apa style of writting.Your essay should be roughly 1200-1500 words. No more than 1500.The only outside source you are permitted to use for this assignment is our textbook. This is not a research paper but a critical thinking paper. That means you are expected to defend your response to the question you selected with a reasoned argument. The argument you put forward is essentially your thesis. The introduction of your paper is intended to set-up your thesis statement. An excellent thesis statement is specific and informative and insightful. It tells your reader precisely what you are going to argue and why. It doesn’t just promise a discussion.