STUDENT ZONE (BenOrtiz.com/classes)

• Six to eight (6-8) pages
• Argumentative thesis (see “Argumentative Structure”)
• International focus

SOURCE CHECKLIST [six to eight (6-8) sources]
• One (1) mass-media periodical

• One (1) technical/professional/scholarly journal

• One (1) journalistic/documentary broadcast or recording

• One (1) personal interview (via phone, e-mail, or in person)

• Two (2) primary-source books
[NOTE: no secondary sources (e.g. reference books), no school textbooks, no anthologies]

• OPTIONAL: Two (2) more sources of your choice, of any kind (except for reference sources)

FINAL NOTE: Good reference sources (e.g. dictionary, encyclopedia, almanac, etc.) do not count for any of the required 6-8 citations, and thus you may use them as much as you like in this paper.