Final Paper (ENG 102 Signature Assignment) Due Date: Saturday (the final day of

Final Paper (ENG 102 Signature Assignment)
Due Date: Saturday (the final day of class), 11:59 p.m. PST
Points: 500
Purpose:
Throughout your college studies, you will be required to write papers. The goal of ENG 102 is to practice the basic patterns of academic writing that will be required in all your college-level papers. To practice these patterns in your final paper, you will interact with topical debates from an academic perspective. All the assignments leading up to this paper will help you draft essential parts of your final paper, and you will assemble them all together in a rough draft. For the final paper, you will substantially revise your rough draft to address the comments from your professor and peers and develop your paper’s argument further than the rough draft. By engaging in global revisions, we hope you come to develop a mature writing process, where you can see the benefits of recursive writing—of re-writing and re-thinking.
Task:
In your paper, you will take a position on a topical debate by responding to one of the eight topics on the class LibGuide.
Bail Reform
Caring for the Caretakers: Burnout and Wellness
Communication in Relationships
Homework: Is it Necessary?
The War in Ukraine: Why is Russia Losing?
Our Threatened Oceans
The Housing Affordability Crisis
On Auto-Pilot: Self-Driving Cars
In this paper, you will make an arguable, specific claim (thesis) that creates a conversation with several articles in the readings and articles that you found from your own research. The paper will consider ethical elements of the debate and utilize elements of classical persuasion as appropriate and effective.
Complete the following steps to submit your Final Paper:
Review the comments on your rough draft from your professor and peers.
Make global and specific revisions to the rough draft to improve the paper.
Thoroughly proofread the paper.
Submit your paper to the Dropbox. Be sure to check you have submitted the correct file.
Requirements
4-5 pages, double-spaced (not including title page and References page.)
12-point font.
APA Format. Please format your paper to all APA formatting requirements. See this page on the library guide to set up your title page, essay, and References page.
Use 2 (minimum) outside sources. One outside source must be from a peer-reviewed journal accessed through the NU Library.
Submit your paper as a .docx file or .rft file only. (If you cannot do this, please contact your instructor.)
*** Because this is the final paper, late work will not be accepted without prior arrangements made with the instructor.
Videos
The School of Life. (2021, January 13). The three requirements of a good relationship [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/UOn9HVQdOGc
The School of Life. (2022, February 23). Which long-term relationships will survive and which won’t [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/T_LSTPnVs70
Articles and Websites
Flora, C. (2014). Just say it. Psychology Today, 47(5), 52–61. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=97519836&site=ehost-live&custid=natuniv
Johnson, S. (2017). Deciphering the language of love. Scientific American Mind, 28(4), 35–43. https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&AuthType=sso&db=a9h&AN=123647459&site=ehost-live&custid=natuniv
Miller, A. (2013). Can this marriage be saved? Monitor on Psychology, 44(4). https://www.apa.org/monitor/2013/04/marriage
Moody. (n.d.) What’s your love language™? [Online quiz]. https://5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/love-language
Schwarzbaum, S. (2022, August). It’s still unfair! Struggling to establish equitable relationships. Psychotherapy Networker, 46(4), 57–61. https://www.proquest.com/magazines/still-unfair-struggling-establish-equitable/docview/2688129345/se-2?accountid=25320