Q This assignment is adapted from the "Considering the Other Side Essay" assignment in English Composition II Textbook. Instructions: 1. Write an essay of at least 300 words that defends one counterargument or rebuttal to the thesis or a major claim that you are presenting in your research paper. 2. Include at least 2 sources that support that counterargument. The sources may be sources that you already have in your main research paper, or they may be sources that you find for this essay. 3. Cite the sources in a Works Cited or References page (Format your paper in your assigned documentation style.) Rationale from English Composition II Textbook: “A fully developed argument in academic writing includes many voices and ideas: those of the author, of the researchers consulted, and of those who disagree with the author. In writing such an argument, it is an intelligent rhetorical decision to fully understand the ideas even of those with whom you disagree. There is a tactical reason: understanding the arguments and evidence of the opposition allows you to refute them with assurance or find a compromise. But there is also a different kind of ethical reason: giving consideration to your opponent enriches your own ideas, helps you to fully understand an issue, and shows you to be a thoughtful rhetor. In fact, Rogerian argumentation does exactly this: You fully appreciate and even integrate another point of view. In this paper, you will take up the ideas and arguments of your opposition in order to develop facility in argument for both of these reasons.” How to proceed “At this point in your research process, you have researched a topic and narrowed down your focus to a single academic issue within the larger topic. In your final paper, you will articulate an argument about that specific issue. . . . You will take up the argument, evidence, and support of a position that you do not necessarily support; it may be the opposite of what you argue, or it may be an argument you think has less value than the one you wish to make. (Consider other stases.) Once you select your argument and then the oppositional argument you will pursue, your research should investigate the ideas of the opposition. You need to fully understand the ideas of this opposition, to “walk a mile in the shoes” of their ideas, as it were. Understand the values that underlie the argument as well as the research and evidence.”