Pros and Cons paper on Teenage Pregnancy.
- Textbook: review chapters as needed
- Lesson
- Link (Word doc): Pro-Con Position Paper Template
- Minimum of 5 scholarly sources (from previous weeks; include additional sources as needed)
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Instructions
This week, you will complete the final draft of your Pro-Con Position Paper. Review the template provided and consider the feedback from your instructor and peers as you make edits and finalize your work.
The final draft should apply the following:
- An APA formatted title page
- An attention grabbing introduction to draw in the audience
- A well-written thesis that acknowledges both pro and con topics
- A formal tone, avoiding both 1st (I, me, my, we, our, us, mine) and 2nd (you, your) person point of view – no slang or contractions
- Either the alternating or divided pattern of organization, presenting both counterarguments and rebuttals
- Body paragraphs that include topic sentences, evidence, and concluding/connecting sentences
- Five incorporated scholarly sources that support all assertions
- A conclusion that resolves the argument and applies a thought-provoking concluding technique
- In-text and reference page citations in APA format
Writing Requirements (APA format)
- Length: 4-5 pages (not including title page or references page)
- 1-inch margins
- Double spaced
- 12-point Times New Roman font
- Title page
- References page (minimum of 5 scholarly resources)
Hi, nice to meet you too. Thanks in advance, I started drafting a paper on this topic but I think I am just all over the place with this topic. I will attach my draft so you can see.
Answer previewThe Pros of Teenage Pregnancies
There are various advantages that teenagers can associate themselves to early pregnancies, including positive changes. Such positive changes include responsibility and maturity that comes with the sense of having to take care of their child. The idea and thought that one is pregnant mainly for a teenager compels them to become mature and responsible quickly (Macutkiewicz and MacBeth, 2017). This positive change is driven with the interest of having to safeguard their unborn children. They are hence required to act maturely since they should live exemplary for their children to look up to them. Also, the responsibility that develops in teens with pregnancies is automatic because the need to provide to their child financially arises. They are urged to seek ways to meet the needs of the…
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