Essay 3 Instructions
Read and follow the directions very carefully.
Respond to ONE of the topics below.
Choose a topic related to gender and your chosen field of study. You may, for example, examine the gender wage gap, hiring practices, or traditional gender professions. Discuss the problems and potential solutions for the issues you find. Use information from a minimum of three sources; at least one of these must come from the assigned readings in this module.
Choose one specific piece of media (a TV show, ad, film, web site, magazine, video game, news source, etc.) then discuss and analyze how it shapes peoples identities as related to gender. That is, how does it ask people to see gender? Keep in mind its rhetorical aims and effects discussed in Module 2.
This essay should be heavy on analysis and critical thought and light on summary. Use lots of specific, concrete examples from the specific media you choose. Use information from a minimum of three sources; at least one of these must come from the assigned readings in this module. The media does not count as one of the three required sources.
Requirements:
Write an essay of at least 1000 words in response to the above prompt. This includes the first word of the essay to the last word of the essay; the essay title, heading, and Works Cited page are not included in the word count.
Follow the document formatting guidelines as indicated in the MLA section of your handbook. Instructions for MLA format are in Module 0.
Use in-text, parenthetical citations in MLA format each time you paraphrase, summarize, or quote directly from a source.
Include a corresponding MLA-formatted Works Cited page.
Use third-person academic voice for all essays in this course. Do NOT use first person (I, me, my, we, us, our) or second person (you, your).
Use the literary present tense (say “Giovanni argues for control” not “Giovanni argued for control”).
Save and submit your work as either Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) or a Rich Text Document (.rtf).
The Originality Report generated by Turn It In must not exceed 25%. Submit work early to review the report and contact your instructor with questions.
Essays that do not meet the requirements of the assignment will not receive a passing grade.
My field of study is RN.
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