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Use Academic Voice in the SOLUTION(s) Paper

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  Academic Voice When crafting your SOLUTION(s) paper, remember that it is not a narrative.  You are not writing to explain your interactions with this issue.  While you are allowed to use examples from the world, you need to be presenting the content in 3rd person voice and not using 1st or 2nd person voice.  By using 3rd person voice, you will be writing with an academic focus.  It is this 3rd person voice, academic voice that is necessary for papers in the next class you take. How to begin You will want to make sure that you have written out your outline so that your ideas are leading the topic focus and presentation.  You will then add your sources to support the content you are presenting.  All of this will remain in 3rd person voice, academic voice. What is Academic Voice? Academic voice means to meet the writing expectations of academic writing. It is different than writing to a friend, writing for business purposes, or writing to the general public. Your audience for academic w
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Create an Outline (for the SOLUTION paper)

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Create an Outline A fully developed solution paper will: By the time you create your outline, you should have a good grasp of what you can argue about so that the audience will find your solutions logical and reasonable.  Be sure to have well-developed ideas so you can p resent the problem, analyze the causes, and identify the possible solutions. At least 3 of your body paragraphs should resemble (or contain the information of) the sections of the image above.
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Create a Thesis

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  Create a Thesis Statement If you’ve worked through the prewriting and are ready to create a thesis (see page 383-384), you want to make sure that you write one sentence--that when read by itself--makes sense to the audience as to what the issue is and your proposed solutions to that issue.  You will want to create a thesis with an essay map.  It will look something like this: Because of X, one must work to A, B, and C to fix this issue. Present the issue (X) and list (briefly) the proposed solutions (A, B, and C) for the problem. Writers sometimes seek out problems that are simply too big: hunger, racism, sexism, political deceit, and so on. But such giant problems have too many causes and too many forms. When this happens the paper’s thesis statement is too broad and there are too many solution steps to solve the issue.  Writers are more apt to create a focused argument and offer an important insight if they take on a specific problem—one that can be located in a particular place an
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Choosing the Topic

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  Choosing a Topic What is a current problem you notice in the world? It can be anything, but for this paper, it must be something you are very familiar with, and it needs to have clear CAUSES so you can offer SOLUTIONS to remedy the issue.   For example: ·        Influx of Americans in Florida after the pandemic (infrastructure is not in place for the surge) ·        Out of state drivers should have to pass a Florida driving test within 60 days of moving into Florida (transferring a license from another state does not create safe driving conditions for Floridians) ·        Unruly children are allowed in stores, but dogs are not allowed (often kids are nastier and meaner than dogs) ·        Code Enforcement citations for grass length (less frequent mowing benefits the environment) ·        Christians get too wrapped up in commercialism (distorts purpose in life and causes confusion for children during Easter and Christmas) ·        Children are too easily cast off to daycare instead of
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The FOCUS of a SOLUTIONs Paper

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  A SOLUTION(s) paper explains a relevant, current problem, explores possible causes, and argues for a solution.  The topic you choose will be a particular problem—some specific situation that needs to be changed or a specific idea that needs to be rethought. Be wary of global problems like hunger, poverty, or racism. These problems are too large.  Focus on something more manageable.  Focusing on a particular problem also sets the ground for a manageable solution. For example, solving financial difficulty for single-parent students is more manageable than solving poverty in general.  Remember, the paper is a SOLUTIONS paper.  Therefore, you must make sure that you can provide clear and specific solutions to remedy the issue.
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Planning the Construction of a SOLUTIONS Paper

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  Planning for your ‘Solutions’ Essay Chapter 12 of The Composition of Everyday Life , pages 365-389 A SOLUTIONS ESSAY explains a relevant, current problem, explores possible causes, and argues for a solution. •          Length : 5-7 pages of paragraph content (4 pages + 3 lines on a 5 th page is not 5 pages) •          Topic : a particular problem you are familiar with (good, clear understanding is needed) •          Purpose : persuasive – analyze a problem and propose a solution(s) •          Audience : those affected by the problem or those with power to solve the problem •          Resources : your observations, experiences, and at least 2 * credible * resources. (See the handout about credible resources in the Writing Help section of Lessons.) •          Works Cited page: Sources formatted in MLA style meeting MLA Guidelines.  The Works Cited page does not count as part of the minimum page length requirement . When writers propose solutions to problems, they are involved in
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