English

Essay 1 Assignment Sheet: The Billion Dollar Question

In his article, “Is $1 Billion Too Much Money for Any One Person to Have?” Jeremy Engle begins by stating:

In 2018, there were 585 billionaires in America, with a combined wealth of over $2.8 trillion. The wealthiest, Jeff Bezos, the founder of Amazon, has a net worth of $160 billion.

The world’s eight richest individuals have as much wealth as the bottom half in the world, and the three richest Americans hold more wealth than the bottom 50 percent of the United States.

In light of this, write an argumentative essay in response to ONE of the following prompts:

1) Should anyone have a billion dollars? OR 2) Are billionaires helping or hurting society?

Requirements

Your essay must:

· be a minimum of 1250 words.

· directly address the writing prompt you choose from those provided.

· display engagement with the assigned articles through quoting, paraphrasing, and or summarizing as appropriate.

· include source material from any of the assigned texts in each body paragraph.

· include source material from a minimum of three of the assigned texts.

· accurately acknowledge the use of material from texts.

· demonstrate college-level skills in grammar, mechanics, and vocabulary.

· employ competency of academic paper structure.

Structure

Your essay must:

· include the necessary elements for an argumentative paper:

· Introduction (containing,

· Condition of terms/Background information (summarize/explain/justify the importance of your issue & argument)

· Body (contains support, examples, scenarios, etc.)

· Conclusion (summarize and close your argument with either a necessity for recognizing the problem or presenting a “call to action” for that problem)

· Consider the following:

· Your audience: To whom are you writing and what does this particular audience need to know about your argument and why do they need to know it? The more specific your audience is, the easier it will be to anticipate the ways in which you need to present your argument.

· Your purpose (thesis): Are you trying to “shed light” on a situation to raise awareness, or are you creating a “call to action” by asking people to do something about a situation that is already defined as an issue?

· Your position: What is the logic behind your argument (do so by avoiding the use of “I think”, “I believe”, or “I feel” statements)? Is it clearly supported throughout your paper?

· Expectations and Requirements:

· 1) Not only do you need to take a position, but you need to clearly define what your position entails.

Due Dates:

Outline: 6/14 by 11:59pm Rough Draft: 6/16 before class (Full Draft) Final Draft: 6/24 by 11:59pm

FORMAT

12pt in a standard font (i.e. , Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri)

1 inch margins in all directions 

Double- spaced

Indent each paragraph and do not add blank lines between paragraphs.

The header should look like this:

Jane Doe

Professor Sprewer

EN101 CR01

6/16/22 (this should be the date it is due)

Rough Draft (always indicate which draft it is)

Adult-it’s all good in the-hood 

(or whatever catchy title you come up with)

Notice that I have indented the first line of the paragraph and I have not added multiple blank lines (with the exception of one blank line between the header and the title), I have also stated which draft of the essay I am turning in. I have used the standard font, Calibri, in point 12 size. Also notice that my name and class information is in the upper left-hand corner of the page and is single-spaced; the title is centered. The body of the essay is double-spaced. This is how the body of each of your paragraphs should look.  Happy writing!