Communication is used to inform, to persuade and to analyze. In this assignment, you will persuade the reader of your point of view by supporting a thesis with objective facts and credible evidence.

Traditional 5 paragraph essay with 1 paragraph introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and 1 paragraph conclusion.

Guidelines:
In order to persuade the audience to accept the position you are advocating in this paper, you will use different kinds of appeals:

ethos (which involves the credibility of the speaker, writer, or authority being cited);
logos (which involves facts, statistics, and logic); and
pathos (which involves emotions).

A good persuasive argument uses credible sources, objective evidence, and emotional hooks to make use of logos, ethos, and pathos respectively.
Be sure your thesis statement is very clear.  It should be a single complete sentence, including both a subject and a predicate, that combine to make claim. Example: The USA should be more competitive in establishing a presence on Mars.