but to inform. Despite the clear statement on the rubric that part of the purpose of the paper is an argument. Despite the fact that the assignment's title is "Persuasive Research." I make this decision largely to avoid having to take a stance on something, but a tiny part of me does this to kill your spirit, my lovely instructor, as you read 30 abstracts for this paper that say this exact thing, indicating that not a single one of us in your class paid any attention at all to what you said to us."
Needless to say, I'm feeling MD's pain (see post below).
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If they want to inform, not argue, then they are clearly representing the only possible side (hence, its not even an argument but information). In fact, this is the sneakiest type of persuasion of all. Very subtle student, indeed.
If only...
Since they're all trying to show "all sides" of the issue, to better inform their readers, I think they're actually encyclopedias!
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