Writing Homework Help

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Due Dates:

• Rough Draft Due: Tuesday
• Response to Partner Due: Thursday

Directions:

1. By Tuesday, submit your rough draft of Essay 3. You can copy paste it into the discussion board or (preferably) attach it as a file. You will click “Create Thread” and attach your draft in a similar way as you have done for discussions or annotation in the past.

2. Check back in on Wednesday morning. I will have matched you up with a partner. Once you see who your partner is, find his or her post, download the rough draft, and make comments on it. You can use the insert comment function on word, or you can simply write your comments in red.

3. On the last page, answer the following questions:

1. Does the writer begin with an engaging introduction that grabs the readers’ attention and gives background into the issue that the author plans to discuss? Does the author include a thesis that is an argument (arguing on the topic/for change rather than simply informing)? Is there a way for the writer to improve his or her introduction?
2. Does everything in the paper connect to the thesis in a way that is easy to understand? Are the writer’s sub-claims clear and well supported with researched evidence? Is it clear how examples support the argument and connect to the thesis? Are pieces of evidence followed by analysis?
3. How does the draft hold together? Which paragraphs don’t connect well with preceding or subsequent ones? Does the writer transition smoothly from ideas and paragraphs?
4. Is the paper formatted in MLA? with a works cited page? Does the writer cite everything that comes from an outside source? Are any in-text citations missing?Are there any formatting or grammatical errors?
5. Describe the author’s use of ethos, logos and pathos? Do you see the strategies used? Are they used well?
6. What are the essay’s overall strengths?

7. Objectives:

   1. To encourage you to consider the power of writing as a tool for change
   2. To force you to think deeply and carefully about how you believe our country/society could be improved
   3. To study carefully what ideas like “freedom” and “justice” and “equality” mean or could mean or should mean
   4. To use a variety of concrete evidence (personal experience, surveys, statistics, quotations, interviews, etc.) to clearly support an argument about values and ideas.

   Due Dates:

   • Final Draft: Due Thursday of Week 6
   • Rough Draft for Peer Review: Due Tuesday of Week 6

   Background:

   According to Merriam Webster’s Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, a “manifesto” is “A public declaration of intentions, motives, or views.” Manifestos are deeply felt, carefully thought-out assertions about changes which the authors feel are necessary to save or to better a society. They are written by people who see something that is “just not right” and who feel a need to express their views clearly for the world to see. Your job is to write a manifesto.

   Prompt:

   First, you need to think of something that you feel strongly about. The power of manifestos derives from the passion behind them, the sense of “moral outrage,” if you will. Think of current social issues, something that you care about, or something you want to change in our society/culture. However, please avoid the ones that are overwritten (abortion, gay rights, gun laws, pot legalization).Passion must be your starting point. However, passion alone is not enough. That passion must be expressed through, and tamed by, solid reasoning and sufficient evidence. In your thesis, you will argue that something needs to change in our society and in the rest of the essay you will do the following:

   • Appeal to audience. Who is your audience? Who are you talking to? Address the opening of the essay to those people. (Most likely, you are talking to your fellow Americans) Be sure the essay speaks to that audience, whoever they are. What common ground can you emphasize with your audience?
   • Identify the problem. What is the problem?
   • Define justice/appropriateness and injustice/inappropriateness with regard to your chosen topic or situation. How do you determine if a law, rule, or action is “just”? “Unjust?” Why is this thing you are talking about unjust? (Provide solid reasoning)
   • Prove a danger exists. What is the problem? How or why is this situation you have selected dangerous? To whom? (Note, you are more convincing if you can somehow ultimately show that the issue you identify is dangerous to the entire society or to every individual) Provide proof.
   • Plan of Action. What needs to be done?
     1. Identify the role of government/society. What do you see as the proper role and responsibilities of government or authority in this issue?
     2. Identify role of the individual. What are the proper role and responsibilities of the individual in this issue?
   • Use of “authority.” What authority do you turn to or depend on to support your assessment of the wrongness of this situation and/or to justify your plan of action? Authority is your research. Find at least 5 credible sources to back you up!

   Note: You have a lot of freedom with this essay. Not only can you choose your topic freely, but you can decide how many paragraphs to include and how to structure your argument. Take what you have learned in this course, and all the previous English courses you have take. Most successful essays do tend to be at a minimum of 6-8 pages (as to fully cover what would be a complex topic).

   Length:

   Your essay should be 6-8 pages long, no counting the Works cited.What are some words of advise you could give the writer to improve the essay even further?