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Essay 2 Assignment Instructions
Due Dates: October 16, 2013 first draft of 2nd essay due in-class with emailed copy, and October 25, 2013 2nd essay final draft due in-class with emailed copy
Format: You should use MLA guidelines for parenthetical page references and for the Works Cited page. Finally, you should proofread your revision carefully to avoid typographical errors and other careless mistakes. (MLA citing link available via blackboard Course Materials)
Length: Final draft should be three to five typed, double-spaced pages, with chronological page numbers, in Times New Roman, 12pt font.
Description:
Students will be required to select one of the five argumentative essay types: Assertion of opinion; Assertion of policy; Assertion of evaluation; Assertion of cause; Assertion of story analysis. After selecting their argumentative essay type, students will be required to select a topic to argue about in the model that they have chosen. Students will also need to include the in-class “Proposal Outline” that is developed with their ideas on their topics with their 1st and final drafts. Additionally, students will need to have a clear thesis, supporting evidence, counterargument, and rebuttal before ending their argumentative essays. Students may select their own topics; however, those topics must be approved by the instructor before composing any essay drafts.
MLA in-text citation examples:
1. Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). 2. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3).
MLA Works Cited page examples:
1. Article: Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print.
2. Book: Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.
3. Web source: Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate
Due Dates: October 16, 2013 first draft of 2nd essay due in-class with emailed copy, and October 25, 2013 2nd essay final draft due in-class with emailed copy
Format: You should use MLA guidelines for parenthetical page references and for the Works Cited page. Finally, you should proofread your revision carefully to avoid typographical errors and other careless mistakes. (MLA citing link available via blackboard Course Materials)
Length: Final draft should be three to five typed, double-spaced pages, with chronological page numbers, in Times New Roman, 12pt font.
Description:
Students will be required to select one of the five argumentative essay types: Assertion of opinion; Assertion of policy; Assertion of evaluation; Assertion of cause; Assertion of story analysis. After selecting their argumentative essay type, students will be required to select a topic to argue about in the model that they have chosen. Students will also need to include the in-class “Proposal Outline” that is developed with their ideas on their topics with their 1st and final drafts. Additionally, students will need to have a clear thesis, supporting evidence, counterargument, and rebuttal before ending their argumentative essays. Students may select their own topics; however, those topics must be approved by the instructor before composing any essay drafts.
MLA in-text citation examples:
1. Romantic poetry is characterized by the "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings" (Wordsworth 263). 2. Human beings have been described by Kenneth Burke as "symbol-using animals" (3).
MLA Works Cited page examples:
1. Article: Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print.
2. Book: Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print.
3. Web source: Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate
Cited: page examples: 1. Article: Nordhaus, William D. "After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming." American Economic Review 96.2 (2006): 31-34. Print. 2. Book: Uzawa, Hirofumi. Economic Theory and Global Warming. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 2003. Print. 3. Web source: Clinton, Bill. Interview by Andrew C. Revkin. “Clinton on Climate Change.” New York Times. New York Times, May 2007. Web. 25 May 2009. Here are some (optional) argumentative paper topics: