Final Assignment Overview and Timeline
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Final Assignment Overview and Timeline
Final Assignment Overview
The final assignment of this writing course is an academic essay, which is designed to be comprehensive and apply all you have learned. Use all of the steps in the writing process—planning, drafting, developing, revising, editing, and proofreading. This assignment takes the form of an essay in which you will be asked to compare and contrast two subjects of your choice.
You will write a 1,050- to 1,400-word final draft of a compare and contrast essay. Include the following elements in your essay:
An introduction paragraph, which includes your thesis statement
At least three body paragraphs
Appropriate transitions within and between paragraphs
A conclusion paragraph
The essay must analyze at least two subjects by comparing their similarities, contrasting their differences, or doing both.
A good compare and contrast essay will usually have the following characteristics:
The two subjects are related in a meaningful way and have enough in common to be compared or contrasted.
The essay should be written to help readers make a decision or understand the subjects being compared or contrasted.
The essay should make use of parallel points of comparison or contrast.
The essay’s thesis statement will identify the subjects to be compared or contrasted and what is to be learned from doing so.
The essay provides an opportunity to present material using logical organization.
There are two common methods for organizing compare and contrast essays. They can be organized by the subjects themselves (first one, then the other), or they can be organized by the points in the argument (back and forth between the two).
For this essay, choose one of the following topics, or another topic of your choice, and have your instructor approve it:
Online versus brick-and-mortar shopping
Home school versus public education
Two musical groups or musical
Final Assignment Overview and Timeline
Final Assignment Overview
The final assignment of this writing course is an academic essay, which is designed to be comprehensive and apply all you have learned. Use all of the steps in the writing process—planning, drafting, developing, revising, editing, and proofreading. This assignment takes the form of an essay in which you will be asked to compare and contrast two subjects of your choice.
You will write a 1,050- to 1,400-word final draft of a compare and contrast essay. Include the following elements in your essay:
An introduction paragraph, which includes your thesis statement
At least three body paragraphs
Appropriate transitions within and between paragraphs
A conclusion paragraph
The essay must analyze at least two subjects by comparing their similarities, contrasting their differences, or doing both.
A good compare and contrast essay will usually have the following characteristics:
The two subjects are related in a meaningful way and have enough in common to be compared or contrasted.
The essay should be written to help readers make a decision or understand the subjects being compared or contrasted.
The essay should make use of parallel points of comparison or contrast.
The essay’s thesis statement will identify the subjects to be compared or contrasted and what is to be learned from doing so.
The essay provides an opportunity to present material using logical organization.
There are two common methods for organizing compare and contrast essays. They can be organized by the subjects themselves (first one, then the other), or they can be organized by the points in the argument (back and forth between the two).
For this essay, choose one of the following topics, or another topic of your choice, and have your instructor approve it:
Online versus brick-and-mortar shopping
Home school versus public education
Two musical groups or musical