Assignment Instructions– Length: 2 pages minimum Style: MLA (double-space, 12

Assignment Instructions–
Length: 2 pages minimum
Style: MLA (double-space, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins all around, Header, and Last Name + Page Number on Every Page)
Link to Formatting Conventions:
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/research_and_citation/mla_style/mla_formatting_and_style_guide/mla_sample_paper.html
Identify one problem that you’d like to solve this semester. Then introduce the problem by writing the First Paper. Here are the specifications-
1. Concrete Example: Describe the concrete event/situation, product/thing/case study that inspired you to choose this problem. Another way to think about examples is that most of our abstract/philosophical questions are the result of our contact with concrete events/experiences that make us ask the loftier questions. Use any of the introduction strategies that we discussed: personal narrative, narrative about a specific person, narrative about an event, 2nd person “you” hypothetical-type intro, etc. AVOID overly general and vague language. This writing MUST be concrete, specific, and descriiptive. Tell one story that captures your problem’s essence and exigency.
2. Correlate the concrete example with context that enlarges the problem’s scope. Who else does the problem affect? Include any important facts and background information that will help readers to understand that the concrete example isn’t an isolated event, that whatever you write about above exists within a larger framework, that the problem isn’t a one-hit-wonder. Writing about a specific inspiration for your topic (the concrete example) and how it doesn’t exist in isolation will concurrently highlight your topic’s significance.
3. Write about your problem’s history. Consider how the historical perspective informs why the problem still exists today. Define any key terms. Look at both dictionary definitions (use a renown dictionary, like Oxford) and also how the term(s) differ on paper and in practice (if applicable). And if you’re interested, see how your problem manifests in pop culture (TV shows, Series, Movies, Music, Fiction) and/or scholarly conversations.
4. Idea/Issue/Problem and Question: Articulate how you plan to engage with the example, significance, history and definitions that you describe above, what problem(s) is illustrated, and what conversation your semester-long project will contribute to. Include one or two sentences formulating some interesting, arguable questions with which your semester-long project will engage. Yes/no, either/ors are almost always too simple to lead to interesting lines of inquiry. Instead, ask questions like: “In what ways does X complicate y.” At this point in your process, asking lots of questions is key, but it is also helpful to generate questions that grow one from the other, rather than just asking numerous unrelated questions. Since you’re hoping to solve a problem, try this language: “What should we do to solve…?” and “How should we solve…?”
NOTE: If you get info from sources and the info is not common knowledge, please cite the source in MLA or as best as you can.
Please address all 4 aspects of this assignment.
You don’t need to solve the problem in this paper. You’re only highlighting that there’s a problem that needs to be solved.