Essay3

Requirement

This paper asks you to

identify

an argument’s claim and reason. You will also need to

explain

the general context for the argument, the author’s purpose and audience and how you have been able to

determine the context/audience/purpose based on clues from inside and outside of the text. It also asks

you to

describe

the author’s (4) supporting evide

nce and (5) overall structure, and finally,

evaluate

the

argument in terms of its

purpose and audience.

Successful essays will include:

1.

An introductory section that provides all the information the audience will

need

to understand

your argument. This incl

udes the topic of the writing project and

your

argument claim and

reason about the author’s use of evidence and

organization.

Please read the sample paper 1

first, then following the paper format as sample paper 1 shows.

2.

A statement of the claim/reason of

“

Why Do People Fall for Fake News?

”

3.

A discussion of the general context, author’s purpose

and

author’s audience, supported by

evidence from inside

or

outside of the

text

4.

A description and evaluation of

supporting

evidence.

A.

Do you find facts and evidence in the argument? Direct observation? Statistics?

Interviews?

Surveys?

Primary

sources

such

as

eyewitness

accounts?

Secondary

sources

such as published research? Quotations from authorities? Hypothetical

situations?

Analogy? Allusion? Personal

Experience?

5.

A description and evaluation of the

organizing structure

. To evaluate the article’s structure, you

may want to ask yourself these

questions:

A.

Is

the information presented in a logical order? Does the author use chronological order,

cause/effect, problem/solution, general to specific,

or

other ways of organizing

information?

Do

those structures

help

make the argument more

persuasive?

6.

A conclusion that clarifies whether you believe the

Gordon Pennycook and David Rand

has

written an effective argument based on the evidence and organization they chose to convince

the audience of their purpose.

7.

A “Works Cited”

or

“Reference”

page.

Requirement

This paper asks you to identify an argument’s claim and reason. You will also need to explain

the general context for the argument, the author’s purpose and audience and how you have been able to

determine the context/audience/purpose based on clues from inside and outside of the text. It also asks

you to describe the author’s (4) supporting evidence and (5) overall structure, and finally, evaluate the

argument in terms of its purpose and audience.

Successful essays will include:

1. An introductory section that provides all the information the audience will need to understand

your argument. This includes the topic of the writing project and your argument claim and

reason about the author’s use of evidence and organization. Please read the sample paper 1

first, then following the paper format as sample paper 1 shows.

2. A statement of the claim/reason of “Why Do People Fall for Fake News?”

3. A discussion of the general context, author’s purpose and author’s audience, supported by

evidence from inside or outside of the text

4. A description and evaluation of supporting evidence.

A. Do you find facts and evidence in the argument? Direct observation? Statistics?

Interviews? Surveys? Primary sources such as eyewitness accounts? Secondary sources

such as published research? Quotations from authorities? Hypothetical situations?

Analogy? Allusion? Personal Experience?

5. A description and evaluation of the organizing structure. To evaluate the article’s structure, you

may want to ask yourself these questions:

A. Is the information presented in a logical order? Does the author use chronological order,

cause/effect, problem/solution, general to specific, or other ways of organizing

information? Do those structures help make the argument more persuasive?

6. A conclusion that clarifies whether you believe the Gordon Pennycook and David Randhas

written an effective argument based on the evidence and organization they chose to convince

the audience of their purpose.

7. A “Works Cited” or “Reference” page.