Formal Essay:
READ several times to understand.
Violence Against Women is the
umbrella larger topic but not the main topic for this paper
see below “A
PROBLEM”.
A PROBLEM: This is what the paper will be about. You get to pick the problem
associated with Violence Against Women. It has to be a strong stance; see below. READ all the instructions below. This is not a report or an informational
paper.
Pick
a problem associated
with Violence Against Women. And take a stance.
See all below and Rubric. NOTE: This is for an Intro To Women’s
Study Class. Strong voice for the rights of women and protections.
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Your essay will examine a problem
(associated with the larger topic of Violence Against Women, but pick a problem and offer at least 2 solutions (1 radical and 1 liberal). You must examine
why the issue is a problem and offer reasoned solutions to the problem.
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Your essay should be argumentative, and you will need to
collect sources to support your argument. No more than half of your sources
should be from the internet. I expect to see you using books, journals, and
magazine articles. These traditionally paper sources may come from research
done online and may even be full online text. I just don’t want all of your
sources to be websites.
This is not a report
or an informational paper.
Paper
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Your essay will be graded based on the rubric see
below.
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Your paper should be about 4 pages long (not
including the works cited).
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I expect to see a minimum of 4 sources used in
the final essay.
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Your essay must be formatted according to MLA
standards.
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You must use in-text parenthetical citations and
include a work cited.
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Your works cited are not included in the page
length requirement.
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Your essay should utilize quotation, paraphrase,
and summary, but it should contain mainly your ideas. Remember that your
voice must dominate
the essay.
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Your introduction, thesis, topic sentences, and
conclusion should be written in YOUR words and should contain YOUR ideas. You
should proofread your essay for grammatical errors, punctuation errors, and
spelling mistakes. Please utilize the comments that were made on your rough
draft.
SEE Rubric
Below!!!!!!!