Project 2: I returned comments for the revised drafts for Project 2. If you would like additional feedback, please schedule a conference and I can meet with you in my office = CAS 324.
Final Exam: We spent today's class talking through strategies for writing your in-class essays - with a particular focus on how to write your final exam. I emphasized that planning is essential - both before an during the exam. Anticipate the questions you will be asked and do some writing so that you have the language you will need already in your head. Think about the form you will need to use, and review your notes so that you have a recall (as opposed to recognition) mastery of the materials you need to discuss.
The final essay for this course will be a persuasive essay - and it will be graded on the criteria for persuasive writing.
- a clearly stated, compelling focus (the point you will argue) that replies to the prompt and is set up in the introduction
- awareness of the audience (show that you understand how to connect to + build on the assumptions and values your readers bring to the essay)
- organization
- a sequence paragraphs with each paragraph presenting a point related to the focus that builds on earlier points in a logical way (present background information BEFORE referring to it);
- paragraphs that introduce their point, develop that point with detailed examples/support, and then interpret/discuss the point with respect to the overall focus of the essay - development that includes detailed, authoritative support
- style appropriate to the audience and purpose for the essay - your essay is an academic essay so the style should be clear and relatively formal (but DO NOT use words you would not normally use - this leads to stilted writing that can be hard to understand)
- sentences free enough from errors so as not to interrupt the flow and content of the essay
See you in class Thursday and good luck on your final essays.
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