Shunya Yagi
Ms. Knutson
College Writing I
September 30, 2009
Proposal: Archaeopteryx is Bird or Dinosaur
Archaeopteryx is said that one of the evidence birds evolved from dinosaurs. Archaeopteryx has feathers like recent birds. However, it also has features of dinosaurs such as long tail and teeth. Many paleontologist claim Archaeopteryx is primitive bird. Is it not dinosaur? In my paper, I'll focus on features of Archaeopteryx, recent bird and dinosaur, and argue whether Archaeopteryx is bird or dinosaur.
Through this writing, I'd like to learn what "bird" is, what "dinosaur" is, and the discovery features and recent researches of Archaeopteryx. In addition, I'd like to learn history of study about bird's origin. This means the changes before and after the discovery of Archaeopteryx.
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This sounds more like an informative report than an argument! An argument is an issue that people have different opinions on - we are not looking at proving something using scientific evidence. I think this is an interesting topic but not for this kind of paper. Also remember that in your proposal you need to take a stance on this issue and present the target audiende. Please think of an alternative topic and re-do your proposal.
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