Typed, 12pt Times New Roman font, double-spaced with 1-inch margins all around
Your student ID number, ENGL 1301, & Date [this paper should be anonymous.]
Pg.# as upper right HEADER
Title – at the very least, identify what you’re talking about, but try to be creative
Academic tone – avoid: 2nd person/the written “you”; slang, clichés/overused phrases; vague word choices (a lot, stuff, things) and absolutes (always, every, never, since the beginning of time)
Requirements:
1,000 words (3 full page minimum)
Thesis/main argument underlined
Rhetorical writing strategies – transitions, topic sentences, warrants, examples, quotes etc.
Proper spelling and grammar (hint: use spell check and proofread before submission)
All quotes from the article must be cited in-text (often called parenthetical citation) and a properly formatted Works Cited page must be on a separate page at the end of the essay (this is not included as part of the required word count and is additional.)
Assignment Explanation:
In your third essay, you will write a compare/contrast paper between the two articles presented in this module by Nicholas Carr and Jeffries. In the intro, you will introduce the overall topic of technology. You will then mention one article and one author and then 1-2 sentence write up summary on that article.
You will then mention the second article and do the same. You will then provide a thesis that states this is a compare/contrast paper and that the points you plan to discuss in relation to the comparison/contrast are x, y, and z. You must then have driven topic sentences to start each body paragraph. You are required to talk about each author in each paragraph. Therefore, do not mention the author name in the topic sentence.
You will mention the point you plan to discuss in the topic sentence. You will then discuss what Carr believes about that point. You will provide a quote to back up the statement, and then you must analyze the quote. You will then have a change midparagraph. However, Jeffries…. that signals to the reader that you now plan to discuss Jeffries in relation to the same point.
You will do the same thing as you did for Carr in reference to Jefferies. At the end of the paragraph, you can make a statement that mentions which author you agree with and why and then transition into the next main point for the next paragraph. Each body paragraph should be broken down per point as listed above.
You will have at minimum 3 body paragraphs, which will correspond to the 3 main points in the thesis. Therefore, you should have 5 total paragraphs (intro, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion). The conclusion should reiterate your topic, thesis, main points, and provide some additional information for the reader to think about. (If you choose 4 topics in the thesis, you need 4 body paragraphs, and a total of 6 paragraphs in the paper.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2008/07/is-google-making-us-stupid/306868/
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2013/nov/05/digital-distractions-attention-spans-tv-series
