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English 812—Dr. Kim

Essay assignment # 3

Length: Five to Seven double-spaced pages

Due date: April 22 (Wednesday)

Globalization, sometimes referred to as Americanization, is considered a set of complex processes by which goods, services, capital, ideas, and culture are exchanged on the international level. This means that globalization is not just an economic phenomenon, but also political, technological, cultural, and social in its scope, as Anthony Giddens claims in his essay “Globalization” (17).

Many writers, including Giddens and Verdú, acknowledge both the positive and negative effects of globalization. Supporters argue that globalization benefits the world through the promotion of such ideals as human rights, democracy, and freedom and that it enhances the prosperity of the world through free trade, free investment, and better technology (Norberg).

On the other hand, critics argue that we need to control the “runaway” global process because it widens economic inequality (Giddens 22); increases consumption of world resources such as oil, paper, and meat, resulting in environmental disaster (Zachary 29); creates homogeneity of world culture (O’Connor 162); and violates local norms of propriety (Bayles 174).

What do you think? Do the costs of globalization outweigh its benefits?

Write an essay in which you argue whether or not the advantages of globalization outweigh its disadvantages. Although there are diverse effects of globalization, to avoid superficial coverage of each topic, do not choose more than three main effects of globalization. Like the second assignment, you need to introduce opposing views and successfully counter them in your discussion to construct a strong argument. Also, as this assignment requires synthesizing different source materials, it is vital to make clear connections among source materials and between your own ideas and those presented in sources.

In your essay, you should formulate a clear and focused thesis and provide a detailed account of your evidence. For this assignment, you need to provide at least six sources, five of which should be outside sources from library databases.

* Checklist

1. Does the introduction include a statement of the thesis that clearly represents the purpose of your essay? In other words, does your thesis include the topic of your essay and your assertion about it to reflect the purpose of writing this essay ( argument )?

2. Does each paragraph relate to and support the thesis of the essay?

3. Does each paragraph discuss only one main idea? Are all the sentences in each paragraph related to the main idea stated in the topic sentence?

4. Is each main idea supported with enough, specific, concrete details? Or are the supporting ideas scanty, general, or abstract?

5. Are ideas presented according to logical order or must the reader jump back and forth among ideas?

6. Is there a smooth flow between sentences/ideas? (i.e., Does one idea lead smoothly to another, or does information seem to be missing?)

7. Does the conclusion briefly restate the thesis, instead of summarizing all the main points in detail, and include other insightful concluding remarks?

8. Are your quotations, paraphrases, or summaries adequately incorporated in your discussions? Are these properly documented in MLA style?

9. Is punctuation properly used and positioned?

10. Are your sentences grammatically correct?

11. Are opposing views introduced (including their sources ) and countered successfully?