Essay 2

Subject Matter

100

What is the minimum number of texts that you must discuss in Essay 2?

Two

200

If you write an argumentative paper, should it be about "Recitatif," or Gonzales, or Zadie Smith?

Your choice!

300

If you write an analytical essay, how many sources will you need?

All three

400

If you write an expository essay, how many sources should you have?

Two: "Recititatif" plus at least one other.

500

According to the Prompt, which kind of essay is the hardest type of essay to write for this particular assignment? (Clue: It might be the easiest for the next essay, the research paper.)

Expository

Requirements: General

100

True or False: Turnitin accepts .pages and .jpg files

False!

200

When is this essay due (day, date, and time)

Tuesday, October 24, at 10:30 a.m.

{Cue "What happens if it's late" talk: see syllabus!}

300

What length should this essay be?

5 pages 

{Cue visual demonstration & additional hack!}

400

You uploaded your file -- but you're not done! Why not???

You must open it to see if it is legible.

500

Four of the twelve requirements of this essay have also been requirements on your DWEs. What are they?

1) Address my comments

2) Write clearly

3) Format MLA style

4) Punctuate and capitalize correctly

Requirements: Brand New for Essay 2

100

Does the Works Cited page count in the length of the paper? Why or why not?

No, because it is not a page of writing.

200

There are several new requirements for Essay 2. This one summarizes your topic for your reader. (Hint: "topic" is an important word there.)

The title.

(Did you say the thesis? The thesis states the task of the paper—what it will do. The title only gives the topic: what the paper is about.)

300

How many portals must you upload this essay to? (Hint: remember, this is in the "Brand New for Essay 2" category!)

Two. 

{Cue explanation!}

400

To "integrate" means "to combine one thing with another so that they become whole." This essay has a requirement that you integrate your quotations. What are you integrating your quotations with?

Your own writing. That is, "into the grammatical flow of your sentences," as the "Integrating Quotations" document put it (and as I just did!)

500

How many quotations should you have?

However many you need! Minimally, you want one per source whenever you discuss that source. Since you'll probably be discussing two sources per paragraph, that's how many quotations you'll probably need, minimally.

Something to Talk About:The Two-Part Thesis and AI

100

Why have a two-part thesis?

Because it helps your reader follow your essay. (Also acceptable: because it accepts you structure your essay; because it's required for this assignment.)

200

What are the two parts of the two-part thesis?

Part 1 states what the essay will do.

Part 2 gives an outline.

300

What five words should begin your thesis in this essay?

"In this essay, I will..."

{Show Requirement 2, top of pg. 3}

400

AI text generators ("writing") can be useful and acceptable in a variety of contexts. Is one of these contexts producing text that you include in your work for this class?

No.

500

What happens if a student turns in text that they didn't write, an AI text-generator did?

The same as if a student turns in plagiarized content, or cheats in other ways: a 0 on the assignment, and potentially an F in the class and academic sanctions.

{Cue Seawolf Commitment and Cheating and Plagiarism policy!}