PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
NO AI
Instructions
Requirements: Argue
PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.
NO AI
Instructions
Requirements: Argue a position in 4 pages
sources (one may be an essay or article from the Norton Field Guide; one must
be a peer reviewed scholarly article). One paragraph must define the
counterargument to your thesis.
·Write in academic, third person, objective voice.
·Articulate in formal diction without
conversational language or slang.
·Format according to MLA conventions, with submission
information, header pagination, in-text citations, and a Works Cited page.
Instructions:
1.Read, annotate, and review the following
sections of the Norton Field Guide:
·Chapter
13 “Arguing a Position”
·Chapter
29 “Generating Ideas and Text”
·Chapter
38 “Arguing”
·Chapters
30 through 33 which address preparing a final draft
·Chapters
47 through 54 which address research and format
2.Choose the essay’s focus and your argumentative
stance:
The topic of the essay must pertain to your major or field of interest or one chosen from among the themes
outlined in the “Thematic Guide to the Readings” section of The Norton Field Guide (pp. xli-xlix). Use
class notes, instructor feedback, and textbook readings to assist you. Ask
questions!
3.Conduct research. Use class notes and chapters
49-52 in the Norton Field Guide to
evaluate your sources and to make sure they meet assignment requirements. You
may consult with a Locke Library librarian for help with evaluating sources. Synthesize
what you have discovered by critically reading and annotating your sources to
find connections between/among the source writers’ ideas and your own.
4.Complete a rough draft and submit to the assignment
link in Moodle for evaluation.
5.Use the comments and edits on the returned rough
draft, as well as any received from Writing Center tutors, to complete a final
draft (the final exam grade for this course).
6.Submit your final draft in a Word or .rtf
document to the assignment link in Moodle.
Assessments: This essay will be evaluated according
to departmental standards:
·Minimum of one rough draft evaluated by
instructor
·Other kinds of assessment as required by
instructor
·Rubric evaluation of final draft by instructor
