The topic of your essay is completely up to you. HOWEVER the essay must summarize and analyze a primary source we have been assigned From module 3.
english
Description
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consult AND study this source to see how your paper should be set-up.
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Assignment Type: Essay Two
Topic:
The topic of your essay is completely up to you. HOWEVER the essay must
summarize and analyze a primary source we have been assigned From
module 3.
Additional Instructions: You are required to borrow material from the primary source. Avoiding including borrowed material in the introduction and the conclusion.
You are required to borrow material from at least 3 secondary sources.
Ensure that there is at least two elements of borrowed material,
cited, in each body paragraph of your essay. One element should be from
the primary source, the other from a secondary source.
This
is very important. Essays failing to include borrowed material,
formatted correctly, and not cited, will receive no less than a 15 point
penalty.
From Reading to Topic to Thesis to Focused Essay
In class I did a short exercise showing you how to go from reading to identifying a topic, to developing a thesis on that topic, to staying focused throughout the essay.
Attached is the sample of that work:
Drafting the essay, Word Format: English - Essay Drafting.docx
Rubric
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Format
Proper format
is required. That means that MLA format must be followed to the letter.
Use your Purdue Owl resource to ensure you are meeting the expectations
of: A properly formatted heading; sentence and paragraph spacing; a
properly formatted running head; properly formatted margins.
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Essay Mode/Purpose
Ensure that
you have read all materials given and that you are writing,
incorporating the characteristics and you are meeting the purpose of the
essay mode assigned.
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Grammar and mechanics
Ensure that
you are checking your grammar, sentence structure, the mechanics of your
essay, and punctuation. Paragraphs should be indented. There should be
no more than 1 error every three sentences and there should be no
fragments, comma splices, and or run-on sentences.
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Content
Your essay
should have a theme (easily interpreted throughout the essay) and or
thesis (one sentence statement addressing the overall main idea of the
essay and located in the introductory paragraph), depending on the mode
of the essay.
Your essay should be engaging, academic in tone and language, avoiding jargon and colloquialisms. Your sentences should be written clearly and logically and the essay must have a logical and sequential structure in terms of the ideals and information presented. Each body paragraph should have one and only one main idea and each body paragraph should have appropriate transitional sentences. |
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Supplemental page
The Supplemental page is included with your essay and is the last page of the essay submitted.
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Total Points:
100.0 | |||
Ps: I want to earned an 80 or above!!!!!!!!!
