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would like you to try and use as much as my paper as possible Dr. Dominy—ENGL 1102—Summer 2020 Researched Essay (Argumentative Synthesis) Required Length: at least 1,750 words in length, not including the works cited page Assignment Weight: 20% of final grade Friday, 7/24: Peer Review of Entire Researched Essay. Monday, 7/27: Researched Essay Due in D2L at time posted on the dropbox Assignment Objectives You will complete this assignment by writing an essay that makes an original argument that answers the research question that you previously developed and researched. Your essay should 1) present your thesis statement in basic enthymematic form (claim + because + reason), 2) support the argument by synthesizing at least five sources that you have found (this includes sources from the literature review if you find them helpful) and evaluated to be appropriate and credible, and 3) summarize, paraphrase, and quote from your sources adequately to complete the task. Purpose The simplest explanation of this essay’s purpose is that by completing it you will write an essay that answers the research question you developed in the Inquiry Essay. The purpose of this assignment is to enter a scholarly conversation. By applying the skills in research, source evaluation, and synthesis that you have been practicing through the term, you will contribute to an existing conversation by presenting your own original argument. That argument will speak to the existing conversation by using sources to support your argument (either as evidence, by extending or modifying your sources’ arguments, or by refuting sources’ arguments). The most important thing to remember as you work on this essay is that you cannot simply parrot the information or arguments that you find in your sources. Rather, this essay will be driven by your unique argument answering your research question. Your essay must be a persuasive argument that allows you as a young scholar to enter and contribute to the ongoing conversation on your topic. Directions In short, this assignment requires you to write a thesis-driven essay that makes an argument answering your research question that cites at least five sources to support your claims and show your thesis’s relationship to the existing conversation on your topic. 1) Review all of your notes and research from the literature review assignment. Complete any additional brainstorming, research, note-taking and gathering of bibliographic information that you need to prepare for drafting the essay. 2) Reread the portions of our textbook that provide strategies for taking notes and identifying connections between different sources and for developing an argument. Follow the textbook’s suggestions to help you adequately take notes and brainstorm to prepare for writing the essay. 3) After thorough preparation, write an essay that presents your answer to your research question. Remember to outline, draft, and revise. Your essay should have a. A focused introduction that introduces your topic. b. A thesis statement that answers your research question and takes the form of CLAIM + because + REASON. This is a strict requirement for the essay. c. Body paragraphs that support the thesis with adequate and appropriate synthesis of at least five sources. Utilize summary, paraphrase, and quotation to show the similarities, agreements, and disagreements among your sources. Be sure to elaborate in instances that you summarize/paraphrase/quote to make the connections you draw clear to the reader, and always cite the source. 1 Dr. Dominy—ENGL 1102—Summer 2020 i. One of your body paragraphs may need to raise a possible counterargument and defeat it to support your claim. If you do so, be sure to fairly and accurately represent any counterarguments. d. A conclusion that reiterates your thesis for the reader. 4) This essay should NOT a. Simply summarize the sources. b. String together information in substitute for a sustained argument c. Stray too far from the topic in order to complete the assignment. Particular Requirements about Sources: Of the five sources you are required to cite in your essay, • At least one (1) must be scholarly • All must past the CRAAP test • None should be tertiary sources (e.g., book reviews, Wikipedia, encyclopedias). For this assignment, you should focus more on the quality of your sources and the quality of your integration and synthesis of them into your argument rather than quantity of sources that you include. However, using more than five sources is allowed, but sources over five must also meet the three requirements above. (So, if you use a sixth source, it must be a second scholarly source. Sources beyond six all must pass the CRAAP test, and none should be tertiary.) Rhetorical Situation Imagine for this essay that preparing an article for submission to a journal that publishes student scholarship on your research topic. Therefore, you should write this essay in a diction that is appropriate for academic readers. Do I need a works cited page? Because you will be quoting, paraphrase, and summarizing from at least five sources, you will need to parenthetically cite your sources in the essay and include a works cited page that follows MLA style. Please ask if you have questions regarding citation, and remember that all essays will go through the Turnitin Originality Check in the D2L Dropbox. A Brief Note about Academic Dishonesty Given the remote nature of our work now, you may be tempted more than ever to copy/paste some work as your own in your assignments. Please don’t. That will result in a zero on the assignment, and an abbreviated semester makes opportunities for second chances very limited. Questions? I’m happy to answer them. Be sure to email, call, text, or DM me.