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· Essay # 1 Guidelines: The Exploratory Essay: 

· This essay is based on Chapter 8 of the textbook.

· Your goal is to explore various perspectives regarding a particular issue.  The Exploratory essay details your journey of exploration.  You will examine and question several authors’ views of the issue.  To do this well, you must keep an open mind and seriously consider every view and opinion—this is inquiry.   

· Select ONE general subject from Parts III and IV of your text (Pp. 307-590) as the focus of your essay.  Parts III and IV of the textbook (see the Table of Contents) is an anthology of articles/readings that are grouped by subject.  These general subjects include: Consumer Society, Romantic Relationships, Global Warming, the Millenials, Immigration, Civility, and Human Enhancement.

· Choose carefully!  The subject you select for Essay # 1 will be the focus of your Essays #2 & 3 as well.  You will be working with and writing about some aspect of this subject for the remainder of the semester.   

· Use at least THREE (3) of the readings associated with your chosen subject from Parts III or IV of the text as source material for this essay.  If you fail to use material from three separate readings as source material for your essay, you will earn a failing grade for this assignment. Likewise, your grade will suffer if you use the source material in a superficial way, for example if you simply use one direct quote from each of the readings rather than using the readings to support/explain your discussion further. 

· This assignment requires that you engage in an in-depth, academic inquiry.  Thus, you are expected to read your sources carefully, and to understand them thoroughly, so that you can integrate material from them into your essay in a thoughtful, logical manner. 

· The essay must be at least five FULL pages in length (a Works Cited page is required, but it does NOT count in the page length requirement for this assignment).

· Use the Student Sample Essay on pages 202-205 as a model for the organization and content of your essay. 

 

Essay Organization:

 

Introduction: Identify your chosen issue; note in general the questions / concerns associated with it.  Express your initial opinion regarding the issue.  (1 to 2 detailed paragraphs)

 

Body paragraphs: the exploration itself. Your purpose here is to examine various aspects of the issue in depth.  Test your opinions and explore the issue by noting how different authors address the issue.  Compare their ideas and positions.  Your purpose here is NOT to support your initial opinion, but to test it!  You'll write about readings that confirm and contradict your thinking and, you should evaluate these arguments fairly.  Refer to the “Revision Checklist for Comparing Perspectives” on P. 201 of your text book.  (4 to 5 pages)  

 

Conclusion: a statement of your opinion after inquiry—an explanation of the “truth” as you see it now. Explain which views seem most valid to you now.  Explain how your initial opinion regarding the issue has been refined, modified, broadened, or changed. (1 to 2 detailed paragraphs)

 

Writing Process:

· Select a topic/theme (from Parts III and IV).

· Read ALL of the included readings about this topic/theme.

· Brainstorm, take notes, annotate the readings, conduct extra research if needed.

· Write your essay:  Revise, edit, and proofread

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2. Describe your inquiry.

2. Organize essay around your initial opinions and how your research reinforced or changed them.

2. Some paragraphs could be devoted to a single research source.

2. Other paragraphs could compare an idea across two or more sources.

2. Be specific about what you have read.

2. Do not just summarize sources -- evaluate them

2. The point is to show how your initial opinion on the issue has been refined, modified, broadened, or changed.

General essay requirements: 

. Margins: 1 inch (top, bottom, sides)

. Font: Times New Roman, 12 pt.

. Line spacing: Double-space EVERYTHING (extra line spaces between paragraphs and other sections of the paper is incorrect). NOTE: the sample student essay (Pp. 202- 205) is NOT double-spaced; editors single-space to save paper and pages. . .ALWAYS use the sample MLA research paper on pp. 157-166 as your model for your essays.

. MLA in-text citations should be used EVERY time material from a source is used—this includes references to material and paraphrases of material as well as direct quotes (See “Research & Writing Resources” on the Course Home page)

. MLA Works Cited Page: see MLA guide under “Research & Writing Resources” on the Course Home page (the Works Cited page is always the last page of the essay, but it DOES NOT count as one in the required page length of the essay)

. MLA formatting guidelines: see the sample MLA research paper on Pp. 157-166 in your text book—use it as a model for your essays in this class. . .pay attention to and follow