Supporting materials

Supporting Materials
The purpose of this assignment is to provide students with an opportunity to explore and implement the use of supporting materials, including examples, narratives, testimony, facts, and statistics.
Instructions: Choose two topics on your own. Some examples include (but are certainly not limited to): dog training, home school vs. online school, a good boss vs. a bad boss, where to vacation, or how to manage your finances.
In a three- to five-page paper, generate a list of three main points and provide two sub-points for each of the three main points (since there are two topics, this is a total of six main points and twelve sub-points).
Keep in mind that the goal of this assignment is to better understand what makes a credible source and what types of sources provide the best support for a given topic. Thus, only outlining the two topics will not earn full credit. To earn full credit, do the following:
For each sub-point identify the supporting material (examples, narratives, testimony, facts, statistics, etc.) that would be best to help reinforce each point. Explain why each type of supporting material you used was particularly effective for supporting the points.
Include specific ideas about where you might find each of the suggested supporting materials. Remember the CSU Global Library is a great resource to locate ideas for possible supporting material.
Instructions:
Your paper should be 3-5 pages in length and conform to the CSU Global Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
Include at least two scholarly references in addition to the course textbook. The CSU Global Library is a good place to find these references.