Obesity Causes and Effects

Paper #2 – Cause and Effect
Subject: The topic for your paper will be an event or concept of your choice. Topics you
CANNOT use are: starting your own business, low math scores in the USA, or attending a
community college.
Sources of information: Sources not required (in fact, use of sources is discouraged, but left up
to the student’s choice). When using sources in papers (whether summary, paraphrase, or direct
quote), you must cite the sources using in-text citation AND a works cited page. Not doing so
will be considered plagiarism and an automatic F on the paper.
Purpose: The purpose of this essay is to inform an audience that has little to no knowledge of
your subject.
Audience: Your audience is an academic audience. While that includes your peers (classmates)
and your instructor, there are other expectations an academic audience has of a college level
paper.
Length and document style: The minimum length requirement for this paper is 750 words.
Maximum length of this paper is 1250 words. Going over or under length requirement will
result in a grade penalty of ten points. You will use MLA format for this paper. A works cited
page does not count towards your word count.
Deadlines: The paper is being assigned 2/25/14. Your completed, typed draft of your essay for
peer response is due 3/13/14. Your final draft is due 3/20/14.
Special assignment stipulations: Students will not be allowed to use second person (you / your)
in any of the major papers in this course. For this paper, you can use either first person (I / my /
me / we / our / us) or third (he / she / they) person.