Commentary Rough Draft

The Commentary Rough Draft

The first three pages of your Commentary rough draft are due this week. This week’s draft should include the following.

• An introduction that catches reader’s attention, provides an overview of the topic, and presents a new or unique angle on a current event
• A thesis that transitions from the introduction to the body and clearly provides the writer’s position on the topic; the thesis should be debatable, meaning others may disagree or have a different perspective
• Discussion of background and other perspectives within the larger conversation, represented through integration of research
• Body paragraphs that explain, support, and answer the promise of the thesis statement
• Effective use of author tags, direct quotes, summary, and paraphrases
• Proper APA style for in-text citation and an end References page

Additional Requirements

• Three complete body pages (double-spaced), plus title page and reference page
• Essay typed and submitted as a Microsoft Word 2010 document (.docx), with 12-point font and APA formatting for margins, title page, running heads, and page numbers; please be sure to review the formatting in the APA paper and title page tutorial
• Integration of a minimum of two credible sources