Choose ONE argument topic from the "HISTORIC AMERICAN WORKS" or "HISTORIC GLOBAL WORKS" section listed. Decide whether this argument is successful or not. If you decide this ESSAY is successful, discuss why. You may use the structure of the argument, the tone, and the various types of support (ethos, pathos, and logos) as proof of the argument's success. Make sure that your thesis has an introduction that contains a hook and a thesis, body paragraphs that discuss one proof at a time (one paragraph per example), and a conclusion. If you decide that the essay is not successful, then discuss the fallacies that the argument makes. You are still required to have a strong introduction (hook and thesis), body paragraphs that discuss one fallacy at a time, and a conclusion. You may also discuss how the essay is successful with reservations. In this case, point to both the support and the fallacies you have found in the work.

This paper should be at least 700 words, but no more than 850. The paper should be formatted correctly MLA style and written in third person (do not use the words I, me, us, we, or you). The ESSAY should also contain citations and a works cited list.

TOPIC TO CHOOSE FROM FOR PAPER

Historic American Works

Du Bois, W.E.B. "Of Mr. Booker T. Washington and Others." About.com: Grammar & Composition.

Eastman, Crystal. "Now We Can Begin." About.com: Women's History.

Fulbright, William J. "On the Arrogance of Power, 1966." Department of Physics: University 3 of Washington Online. n.d.

Hamilton, Alexander. "The Federalist No. 6 - Concerning Dangers from Dissensions between the States." Constitution Society.

Jefferson, Thomas. "The Unanimous Declaration of the Thirteen United States of America." National Archives. n.d.

Murray, Judith Sargent. "On the Equality of the Sexes." Penn Libraries. Ed. Mary Ockerbloom. n.d.

Szilard, Leo and Cosigners. "A Petition to the President of the United States." Atomicarchive.com.

Twain, Mark. "Fenimore Cooper's Literary Offences." University of Virginia Library. n.d.

Twain, Mark. "The Damned Human Race." Moodyap.pbworks.com. n.d.

Historic Global Works

Aristotle. Nichomachean Ethics, Book 1. The Internet Classics Archive. n.d.

Demosthenes. "The Third Philippic." Wikisource.

Descartes, Rene. "Meditation II." The Classical Library.

Marx, Karl. "Bourgeois and Proletariats." The Classical Library.

Plato. "Apology." Project Gutenberg.

Swift, Jonathan. "A Modest Proposal." The Art Bin: Origo. n.d.