Ben Franklin
Assignment Breakdown – Essay Cycle 1
Due Dates
Proposal – on Blackboard Tues, 10/15
Enthymeme – on Blackboard Thurs, Oct 17 by 5 pm (after class)
Revised Enthymeme – in class and on Blackboard Tues, Oct 22
Essay 1.1 – via SafeAssign Thurs, Oct 24
Peer Revision Workshop – bring a hard copy of 1.1 with instructor comments to class Tues, Oct 29
Individual Meeting – in PLC 21 (time TBD) on Wed, Oct 30 and Thurs, Oct 31
Essay 1.2 – via SafeAssign Tues, Nov 2
Peer Review work – in class Tues, Nov 2
General Guidelines
For this paper, you will write an argumentative essay of 2000 words that makes a claim about any question at issue in response to our texts from Unit #1. You must support your claim with a reason presented in enthymeme form and must use evidence from at least one of these readings as support. You do not have to incorporate all of the unit’s texts.
The topic, issues, and ideas presented in this paper are yours! Your only limitation is your own creativity and imagination, provided that you significantly take up at least one of the essays we discussed in class. You must present and respond to at least one counter argument.
Source Use
Your paper must significantly incorporate the four essays assigned for Unit #1. By significant, I mean that you must incorporate more than two quotations or paraphrases –with accompanying analysis– from at least one of those works. It is your job to show how these texts support your claim – how does each text help convince your reader that your argument is believable?
This is not a research-based course, so outside research is not appropriate for this paper; if you require additional information, acceptable secondary sources will be made available on BB. Acceptable dictionaries are the OED and Merriam-Webster – see The Little Seagull for appropriate citation information. You may always rely on common knowledge that is not presented in our essays but that does not need external proof; remember
Due Dates
Proposal – on Blackboard Tues, 10/15
Enthymeme – on Blackboard Thurs, Oct 17 by 5 pm (after class)
Revised Enthymeme – in class and on Blackboard Tues, Oct 22
Essay 1.1 – via SafeAssign Thurs, Oct 24
Peer Revision Workshop – bring a hard copy of 1.1 with instructor comments to class Tues, Oct 29
Individual Meeting – in PLC 21 (time TBD) on Wed, Oct 30 and Thurs, Oct 31
Essay 1.2 – via SafeAssign Tues, Nov 2
Peer Review work – in class Tues, Nov 2
General Guidelines
For this paper, you will write an argumentative essay of 2000 words that makes a claim about any question at issue in response to our texts from Unit #1. You must support your claim with a reason presented in enthymeme form and must use evidence from at least one of these readings as support. You do not have to incorporate all of the unit’s texts.
The topic, issues, and ideas presented in this paper are yours! Your only limitation is your own creativity and imagination, provided that you significantly take up at least one of the essays we discussed in class. You must present and respond to at least one counter argument.
Source Use
Your paper must significantly incorporate the four essays assigned for Unit #1. By significant, I mean that you must incorporate more than two quotations or paraphrases –with accompanying analysis– from at least one of those works. It is your job to show how these texts support your claim – how does each text help convince your reader that your argument is believable?
This is not a research-based course, so outside research is not appropriate for this paper; if you require additional information, acceptable secondary sources will be made available on BB. Acceptable dictionaries are the OED and Merriam-Webster – see The Little Seagull for appropriate citation information. You may always rely on common knowledge that is not presented in our essays but that does not need external proof; remember