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5/13/2020 Week Two – ENG240 Advanced Composition

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 Thesis Templates - Word Document (25.1 KB)

Scholarly or Professional Journals.  That’s it. Nothing else!

Assignment: Write a �ve- or six-page, double-spaced research paper that demonstrates the ability to enter into and contribute to a scholarly conversation.  Such a conversation is typically de�ned as an issue, problem, or topic around which scholars o�er their perspectives in academic writing such as peer-reviewed journal articles and academic books.

This paper will be similar to Paper 1 in that you will need to respond to a scholarly perspective on a subject  with an argument of your own.  It di�ers from the �rst, however, in length and the number of sources, as this one calls for two journal articles.  Also, you will not need to summarize the sources in a full page, as you did on the �rst, but, of course, you will need to say something about them in the introduction and in the body paragraphs. Like the �rst paper, this one calls upon you to advance an argument, so it is important that you articulate and defend an arguable claim on your subject. 

To gain a better sense of what it means to enter a scholarly conversation, please look carefully at the following Thesis Templates document.

It is also important to use the conventions you learned in previous writing courses.  These include: (1)  a rhetorically e�ective introduction in which you explore the issue and what scholars have said about it, stating your argument in a compelling way; (2) several well developed body paragraphs in which you defend the argument and respond to other scholars, quoting from the articles you choose and illustrating your ideas; and (3) an e�ective conclusion in which you explore the signi�cance of your argument, perhaps anticipating objections and reinforcing your main points.  

If you don't know what your major will be, or you are pursuing general studies, you may choose whichever subject interests you.

Note: the articles you choose must be di�erent from those used on the other two papers. This paper and its sources are completely independent of the other two papers.  You cannot, therefore, recycle thesis statements or sources. Please choose a topic and two sources that you will not explore in the other papers.

CITATION STYLE

You must write your paper in the citation style preferred by the discipline in which you are majoring. Include an end-of-text works cited page in the same citation style. If you are using a rather obscure style (not MLA or APA) please let your instructor know which one you are using.

SOURCES

Academic writing is a conversation. In this second paper you must use two credible sources that support your argument or add to the conversation around your main point. Both sources must be peer reviewed journal articles, and both must be sources not listed on the library guide. Be sure to use the NU Library’s search database to �nd your articles.

Acceptable credible sources include:

**Do not use Wikipedia, websites, newspapers, encyclopedias, popular books, or magazines. You might start with one or more of these for the purpose of information

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gathering, but the sources you use in the paper must all be from peer-reviewed journals.

The paper should be thoroughly edited and proofread, and it should be submitted as a Microsoft Word document (doc or docx.), or as a .rft �le. Do not submit as a .pdf, a Microsoft works �le, an Apple Pages �le, or a Word Perfect �le.

NO RECYCLING!

If you took English 100 here at National University, it may be tempting to just improve you ENG 100 paper and turn it in for ENG 240. This is against the rules and represents academic dishonesty. You are expected to write a wholly new paper. Your instructor in this class will have taught ENG 100 before and will be familiar with the authors and texts used in ENG 100. On the �ip side of the coin, since we are focusing on disciplines in this class, it might be tempting to try to recycle a research paper you have written in another class. This is also against the rules and will easily be detected by your instructor.

Writing is not a skill you master in one try. It takes practice to achieve mastery and every argument will have its own writing challenges, so writing a completely new paper will be the most bene�cial activity for you and will be expected. To use the work written in one class to ful�ll the requirements of another will be considered academic dishonesty and you may be reprimanded by the university.

So, please, recycle your aluminum cans and your plastic water bottles, but recycling papers is not allowed in college-level work.