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ENG175 Critical Writing I

Writing Project 4: Strong Response Essay

Due Monday, November 2

Your goal for this assignment is to write an essay that is approximately 850 to 1000 words long. You will

write a strong response essay, as discussed in class and in Chapter 5 in your Allyn & Bacon textbook. This

assignment is similar to the “Summary/Strong Response Essay” that is described on page 106. However,

unlike the description, you are not required to do any outside research on your part, and you should use

APA style. You will respond to the article that you summarized for the Writing Project 3 (Summary)

assignment that you did in a group. You will use the summary as part of your Strong Response Essay.

However, this essay is not a group project.

The essay should be structured in much the same way that the sample strong response essay about the

teenagers and tattoos article (which was handed out and discussed in class) is structured. Begin with an

introduction that ends with the question that is answered in the article you summarized. Next,

incorporate your summary into your strong response. Following your summary of the article, state your

thesis. (Ideally, your thesis should be detailed, outlining the structure of your response, much like the

thesis for tattoo article response does.) After you have stated your thesis, develop your response by

including several critiques (rhetorical, ideas, reflection) that are organized well. End your essay with a

conclusion that follows one of the conclusion strategies on pages 450-451.

Once again, your essay should be formatted according to APA rules. You need a cover page and a

Reference page in addition to the pages that make up the essay itself. You must follow APA rules

exactly. (Pay attention to capitalization schemes, use of quotation marks, use of italics, punctuation,

etc.)

Upload your essay to Campus Web (as a Turnitin-enabled assignment) prior to class.

Writing Project 4: Strong Response Essay

Writing Checklist

 The introduction provides necessary background and context for the issue in a way that draws the reader into the essay.

 The introduction ends with a question (or questions) that the author of the original article addressed.

 The second paragraph features your summary of the original article.

 The summary features all of the elements that were required for the third writing project (author’s name, article name, periodical name, summary of main and supporting ideas, attributive tags, etc.)

 Following the summary, a detailed thesis statement outlines the structure of the rest of your response.

 Each body paragraph focuses on a specific response to the original article.

 Each response is based on one of the various response techniques (rhetorical critique, ideas critique, reflection) discussed in the textbook on pages 92-98.

 All of the particular details within paragraphs are organized in a way that is easy for the reader to follow.

 Paragraphs contain transitional words or phrases that guide the reader through each paragraph.

 The entire essay contains transitional words or phrases that guide the reader through the essay.

 Sentences are constructed using the old/new contract discussed on pages 432-435 in your textbook.

 A concluding paragraph brings the paragraph to a clean, logical conclusion based on one of the conclusion techniques discussed on pages 450-451 in your textbook.

 The entire document is formatted according to APA formatting requirements, as shown in the sample APA documents on Campus Web in the handouts section.

 The document features a Reference page that includes information for the original article.

 The Reference page information is formatted according to APA rules.

 The entire document is in a 12‐point Times Roman font.

 The writing contains no errors in punctuation, grammar, word choice, etc.