–MLA FORMAT–
100% final draft is close to six pages, includes a best effort to use in-text citations where appropriate, and a complete works cited page.
95%=final draft is 4-5 pages or is missing in-text citations or works cited page.
90%=final draft is 2-3 pages
85%=final draft is fewer than 2 pages
Final Paper Grading Criteria
Meets Assignment’s Specifications:
Is the paper a minimum of 6 pages (excluding the bibliography), double-spaced, reasonable font size and margins?
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Organization and Structure:
Is the introduction engaging? Does it state the main topic and preview the structure of the paper?
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Does the introduction include the arguable question? Is the question engaging and thought provoking?
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Is the information presented in a logical order? Is the paper organized? Does the author use effective transitions between paragraphs and sections of the paper?
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Does the author effectively engage the arguable question throughout the paper? Does each paragraph have supporting detail that help the reader to understand either the overall issue or the different perspectives on the question?
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Does the conclusion summarize the main ideas as well as push the reader to think about additional questions?
1 2 3 4 5
Reasoning and Support/Evidence:
Does the author effectively demonstrate how this is a global issue or of global concern?
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Does the author provide enough background/historical information for understanding the issue?
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Does the author provide enough evidence and examples to explain the positions on the question?
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Does the author use quality sources of information? Does the author use a variety of types of sources?
1 2 3 4 5
Correctness/Grammar:
Does the author effectively incorporate information from other sources? i.e. not using long quotes, effective paraphrasing etc.
1 2 3 4 5
Is the paper well written? Is it free from distracting spelling and grammatical errors?
1 2 3 4 5
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Please Refer,
Please make the bibliography available by June 13th and ill throw in an extra tip $
The topic for this exploratory paper is , “Are international agreements like the Paris Agreement enough to address climate change?”
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Part 1: Bibliography
The purpose of this assignment is to get you started doing the research for your paper and presentation. The following are the requirements of the assignment:
• You are required to find a minimum of five sources.
• For each source, you will give the citation. Please use MLA as the citation style. Here’s a link to help you with the MLA formatting:
MLA Formatting and Style Guide
• After the citation, provide a 1-2 sentence description of the source as well as a couple of sentences describing how the source will be useful for your project.
• You are required to draw information from multiple kinds of sources including scholarly journal articles, books, newspaper and magazine articles, and relevant websites. International Organization and NGO websites are especially useful.
Remember to be thoughtful about the sources you use. For instance information on terrorism drawn from the Center for Defense Information website will probably be more reputable than information drawn from Bob’s Blog on Terrorism. Some places to start include, www.globalissues.org, especially the links that it provides. The Council on Foreign Relations website (cfr.org) is also really useful. Various organizations under the umbrellas of the United Nations can be valuable resources. NGOs websites may also be good sources of information depending on the topic. There are also numerous databases that you have access to through the library’s website. These include but are not limited to: Academic Search Complete, CQ Researcher Plus Archive, PAIS International, AccessWorld News, eBook Collection, Google Scholar.
Part 2: Arguable Question
Along with your bibliography, you are to submit your arguable question.
An arguable question is:
Not solved.
Not a fact that you could easily look up.
Something people have different views about.
Is a contemporary global issue.
The CQ Researcher articles were reading this semester are good examples of exploratory essays. They contain many examples of arguable questions.
In the video below, I discuss a little more about what I’m looking for the arguable question.
