10-pages-essay

John.Quality
10-pages-questionprevious-work.zip

previous-work/Annotated Bib (1).docx

John Q. Student

Professor Stalbird

English 1201.xxx

27 February 2020

Annotated Bibliography

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Name of Article in Quotation Marks.” Name of Source/Publication in Italics. Publication Date/Info. Name of Database in Italics. Url. Date Accessed.

This article discusses (give the thesis of the article). In the next 2-4 sentences, give the main points of the article. Tell what the article said.

The purpose of this article is ______. The intended audience seems to be _______. Address the credibility of the source and the author. For example, for a database article you could write: The source came from the Sinclair database and the article came from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. The author seems credible because she has written many other articles on the subject. The article was written in 2020.

 I can use this source for ______. I plan to use the following quote: “______.”

Next Citation. Note there are no extra lines of white space anywhere. Double-space throughout.

previous-work/immigration (1).docx

Running head: IMMIGRATION 1

IMMIGRATION 4

IMMIGRATION

Student’s name

Institutional affiliates

Course

Immigration

Preliminary thesis

Living overseas and learning other languages could make you be at an advantage. This is because, when you learn other languages you are at a better position to deal with people from different places, (Geddes, & Scholten, 2016). This is a plus when looking for a job because it means that you can be a company’s ambassador in different places and the company can take deals with people from different languages with your help. This basically makes you an asset to the organization. Also, when you are exposed to different cultures, you are able to deal with different people and you can work with people from all cultures. It helps you become open minded and rise beyond cultural values.

Section 1

This topic is a very interesting topic for me because I have first-hand experience. I am quite interested in travel and adventure which has enabled me to move to three different countries so far and almost all the counties in my country. It is during this travels that I have interacted with a couple of cultures, learnt and appreciated them and even managed to respect that every peoples culture is important to them as yours is to you, (Mahfud, et al., 2018). I have also been an ambassador of four organizations so far because of my interaction with diverse cultures and therefore for this is one of the easiest topics to handle.

Section 2

Having seen how I managed to acquire a job over other people made me ask at one time why they took me over so many other people who were qualified in one of the organizations that called me for the job. This is when they told me that diversity makes you an asset. It is true because in all the companies that I have worked for, all my assignments were about negotiating with companies and managers from places that spoke the languages I understood or cultures that I had once interacted with, (Dinesen, et al., 2016). For this reason, I feel as if when doing this paper, I am writing about my work experience as a person who has interacted with different cultures.

Section 3

Although I speak from experience, immigration goes beyond being selected for a job opportunity over others. It gives you the leverage of getting jobs even overseas, (Koopmans, 2019). This means that anyone that gets a chance of going to foreign places has an opportunity of working there as well. Immigration entails way more than just being in other places, (Payan, 2016). This topic enables you to learn more and appreciate the importance of being in diversified places.

References

Dinesen, P. T., Klemmensen, R., & Nørgaard, A. S. (2016). Attitudes toward immigration: The role of personal predispositions. Political Psychology37(1), 55-72. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12220

Geddes, A., & Scholten, P. (2016). The politics of migration and immigration in Europe. Sage. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311511359_The_Politics_of_Migration_and_Immigration_in_Europe

Koopmans, R. (2019). How to Make Europe’s Immigration Policies More Efficient and More Humane. In Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU (pp. 97-105). Springer VS, Wiesbaden. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-24538-2_5

Mahfud, Y., Badea, C., Verkuyten, M., & Reynolds, K. (2018). Multiculturalism and attitudes toward immigrants: The impact of perceived cultural distance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology49(6), 945-958. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022022117730828

Payan, T. (2016). Immigration and the United States: A Path to Resolution. Policy Brief: Recommendations for the New Administration. Retrieved from https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/93920/BI-Brief-2016-Rec_Payan.pdf?sequence=1

previous-work/Immigration.edited.docx

LAST NAME 1

LAST NAME 6

Student Name

Instructor Name

Course

Date

Immigration

Thesis statement

The mass movement of people to a new nation is often accompanied by the obligation to learn the languages that are prevalent in that country. Not only do the immigrants learn about modern means of communication, but they also learn new ways of interaction so that they can fit into the social groups in the country. This new endeavour enhances a person's understanding of the most basic concept of diversity as well as international integration. The ability to communicate in the language of the natives increases the chances of getting employed in the host country. Understanding their cultures is also another added advantage.

Discussion 1

In the early years of my life, my family migrated into another country a fact that gave me the experience that is associated with migration into other countries. In their article, immigration, race and American politics 2017, Abrajano and Zoltan stated that “the social and political life in the United States can be attributed to the increased immigrants in the country." I find this article offering an insight into the fact that there are as many immigrants as there are natives in the United States (Abrajano, Marisa & Zoltan Hajnal, p.45). Since they are all confined in the attributes of the same culture and human principles, it can be said that there are many virtues that they share in common over the years. This attribute is very crucial in the long-term provision of the requires standards of living in the united states. Moreover, racism has declined in the United States over the years.

In his article, the effectiveness of the immigration policies 2013 page 500, Mathias discussed the crucial legal aspects that surround immigration (Czaika, Mathias, and Hein De Haas, p.500). He said that" as demographics grow over time, the laws are also improvised on a daily basis. It is this on the best interest of the immigrant to identify the requirements from each side before migrating.” Even though some of the laws governing immigration from one country to the other has been adopted from international laws on immigration, each immigrant needs to understand the basic requirements of immigration before making a move. Since I have the first-hand experience in immigration policies, I find this article outlining all the necessary measures pertaining to immigration. This agenda is further described by Dinesen in his section, the role of personal predispositions in migration 2016 page 70 (Dinesen, Klemmensen & Nørgaard, p. 70).

Discussion 2

Immigration is a broad subject that requires insight, especially after the number of immigrants increased over the past five decades. There are many citizens who migrate to Europe or America in search of a better-quality life of their families (Geddes & Scholten, p. 103). However, the culture of the immigrants, as well as the natives, is affected by this movement. In his article, the politics of migration and immigration in Europe 2016, Scholten says, “the culture of the natives is at risk just like the immigrants’. In the midst of continued movement, the future is uncertain.” When a person migrates into another state, they must not only adopt the culture of the natives, but they also have to learn the language used in that country so that they can integrate fully without barriers. In the process, their cultural values automatically fade away, and they can no longer enjoy their heritage.

In other instances, the natives adopt the way of life of immigrants. This is further illustrated by Koopmans in his review on how to make Europe's immigration policy more efficient and more humane 2019 page 100 (Koopmans, p. 100). He says, ‘there must be a balance between the number and impacts of immigrants in Europe and Africa which can only be attained through jurisdiction.” In the article about the impact of perceived cultural distance 2018 page 950, Reynolds and Mahfud described that the culture of nations had been filtered through the increased immigration of people in these nations over time (Mahfud, Badea, Verkuyten & Reynolds, p. 950). It is also worth to illustrate that there are multiple aspects that may influence the culture, but immigration has increased the impacts.

Discussion 3

The main inspiration behind the mass movement of people to other nations is the search for better employment opportunities over time. In most cases, the life that the immigrants live abroad is good enough to sustain their families abroad. However, there are very few personnel who are associated with the right immigration procedures. As a result, there are far-fetching consequences for those who migrate illegally. They may get deported or at times, denied most of the social services that they aspire (Meissner & Doris, p. 46). In his article immigration enforcement in the United States 2013, Meissner discussed the legal procedures that are required in migration. “everyone is entitled to some laws of immigration which they must be followed to the letter,” he says. Upon the best of Trump’s immigration, immigration laws were revised to suit the new administration. It is for this reason that Pavan described the policies that were enacted to immigration bodies over time (Payan, p. 107). In his article Immigration in the United States a path to resolution 2016, Pavan described the transitions that took place on immigration policies. “Immigration has a new approach to regulate the number of immigrants,” Pavan says.

Works cited

Abrajano, Marisa, and Zoltan L. Hajnal. White backlash: Immigration, race, and American politics. Princeton University Press, 2017. URL Accessed https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3DFRDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=immigration&ots=y11IjRjxJV&sig=2peJdEVg_kPuZFW_4O5jDIC4vzU

Czaika, Mathias, and Hein de Haas. "The effectiveness of immigration policies." Population and Development Review 39.3 (2013): 487-508. URL Accessed https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00613.x

Dinesen, P. T., Klemmensen, R., & Nørgaard, A. S. (2016). Attitudes toward immigration: The role of personal predispositions. Political Psychology37(1), 55-72. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12220

Geddes, A., & Scholten, P. (2016). The politics of migration and immigration in Europe. Sage. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311511359_The_Politics_of_Migration_and_Immigration_in_Europe

Koopmans, R. (2019). How to Make Europe’s Immigration Policies More Efficient and More Humane. In Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU (pp. 97-105). Springer VS, Wiesbaden. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-24538-2_5

Mahfud, Y., Badea, C., Verkuyten, M., & Reynolds, K. (2018). Multiculturalism and attitudes toward immigrants: The impact of perceived cultural distance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology49(6), 945-958. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022022117730828

Meissner, Doris M., et al. Immigration enforcement in the United States: The rise of formidable machinery. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2013. URL Accessed http://www.immigrationresearch-info.org/report/migration-policy-institute/immigration-enforcement-united-states-rise-formidable-machinery

Payan, T. (2016). Immigration and the United States: A Path to Resolution. Policy Brief: Recommendations for the New Administration. Retrieved from https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/93920/BI-Brief-2016-Rec_Payan.pdf?sequence=1

previous-work/Original_Question_all-the-essays-need-to-be-write.docx

Research proposal

Preliminary thesis: living overseas, learning the language, and the culture could help you to be independent and give you the advantage to get better job than someone who haven’t left their country.

Section1: I’m interested in this topic because I have experienced it and I think it would be easy for me to write about it

Section2: I feel this topic talking more about what I experienced

Section 3: I need to learn and dig in deep about the topic: I expect to write about this topic because I have the information from my experience

Please redo the proposal following the assignment guidelines--you need a fully developed paragraph for each section. 

You may want to expand your thesis to the benefits of learning another language and the benefits of learning about other cultures. 

previous-work/RESEARCHPROPOSAL.edited (1) (1).docx

Running head: RESEARCH PROPOSAL 1

RESEARCH PROPOSAL 2

RESEARCH PROPOSAL

Institution Affiliation

Student Name

Course

Instructor

Date

Immigration

Preliminary thesis: Migrating to a foreign overseas country offers an opportunity to learn new languages as well as new cultures of the world. Understanding new languages and cultures do not only expand an individual's knowledge but also promotes diversity and global integration, (Payan, 2016). Learning to communicate foreign languages enables an individual to seek employment in foreign countries while understanding new cultures enables an individual to live in harmony with society.

Section 1: The topic of immigration is very interesting for me because I have my own experience of moving to a foreign country. I have relevant information about immigration based on personal experience. My experience serves as a reliable primary source of information about this topic. I have enough background information that will enable me to effectively cover the topic of immigration. As such, this topic is a good choice for my research.

Section 2: It is essential to understand the effect of immigration on the cultures practiced in different parts of the world. The topic of choice for research is relevant to the world and especially all countries affected by the current immigration crisis. Immigration has been an issue of concern for many European nations in the last few years, (Geddes & Scholten, 2016). Many people from various parts of the world are traveling long distances and crossing oceans hoping to establish new lives in Europe and America. This has to had an impact on the cultures and languages of the immigrants as well as those of the society they move into, (Mahfud, et.al., 2018). Research on this topic will give meaningful insight into this issue.

Section 3: Immigration often offers better opportunities for individuals than they would otherwise get in their home countries. Perhaps this is the main reason why thousands of people are moving to foreign countries each day, (Dinesen, et.al., 2016). Foreign countries have been linked with employment opportunities and higher standards of living. However, the majority of immigrants do not follow the legal procedure of immigration. This often results in undesirable consequences such as deportation and sometimes denial of services. As such, it is important to research this topic to highlight the legal procedures that should be followed, (Koopmans, 2019). Furthermore, conducting research will identify the many challenges that arise in the process of immigration.

References

Dinesen, P. T., Klemmensen, R., & Nørgaard, A. S. (2016). Attitudes toward immigration: The role of personal predispositions. Political Psychology37(1), 55-72. Retrieved from https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/pops.12220

Geddes, A., & Scholten, P. (2016). The politics of migration and immigration in Europe. Sage. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/311511359_The_Politics_of_Migration_and_Immigration_in_Europe

Koopmans, R. (2019). How to Make Europe’s Immigration Policies More Efficient and More Humane. In Refugees and Forced Migrants in Africa and the EU (pp. 97-105). Springer VS, Wiesbaden. Retrieved from https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-658-24538-2_5

Mahfud, Y., Badea, C., Verkuyten, M., & Reynolds, K. (2018). Multiculturalism and attitudes toward immigrants: The impact of perceived cultural distance. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology49(6), 945-958. Retrieved from https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0022022117730828

Payan, T. (2016). Immigration and the United States: A Path to Resolution. Policy Brief: Recommendations for the New Administration. Retrieved from https://scholarship.rice.edu/bitstream/handle/1911/93920/BI-Brief-2016-Rec_Payan.pdf?sequence=1

previous-work/workingbibliography.docx

Name2

Name

Professor

Date

Working Bibliography

Abrajano, Marisa, and Zoltan L. Hajnal. White backlash: Immigration, race, and American politics. Princeton University Press, 2017. URL Accessed https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=3DFRDwAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP7&dq=immigration&ots=y11IjRjxJV&sig=2peJdEVg_kPuZFW_4O5jDIC4vzU

Bell, Brian, Francesco Fasani, and Stephen Machin. "Crime and immigration: Evidence from large immigrant waves." Review of Economics and statistics 21.3 (2013): 1278-1290. URL Accessed https://www.mitpressjournals.org/doi/abs/10.1162/REST_a_00337

Benson, Rodney. Shaping immigration news. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2013. URL Accessed https://www.cambridge.org/core/services/aop-cambridge-core/content/view/122D885B46E319F794AA3DE5C979884A/9781139034326pre_pi-vi_CBO.pdf/.pdf

Carens, Joseph. The ethics of immigration. Oxford University Press, 2013. URL Accessed https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=Hck4AAAAQBAJ&oi=fnd&pg=PP1&dq=immigration&ots=TKYfpjaGdm&sig=NwI1WbEsZaIFsiCT7yqeIUncTRo

Castañeda, Heide. "Immigration as a social determinant of health." Annual review of public health 36 (2015): 375-392. URL Accessed https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-publhealth-032013-182419

Cox, Adam B., and Thomas J. Miles. "Policing immigration." U. Chi. L. Rev. 80 (2013): 87. URL Accessed https://heinonline.org/hol-cgi-bin/get_pdf.cgi?handle=hein.journals/uclr80&section=8

Czaika, Mathias, and Hein De Haas. "The effectiveness of immigration policies." Population and Development Review 39.3 (2013): 487-508. URL Accessed https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00613.x

Dustmann, Christian, and Tommaso Frattini. "The fiscal effects of immigration to the UK." The economic journal 124.580 (2014): F593-F643. URL Accessed https://academic.oup.com/ej/article-abstract/124/580/F593/5076967

Dustmann, Christian, Tommaso Frattini, and Ian P. Preston. "The effect of immigration along the distribution of wages." Review of Economic Studies 80.1 (2013): 145-173. URL Accessed https://academic.oup.com/restud/article-abstract/80/1/145/1596869

Fairlie, Robert W., and Magnus Lofstrom. "Immigration and entrepreneurship." Handbook of the economics of international migration. Vol. 1. North-Holland, 2015. 877-911. URL Accessed https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/B9780444537683000175

Gonzalez, Libertad, and Francesc Ortega. "Immigration and housing booms: Evidence from Spain." Journal of Regional Science 53.1 (2013): 37-59. URL Accessed https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jors.12010

Hainmueller, Jens, and Daniel J. Hopkins. "Public attitudes toward immigration." Annual Review of Political Science 17 (2014): 225-249. URL Accessed https://www.annualreviews.org/doi/abs/10.1146/annurev-polisci-102512-194818

Knowles, Valerie. Strangers at our gates: Canadian immigration and immigration policy, 1540–2015. Dundurn, 2016. URL Accessed https://ghnet.guelphhumber.ca/files/course_outlines/2012-09-11-213520AHSS2350_Course_Outline_F12.pdf

Martinez Jr, Ramiro. Latino homicide: Immigration, violence, and community. Routledge, 2014. URL Accessed https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9781315776064

Meissner, Doris M., et al. Immigration enforcement in the United States: The rise of a formidable machinery. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute, 2013. URL Accessed http://www.immigrationresearch-info.org/report/migration-policy-institute/immigration-enforcement-united-states-rise-formidable-machinery

previous-work/Writing the Annotated Bibliography (1).docx

Writing the Annotated Bibliography

From the Working Bibliography that you created, you will choose 10 sources that best answer the questions you posed in your Research Proposal. Those sources will form the basis for the Annotated Bibliography.  You will need a minimum of five sources from Sinclair databases and at least three of those sources should be "scholarly."  

Briefly, the annotated bibliography includes notes and analysis on sources that will be quoted and paraphrased in the final essay. You have already had practice with the skills that are required, but the assignments do require that you set aside several hours for reading and analysis.

If you've taken ENG 1101 at Sinclair recently, you may have already had some experience with the annotated bibliography. 

Annotated Bibliography

To begin to put the Annotated Bibliography together, review the sources you listed on your Working Bibliography. Choose 10 that look like they come the closest to answering the research questions you posted in your Research Proposal. If, after reading and researching further into your topic, you realize that you do NOT have 10 that address the issue you are writing about, go back to the library databases and find more sources. Keep searching until you have ten. 

Choosing the 10 sources for the Annotated Bibliography is important because you are going to spend considerable time reading, summarizing, and critiquing these sources. Make sure you take as much time as necessary to read and choose sources that answer the questions you posed in your research proposal. The work that you do for the annotated bibliography will form the basis for your research paper. The time you put into this assignment will pay off when you go to write the paper because what you create for the annotated bibliography will go directly into your paper to support the ideas that you are sharing with your readers. This assignment is one of the most important steps in writing the paper. The more time you give to this assignment, the better your paper will be.

Once you have decided on the ten most relevant sources, you will format a bibliography just like you did in the Working Bibliography. You will alphabetize it, use a hanging indent for the entries posted, and then beneath each source, you will provide the following information:

First paragraph:

· A summary of the source. The first sentence of each annotation should state the thesis or main point of the source. Then write a summary that summarizes or paraphrases the main points and ideas of the source. Don’t just tell us what the source is about, but tell us what it says . Use specifics from the sources. Include relevant details. Use the guidelines for writing summaries to help you do this and use your own words. Don't quote the source; instead, write what it says in your own words.  This section should be 3-5 sentences.

Second paragraph:

· A mini-critical analysis. Consider the following questions:  What is the writer’s purpose in writing this article? (This question will allow you to assess whether or not you have enough different perspectives on the topic.) Who is the audience for this piece? Consider the context in which this piece was written. In other words, how did where and when it was written affect what was said in the source? This section should be 2-4 sentences.

· A brief evaluation of the piece. Consider these questions: How do you know the author is credible? How do you know that the author has the adequate information to write the article? How do you know the source is reliable? This is especially important for Internet sources. Here you can refer to the questions on the CRAAP worksheet that you used in the website critique topic. This section should be 2-4 sentences.  

Third paragraph:

· Discuss how you will use the source in your essay.  Discuss how you will use this information in your research paper--about one sentence. Then, include a word for word quote from the source.

<<<<<<<Check Next Page >>>>>>>>>>>

John Q. Student

Professor Stalbird

English 1201.xxx

27 February 2020

Annotated Bibliography

Author’s Last Name, First Name. “Name of Article in Quotation Marks.” Name of Source/Publication in Italics. Publication Date/Info. Name of Database in Italics. Url. Date Accessed.

This article discusses (give the thesis of the article). In the next 2-4 sentences, give the main points of the article. Tell what the article said.

The purpose of this article is ______. The intended audience seems to be _______. Address the credibility of the source and the author. For example, for a database article you could write: The source came from the Sinclair database and the article came from a scholarly peer-reviewed journal. The author seems credible because she has written many other articles on the subject. The article was written in 2020.

 I can use this source for ______. I plan to use the following quote: “______.”

Next Citation. Note there are no extra lines of white space anywhere. Double-space throughout.

Question-total-10-pages.rtf

The Research Essay:

First let's review:  Click on the link to watch a video: Writing the Essay. Also, note that you already have completed many of the steps mentioned in the video, and so, you are well on your way to writing the first draft.

The Assignment

Write a 10-12 page essay!

You've already started your essay by writing a shortened introduction/thesis and copying and pasting your quotes.  

To begin writing your first draft, go back to your introduction. You might begin with a catchy first sentence and interesting first paragraph that explains why this topic is important to your intended audience. The first paragraph is also a good place to establish pathos. Tell a story that will pull on your readers' heartstrings or include a shocking statistic that will inspire them to pay attention to what you have to say.  But remember, keep it short and simple.  The first paragraph should not be over 1/2 page. 

In the next paragraph you can provide any background information that the reader will need to understand your argument. Some topics may need two paragraphs, but don't go overboard with the background.  The main emphasis of the paper needs to be on the argument.

In an academic essay, each paragraph is like a mini-essay.  Each paragraph will have one main point or idea that you are developing, most likely it is one of the reasons that you have for your argument. (For your essay you will likely have several paragraphs for each reason).  Then you will explain the main idea and give examples. Follow the AXES paragraph model discussed in the next page. This is important.  So stop here and go to the next page. You also have a huge part of eight body paragraphs--quotes from your sources.  The AXES paragraph model shows you how to build paragraphs around those quotes. 

The final paragraph of your essay is the conclusion. It should summarize what you discussed in the essay and restate your thesis statement (your main claim).  Also, it is nice to frame your essay by referring to something that you mentioned in the introduction. If you told a story in the introduction, come back to that story and show how the world would be a different place if your ideas were adopted

Please use quotes from at least EIGHT sources.  You may use more than eight quotes and you may also include information paraphrased from your sources.   

Please type the essay in MLA format. Include a works cited page and cite the sources appropriately within the text. Don’t forget to double space.

Click here to see a sample essay from the Purdue OWL website with notes about formatting: Toward a Recovery of Nineteenth Century Farming Handbook

Remember you are writing an Academic argument, which requires a specific structure and includes key features that have been in use since the ancient Greeks came up with the idea of democracy. 

Key Features of Academic Arguments

The key features of an argumentative essay are as follows:

  • A clear arguable position -- this is your thesis or main claim

Necessary background information

Good reasons

Convincing and credible evidence

Appeals to readers' values

A trustworthy tone

Careful consideration of other positions.

Your Research Essay will be graded using the following criteria.

I. Use of source material - Use a minimum of EIGHT quotes from eight different sources from your annotated bibliography.  At least three of your quotes/sources should be from "scholarly" sources from the Sinclair library databases, though you may have more.  

A. Choice of sources

  • quality of sources

current sources

balance of viewpoints

variety of types of sources

B. Choosing appropriate content from sources

  • adequate amount of research

introducing quotes and sources with signal phrases

smooth integration of quotes and sources into the paper

fair and accurate reporting of source contents

II. Writing

A. Use of thesis 

  • placement at end of the first paragraph.

defines position on issue

reinforced or extended in conclusion.

B. Introduction and Conclusion

  • Introduction leads into thesis smoothly.

Introduction gets reader's attention effectively.

Conclusion reinforces thesis.

Conclusion does not introduce new subtopic.

C. Contents   

  • all parts of thesis supported

all material relevant to thesis

use of appropriate transitions

good logical argument

audience-appropriate choices of language

key terms defined clearly

generalizations supported with research evidence

logical arrangement of ideas

includes at least one visual

  • length (With the works cited and visual 10-13 pages.  You will have eight pages of text, 1/2 -1 page for the visual, 1-2 pages for the Works Cited)

III. Mechanics

grammar and usage at college level

Clear use of action verbs vs. passive voice "be" verb

Use of precise words Correct Seling MLA manuscript form followed All instructions followed MLA heading used Pages numbered Academic style used consistentlyTthird person point of view, without first or second person pronouns (I, we, you, etc.) No contractions No slang or informal expressions

Do not address the reader as "you" or "your."  

III. Documentation

A. Citations in text 

  • used where needed

correct MLA form

B. Works Cited page

  • correct MLA form

content matches the citations

at least 8 sources used

Possible total 300 Points

AND FINALLY:  Visuals to Support your Research

To begin,  find ONE PLACE where you can add in a visual to further strengthen and support your research. Do not put the visual right at the beginning or end of the document.  Keep in mind that a visual could be a chart, a graphic, a photo, a drawing, a cartoon, line art, or some other form. It can be anything visual that you can readily insert into the paper, position, resize, and cite.  Remember the visual should strengthen your argument. 

Be sure to include a include a citation for your image.  Here's an example:

Elephant next to a car. Digital image.  The London Telegraph . 13 May 2008. Web. 9 June 2011. < telegraph.co.uk >. Like most digital images, this photo has no official "title," so instead I described the image in a few words.  The elements are: Title of image or your own description of the image. Digital Image. Title of the website where it was published (not google!). Date it was published (if you know it). Web (medium). Date that YOU saw it (today's date). Abbreviated URL

The acronym AXES can be used to remember how to construct a convincing, well-developed paragraph that uses evidence well.

Assertion: 

The assertion (or topic sentence) states the specific arguable point you will make in the paragraph.

In addition, the assertion connects the paragraph to your thesis (claim).

Generally, assertions should go at the beginning of the paragraph (the first sentence, or–if there's a transition sentence–the second).

Assertions must be arguable–the point that YOU are making about something. 

Example: 

The examples are the evidence that supports (or "proves") your assertion.

You can use the quotes you copied and pasted as examples. 

Examples should be introduced and briefly contextualized. The explanation can help you do this.

Explanation: 

Examples NEVER speak for themselves: you must provide explanations, which clarify how and why the evidence relates to your assertion and subsequently your central claim or thesis statement.

Explanation of examples and data outline the reasoning that logically links the evidence to the assertion.

Significance: 

If you simply state, support and explain the assertions, your reader may respond with indifference unless you also tell them why they should care by showing the significance.

Statements of significance anticipate and answer the question "So What?" In other words, why is the point made in the paragraph important in light of your thesis?

Providing significance is crucial to making an argument that says something, has a purpose, or is interesting.

Courtesy of John Rieder (2011)

Click on the link to watch a video that explains this concept: AXES Paragraph Structure

Click here for a website with examples: AXES Paragraph Structure with Examples