Essays which do not fulfill the requirements of the assignment will not earn passing grades.
Essays do not fulfill the requirements of the assignment if they:
Are incorrectly formatted,
Are short of the minimum word count
Are not taking a clear position and trying to persuade the target audience to that position
Do not have a separate target audience statement explaining who the audience is and how the author attempted to appeal to it.
Do not discuss the topic required in the assignment write up
Do not include the required outside sources
Do not use supporting examples and at least make an attempt at citing them correctly
Do not include Work Cited Page
Definition Argument:
In this essay, you will be focusing on logos to establish criteria and prove what something is.
This assignment requires a minimum of 3 sources. These sources can include interviews with sources but you must establish the source’s ethos.
This essay should be a minimum of 1300 words–not including heading, title or Work Cited.
For Face to Face courses only, please attach a copy of the rubric to your hard copy of your final essay
This essay should conform to the expectations of academic writing including:
The use of formal standard American academic prose (which we discussed in “Essay Basics”
Being typed, with 12 pt font, in Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, double spaced, without the extra spaces between the paragraphs, and with the appropriate heading (Template attached)
Having an interesting and appropriate title.
Having a formal argumentative thesis statement
Having fully developed paragraphs including an introduction and a conclusion.
IN THE ESSAY YOU SHOULD:
Determine what makes a monster a monster–and
Use that to argue whether or not something is or is not a monster.
Establish an intended audience, and invoke this audience (indirectly) in your essay.
Your audience should not be yourself, or people like yourself. Think outside the box.
Use your knowledge of your audience (bias, values, etc.) as well as your understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos, to persuade your audience to believe your position.
Determine what makes a monster a monster–and
Use that to argue whether or not something is or is not a monster.
Establish an intended audience, and invoke this audience (indirectly) in your essay.
Your audience should not be yourself, or people like yourself. Think outside the box.
Use your knowledge of your audience (bias, values, etc.) as well as your understanding of ethos, pathos, and logos, to persuade your audience to believe your position.
