Do I have a problem-solving argument?

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his essay, essay 2, is a four-page essay that will grow into your eight-page research paper by the end of the semester. Paper 2 is half of the research paper, yes, but it should feel like a complete paper–beginning, middle, and end–on its own. I use it as scaffolding for the research paper so that the writing of 8-10 pages for the research paper at the end of the semester (with 8-10 sources to answer another question) isn’t so overwhelming. Plus, it’s helpful for you all to focus on answering that big question: why does this matter right now? in order to select useful topics. This paper (essay 2) should focus on giving us the necessary background information on the topic plus addressing that question on why it matters now.  The entirety of this four page paper paper will go into your 8-10 pages of research paper, but essay 2 most likely won’t be a neat slide-in of pages 1-4. Later in the semester, when you convert essay 2 to be part of your research paper, it’ll likely be pages 1 and 2, and then maybe the final two pages of the research paper (since this essay 2 will have a conclusion, that conclusion might end up working for your entire research paper.) There will be some tweaking for sure. For example, you didn’t do all the fact-finding of your research yet, so you don’t have all the information you need yet. Your thesis will likely need some changes over the next few weeks as you refocus it.