various source ideas with yours while giving proper credit and documentation. You will want to have an audience in mind while writing and should make the strongest possible case for your stance that you can in the space that we have for this work this semester.