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For the final major essay, you are asked to select a film, short story, song, graphic novel, children’s story/book, television show, or virtually any other fictional work or nonfiction work to read/view and discuss. The choice is yours.
Your final major essay will ask you to summarize this work, and then develop and defend four reasons why Houston Community College students should view, read, or listen to this work. The reasons are up to you, but you should be able to argue why this work would be valuable to HCC students. How will it benefit them?
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Basic Requirements:
1. Five outside sources are required. 2. One – and only one – fictional work is required. 3. You should write at least 2,000 words. 4. Cite your sources using both (BOTH) in-text citations and Works Cited page citations. 5. Six total sources should be cited correctly. |
| If you would like specific questions about your submission answered, please provide up to three questions in the comments section when you submit this assignment. Please note that vague questions will not be answered. Examples of vague questions:
● Why did I earn the grade I earned? ● How can I do better? ● How’s my writing? ● How did I do? ● What do you like? ● What do you think? ● Did I pass? ● Is this good? Do not ask vague questions. Questions should be specific about the contents of your submission. Examples of specific questions: ● I struggled to find evidence for my fourth main point. I used an article from CNN, but I would like to have found a more substantial source. Can you evaluate my use of evidence for my fourth main point and suggest ways to improve? ● I used a direct quotation strategy for my opening paragraph. Does the quotation grab your attention? Did I integrate it effectively? Ask specific questions. Please note that you are not required to ask questions. If you don’t include questions, I will include general feedback and grade your work. Please also note that if you submit this assignment late, you cannot ask questions. Feel free to include one to three questions. |
I suggest you follow this basic outline:
Introduction: Introduce the topic, assuming the readers do not know your writing prompt. Make sure your introduction grabs the readers’ attention. Use at least one introduction strategy to begin the essay in an interesting way. End the introduction by stating your thesis statement, which should include a forecasting statement (sub-divisions). Make sure your reasons for holding your position are clear. You need four reasons, so your thesis statement should have four subdivisions. A basic thesis statement could look like: Houston Community College students should read [Title] because [Reason 1], [Reason 2], [Reason 3], and [Reason 4]. Or, Houston Community College students should watch [Title] because [Reason 1], [Reason 2], [Reason 3], and [Reason 4]. Or, Or, Houston Community College students should listen to [Title] because [Reason 1], [Reason 2], [Reason 3], and [Reason 4].
Body Paragraphs: Each of the reasons introduced in your first paragraph should now be placed in a separate paragraph or paragraphs and supported with details and examples. Follow the MEAL PLAN for each body paragraph. ANALYZE and EXPLAIN. Use evidence, examples, scenes, direct quotations, events, and characters from the work to support your paragraphs. Each body paragraph should include evidence from the primary text/work or an outside source to support the main point of the paragraph.
Conclusion: End your piece in a strong and interesting way. Sum up your main argument, but also include a strong conclusion strategy. The conclusion should create a sense of finality or closure and give the readers a feeling of completion and balance. Sometimes writers like to add a “final blast”—a big emotional or ethical appeal—that helps sway the audience’s opinion.
Works Cited: Make sure to cite all of your sources, even those you do not directly quote in your essay. Information and ideas must be cited, as well. You should include at least five to six other outside sources, besides the primary work/text, to help support your discussion. Please note that Wikipedia, About.com, Cliffnotes.com, and other similar sources should not be used. Use credible sources. At least six credible sources, including the primary work, should be included. It would be wise to include at least one source to help you defend, discuss, support, or explain each of your four reasons. You should cite your sources using MLA in-text citations
(signal phrases and parenthetical documentation) and a Works Cited page. Again, five outside sources are the very least you should include, but six would likely be more helpful.
Word Count: You should write at least 2,000 words.
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