For your first essay, we are going to get the state-required research paper accomplished. This assignment has
\nthree primary objectives: to evaluate your abilities 1) to create a reasonable and valid thesis statement, 2) to
\nsupport that thesis statement with reasonable and credible evidence for which you have appropriately
\nevaluated and acknowledged the original sources, and 3) to follow directions for completing a task with
\naccuracy and precision.
\nPick one of the following eight topics and create your thesis statement (you must pick only from this list, and
\nyou must establish a clear position of agreement or disagreement by using the words \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d
\nin your thesis statement. Be clear and direct. -50 for writing on a topic not listed here; -10 for failing to write in
\nfirst person using \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d statement):
\n1. Agree or disagree: People who use AI tools to help generate creative work are presenting an inauthentic
\nfinished product to their audience members.
\n2. Agree or disagree: Multitasking really results in multiple tasks being done poorly instead of multiple tasks
\nbeing done well.
\n3. Agree or disagree: Most students are in too big of a hurry to be done with their education that they
\nfrequently fail to learn what will serve them well in the rest of their professional and personal lives.
\n4. Agree or disagree: Advertisements for most things offered in an online format, such as a job application
\nprocess, business meetings, or educational experiences, make it seem like online means those things are
\neasy and convenient, but being able to access them online does not automatically make them easy or
\nconvenient.
\n5. Agree or disagree: For adults, listening to an audio book is not the same as reading that book.
\n6. Agree or disagree: Making something free that once had a cost or fee signals that it is valueless.
\n7. Agree or disagree: Most holidays, regardless of their original purpose or what they are supposed to
\ncelebrate, amount to little more than opportunities for advertisers and businesses to make money.
\nProfessional tip: If you don\u2019t know what the topic is talking about or you cannot agree or disagree with the topic
\nstatement within a few seconds of reading it, DON\u2019T pick that one.
\nOnce you pick your topic, you must create a thesis statement that clearly states your position on the statement.
\nI expect to see the words \u201cI agree\u201d or \u201cI disagree\u201d in your thesis statement. Again, be clear and direct.
\nYour introductory paragraph should establish your thesis statement and give your reader a brief overview of
\nthe reasons why you agree or disagree. Do not include source material in your introduction; save that for the
\nbody paragraphs. For the purpose of this essay, your reader is an informed peer, which means that you are
\nwriting to fellow college-educated people who have similar knowledge, experience, and background to you.
\nYour body paragraphs should detail the specific reasons and information you have for why you agree or
\ndisagree with the original statement. Typically, a body paragraph covers one reason or piece of evidence
\n(using a clear topic sentence early in each paragraph helps establish the paragraph\u2019s focus). Therefore, how
\nmany ever reasons you list in the introductory paragraph is usually how many body paragraphs your essay will
\nhave. It is in the body paragraphs that you should use the information you have found from your sources. All
\ninformation that came from sources must be clearly acknowledged as coming from the specific source you got
\nit from. Whether you are mentioning an idea from a source, paraphrasing the source\u2019s information in your own
\nwords, or quoting directly from the source, you must introduce the source by name, establish the source\u2019s
\ncredibility, follow the source material with correct in-text (parenthetical) citations in MLA style, and show how
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\nthat source\u2019s information supports your thesis statement. Failure to acknowledge every single piece of
\ninformation (again, this means everything from direct word-for-word quotations all the way down to a basic idea
\nyou got from a source you looked at) is plagiarism, and you will receive a failing grade on this assignment for
\nany amount of plagiarism.
\nYour concluding paragraph is where you restate your thesis statement and recap your reasons. Do not include
\nnew information in the conclusion, and do not include additional source information in your conclusion. Be
\nconsistent with your point of view even if you change the wording of your thesis statement. Make sure your
\nconcluding paragraph is not combined with your last body paragraph. Your conclusion should be its own
\nparagraph.
\nYou must formulate and turn in to me your provisional thesis statement on the above date (one point will be
\ndeducted from your Essay #1 grade for every day that your thesis statement is late; the same goes for
\nyour provisional works cited page and the essay acknowledgement). However, once you submit a thesis
\nstatement, you must stick with that topic; you cannot change topics after submitting your thesis (though, you
\ncan revise the thesis wording and details as you need). You can, however, change sources after submitting
\nyour provisional works cited page.
\nYou must use 2-4 credible sources in your essay to support your thesis statement (points will be deducted for
\nhaving too few or too many sources). Your sources must be credible, preferably from recognized experts or
\nauthorities in the field of study or research. At least one of your sources MUST be found using the databases
\non GALILEO (and the works cited page entry for that source must correctly reflect its location in GALILEO).
\nYou must show exactly how and where you have used information from these sources by introducing,
\nincorporating, citing, and analyzing your uses; this includes direct quotes, paraphrases, and summary
\nstatements. Do not use websites with questionable credibility (some .com sites, Wikipedia, or sites with
\nexcessive ad placement or exaggerated writing), or any source of which the credibility is questionable as
\nsources. Your sources may be professional opinion, so do not worry about finding just fact-based material. You
\nshould pay careful attention to the information presented in the notes and resource material posted.
\nArgument and persuasion can only occur between or among reasonable people. When different sides of an
\nissue no longer recognize any validity within the opposition, then no discussion is possible. It is essential that
\nyou base your arguments on strong, specific thesis statements that are supported by credible, reasonable, and
\nwidely accessible\/acceptable evidence. Basing your work on generalizations or obscure\/questionable ideas or
\nsources will not lead to a successful essay. Repeating what you have Googled up from the internet or using an
\nAI bot to do this for you will not lead to a successful essay; indeed, such actions are a betrayal of the good faith
\neffort that should be the foundation of your desire to learn from this experience.
\nSample essays are available; again, these samples are not perfect nor do they represent the one-and-only way
\nto write an essay such as this one, but they are competent examples of ways to meet the basic requirements
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