inal Paper: Argumentative Essay

ASSIGNMENT BASICS

For this assignment, you’re asked to select two readings from the semester (at least one from Weeks 10-14) and discuss them in an argumentative essay. There are three parts to the project: a draft or outline to help you get started, feedback on one of your classmates’ draft, and then the paper itself. 

OUTLINE FOR PEER REVIEW

To help you get started, you must submit a draft or outline of the paper as a tiered bulleted/numbered list. At minimum, you should include the following: 

SUMMARY: A list of ideas or terms relevant to your argument that you’ll need to summarize for your paper.

Include page number of all the relevant passages.

Define terms in your own words or by citing the texts.

THESIS: The tentative thesis (i.e., the conclusion of your argument) that you’ll be trying to prove or convince the reader of—likely, a claim about an important similarity or difference between the two readings.

REASONS: outline the main reasons for your thesis (i.e., the basic premises of your argument) that may serve as the topic sentences of your body paragraphs.

Beyond the basic summary, definitions, and argument outline, you may also include other supplemental information like your own examples to help illustrate a point; extended passages that elaborate on a point; pithy and insightful remarks—anything else that you may want to use in your paper. You may also submit a full draft of your essay. The criteria will be the same.

• SUBSTANTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PAPER

Your paper is basically two reading responses folded together and then bookended with introductory and concluding remarks:

• Introductory remarks—include an easily-identifiable thesis statement
• Summary of relevant passages—summarize passages, explain ideas, and defining terms
• Analysis of summary—present each main reason for your thesis with its own paragraph
• Objection or Comparison —briefly consider an objection to your argument or — if you’re comparing a Western philosophy to Indian philosophy — briefly undertake a comparative analysis

Concluding remarks—recap the main points of your argument without adding new info

TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS FOR PAPER

Summary with definitions and page numbers

Tentative thesis statement (i.e., the conclusion of your argument)

The main reasons for your thesis (i.e., the basic premises of your argument) 

• PEER REVIEW: Potential objection or general feedback on a classmate’s proposal
• Substantial Requirements [45 pts.]
• Introductory remarks—include an easily-identifiable thesis statement

Summary of relevant passages—summarize passages, explain ideas, and define terms

Analysis of summary—present each main reason for your thesis with its own paragraphs

Objection—briefly consider an objection to your argument, one an informed person might make (like one of your classmates)

Concluding remarks—recap the main points of your argument without adding new info

[You will need to draw from TWO readings, at least one from Weeks 10-14; it’s easiest to do this by comparing the two in your summary or by using one to object to the other in your analysis]

• DUE DATES:

DRAFT/OUTLINE SUBMISSION: no later than Tuesday, May 7th by 11:59pm

DRAFT FEEDBACK ON CANVAS: no later than Thursday May 9th by 3:30pm

• ESSAY FINAL SUBMISSION: no later than TUESDAY, MAY 14TH BY 11:5

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• DRAFT/OUTLINE of your final paper here as a PDF.At minimum, you should include the following: 
• SUMMARY: A list of ideas or terms relevant to your argument that you’ll need to summarize for your paper.

Include page number of all the relevant passages.

• Define terms in your own words or by citing the texts.

THESIS: The tentative thesis (i.e., the conclusion of your argument) that you’ll be trying to prove or convince the reader of—likely, a claim about an important similarity or difference between the two readings.

• REASONS: outline the main reasons for your thesis (i.e., the basic premises of your argument) that may serve as the topic sentences of your body paragraphs.

Beyond the basic summary, definitions, and argument outline, you may also include other supplemental information like your own examples to help illustrate a point; extended passages that elaborate on a point; pithy and insightful remarks—anything else that you may want to use in your paper. You may also submit a full draft of your essay. The criteria will be the same.

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