Essay 3 ENC 1101

1. Propose a Topic 

2.  What is your personal position about this issue? 

3.  Using the MDC Databases, submit two sources about your topic in MLA format. Remember to use hanging indentation. 

4. Post your MLA outline using the structure provided in this lesson 

5.  For the third essay, you are going to select an issue that you feel strongly about and explain why you feel strongly about the issue.  This essay will, later on, be used in your larger research paper. The assignment will include an MLA outline (1 page), the essay itself (Max. 2 pages) and an MLA works cited (1 page).  The assignment should not exceed four pages.

Evaluation Criteria:

• The most important thing is that you fully use your analytical skills in using the appropriate rhetorical structure. 
• I will be looking to see how well you appeal to your audience and how well you stress the logical and emotional aspects of your association with the person/place.  Also, I will be looking for the use of opening and concluding strategies.
• The style will be formal, and I want to see how well you can utilize the standards of American Edited English.
• I will be looking to see how well you incorporate cause and effect and comparison into your essay.
• I will focus on the quality of your introduction.
• I am not looking for grammatical perfection, but the essay must be readable and free of mechanical errors that distract your reader.
• All these criteria will be considered in light of the Gordon Rule Rubric.

essay2 pages

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/

The Purdue OWL: Sample Outlines

Alphanumeric Outline

THE COLLEGE APPLICATION PROCESS

I. CHOOSE DESIRED COLLEGES

A. Visit and evaluate college campuses

B. Visit and evaluate college websites

1. Look for interesting classes

2. Note important statistics

II. PREPARE APPLICATION

A. Write personal statement

1. Choose interesting topic

a. Describe an influential person in your life

(1) Favorite high school teacher

(2) Grandparent

b. Describe a challenging life event

2. Include important personal details

a. Volunteer work

b. Participation in varsity sports

B. Revise personal statement

III. COMPILE RÉSUMÉ

A. List relevant coursework

B. List work experience

C. List volunteer experience

1. Tutor at foreign language summer camp

2. Counselor for suicide prevention hotline

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/544/01/

Full Sentence Outline

I. Man-made pollution is the primary cause of global warming.

A. Greenhouse gas emissions are widely identified by the scientific community to be

harmful.

1. The burning of coal and fossil fuels are the primary releasers of hazardous

greenhouse gases.

Full sentence outlines are often accompanied with an APA reference list on a separate

page. Quotes within the outline must also utilize APA in-text citations.

Decimal Outline

1.0 Choose Desired College

1.1 Visit and evaluate college campuses

1.2 Visit and evaluate college websites

1.2.1 Look for interesting classes

1.2.2 Note important statistics