First Draft Due: Saturday 7/6 @ @ 11:59PM (25 points)
Second Draft Due: Saturday 7/13 @ 11:59PM (50 points)
Final Draft Due: Friday 7/19 @ 11:59PM (240 points)
Reminder: Essay #3 is not eligible for revision because it is due too late in our course to allow time for that. That is why you will submit a first draft and get feedback on it this time. Each of the above dates includes a 24 hour grace period.
PURPOSE:
Essay #3, which is worth a total of 315 points, is a formal argument and addresses Student Learning Outcome #1, “In conversation with multiple texts, whether assigned by instructors or chosen by the student, students will write a formal argument.” Therefore, you will use multiple texts from Reading Assignment #2 and a Red Handed podcast episode you will be listening to in Week Four (as well as any research you choose to do) to support a formal argument. Please respond to the following prompt:
We read some pieces on different types of cannibalism, including consensual cannibalism. This option asks you to look specifically at Armin Meiwes and Bernd Brandes’ act of consensual cannibalism. Is Meiwes and Brandes’ act of consensual cannibalism morally wrong? Why or why not? This assignment does not ask you to argue whether or not it was morally right (which is going a bit far), just whether or not it was morally wrong. You are not being asked to argue whether or not Meiwes and Brandes’ behavior is repulsive to most; we already know their act is certainly is repulsive to most, and most people would never do it or even want to meet someone who would. This is irrelevant. This option asks you only to argue whether or not the act is morally wrong.
DIRECTIONS:
Your essay should:
be no fewer than 2,200 words
be double-spaced and typed in at least a 12 point font if it is to receive in document feedback
incorporate quotations from at least three sources as evidence or data (although, many students use more than three). These sources should mostly consist of the assigned articles but can also include relevant articles you find yourself. Depending on what you are arguing, it will be necessary to supplement our articles with a bit of outside research. The Red Handed podcast episode 49, “Dinner With a Cannibal: Armin Meiwes” which you will listen to next week is also a valuable source.
include a works cited list and incorporate in-text quotations in proper 9th edition MLA format
be organized mindfully according to the Essay #3 slide shows
incorporate elements of argument: claims, concessions, data, warrants, counterclaims, and rebuttals, as well as attention to the opposition’s logical fallacies
contain seven paragraphs. Instructions will be included in slide shows
be edited carefully for grammar, spelling, and typos
include a proper heading and creative title
be written without the use of AI tools
