Type of writing expected – Cause and Effect and Comparison-Contrast
Length requirements – 500 words
Formatting requirements – MLA format
Documentation format – MLA citations necessary
Amount or type of research expected – Minimal outside research necessary
The focus of this second essay will be on cause-effect and comparison-contrast. You have two options regarding essay topics:
Option #1
Compare and contrast your communication style with someone else’s by giving clear, concrete, specific examples of each communication style. The thesis should state no more than TWO similarities and TWO differences. Give specific situations (5 W’s and H – who/what/where/when/why/how).
Compare and contrast some of this country’s cultural norms or values with those of another country you have lived in.
Compare and contrast two places where you’ve lived (neighborhoods, cities, states).
Compare and contrast two educational systems under which you’ve studied.
Compare and contrast two periods of your life.
Option #2
Explain TWO causes and TWO effects of lack of communication in one of your relationships (with a co-worker, boss, friend, family member, or significant other)
Explain TWO causes and TWO effects of any type of discrimination in our society.
Objectives:
Students will practice different types of invention strategies.
Students will appeal to the emotions of their audience in their own essays.
Students will write effective introductions.
Students will experiment with analytical skills.
Students will practice cause and effect and comparison.
Evaluation Criteria:
The most important thing is that you fully use you 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.
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