WASTE

PROBLEM
SOLUTION
ESSAY 2024
OBJECTIVES

Students will analyze

sources of waste in the
United States, explore
relevant legislation, and
consider additional
measures to limit waste,
culminating in the
drafting of a
problem/solution essay.
 Write a report in which
In a problem/solution essay, you detail your findings
examine one of the sources of
waste in the United States today,
what legislation is in place to Be sure to consider your
limit the source of waste, and audience when writing
other considerations that are
being done to limit your chosen
waste topic.
Remember: NO
Plagiarism or AI use!
 Hook/grabber; What is the specific
source of waste in the United States
INTRODUCTI that you chose as a topic, Topic being
presented and what is its purpose?
ON

Historical background of the source of

waste.

Thesis statement
BODY
Explain your 1st claim, explain the reason why the claim is true,
PA R AG R A P H S add supporting evidence quote (you can use a direct quote or a
graph, chart, or figure to support your claim); explain how the
evidence proves your thesis; what legislation is in place to
limit the source of waste, what other considerations that
are being done to limit your chosen waste topic?

Explain your 2nd claim, explain the reason why the claim is true,
add supporting evidence quote (you can use a direct quote or a
graph, chart or figure to support your claim); explain how the
evidence proves your thesis; propose some other possible
solutions to this problem.
 3RD BODY
PA R AG R A P H
COUNTERARGUMENT
• Explain what the counterargument is or
opposing claim;
• explain the reason why it is wrong;
• add supporting evidence quote (you can
use a direct quote or a graph, chart or
figure to support your claim)
• Explain the connection of the quote to your
argument.
CONCLUSION

• Restate thesis in 1-2 sentences to remind the

reader of your original argument; explain how the
evidence proves your thesis.

• Recap main points: In 1-2 sentences for each

main example, you gave, sum up the main point.

• Reiterate your analysis (what were your findings?):

Restate your analysis of the topic in a few
sentences.

• Lastly, please make sure you do not include any

new information in the conclusion. This is your
final word and you don't want another author to
have the last say when it's your argument!
 F O R M AT T I N G
• 1” margins

• Times New Roman or Arial font

• Double-spaced

• Page number at top right of every page

• Use formal and academic writing

• Use the third person when writing academic assignments

• Remember to leave a space after every punctuation mark

• For example, there is a space between the comma and the rest of the
sentence.
REFERENCE LIST
•Book

Author, A. A. (Publication Year). Title of work: Subtitle. Location: Publisher.

– Separate multiple authors with commas
• Up to 7 authors
• For more than 7, follow with ellipsis (…), skip to last author, list final author
– Use an ampersand (&) instead of the word “and”

•Article in a periodical

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume # (issue #), page
#s.
Karnouskos, S. (2020, Sept.). Artificial Intelligence in Digital Media: The Era of Deepfakes. IEEE Transactions on

Technology and Society, 1(3), pp. 138-147. Doi: 10.1109/TTS.2020.3001312

 R E F E R E N C E L I S T,
CONT’D
• Article from an online periodical (with DOI)
– The digital object identifier (DOI) is a reference number assigned to online
periodical content
– Searchable in online databases (like an ISBN)
Author, A. A. (Date). Title of article. Title of Online Periodical, volume #(issue #). pp-
pp. doi:xx.xxxx
• Article in a periodical with two authors

• Author, A. & Author, B. (Year). Title of article. Title of Periodical, volume

# (issue #), page #s.
• Mou, Y., & Xu, K. (2017). The media inequality: Comparing the initial human-
human and human-AI social interactions. Computers in Human Behavior,
• 72, 432-440.
• Article in a periodical with more than two authors

• Author, A. A., Author, B., & Author, C. (Year). Title of article. Title of
• Periodical, volume # (issue #), page #s.
• Ouchchy, L., Coin, A., & Dubljević, V. (2020). AI in the headlines: the
portrayal of the ethical issues of artificial intelligence in the media. AI
& Society. 35(4), pp. 927–936. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-020-
00965-5
 R E F E R E N C E L I S T,
CONT’D

• Article from an online periodical (without DOI)

Author, A. A. (Year). Title of article. Title of Online

Periodical, volume # (issue #). pp-pp. Retrieved from
http://www.fullurl.com
• A web site

• Author, A. A. (Year). Title of

document. http://www.fullurl.com
 REVISION, EDITING,
A S S E M B LY A N D
SUBMISSION OF
R E S E A R C H PA P E R .
• You need to revise and edit your papers,
focusing on clarity, coherence, and
organization.
• Assemble your research papers in the correct
order, including the introduction, body
paragraphs, counterargument, and conclusion.
• Review the requirements for the references
page and ensure that all sources are properly
cited.
• You can have a fellow student peer review your
work.
• Submit your work.
3RD BODY PARAGRAPH

Explain what the Use the following levels of Reiterate your analysis :
counterargument is or questions to guide your Restate your analysis of
opposing claim, explain thinking in crafting a the topic in a few
the reason why it is wrong, conclusion: Restate thesis sentences
add supporting evidence in 1-2 sentences: Restate
quote ; Conclusion your main thesis in a few
concluding paragraphs sentences to remind the
bring a sense of closure to reader of your original
the essay by tying argument; explain how
together the ideas the evidence proves your
presented in the text and thesis
examining the larger
consequences of those
ideas