Regarding your final paper in the
Reading and Writing 80
class.
This paper will be three to five pages.
Your name, Writing and Reading 80, and
the date will be at the top right side
of the page. The first page will not
be numbered,
but other pages will include
your last name, a comma, and a page
number at the top right.
The
pages should be in 10 or 12 point type, double-spaced.
In this paper you will be expected to clearly state a thesis on an
appropriate topic.
Here are some possible topics, but you are
welcome to choose your own.
You will then present evidence to support your thesis, show how the
evidence
supports your main idea, and illustrate why opposing views are
contradicted by the
evidence. You will be expected to
write
at a college level. After your first draft, you
will be
expected to
Fine-Tune Your Essay. Your submitted
paper should be clear,
coherent, and
grammatically correct. It
would be good to begin
Planning and starting
to write
this assignment this week. Here are some
Practical Writing Tips
and suggested
readings:
Rhetoric...What is it?
Rhetoric
This paper will represent 30% of your grade for this course.
This assignment is due Tuesday, July 24.