Essay # 1

Please use basic simple words!!

This is the final part/continuation of order #10327373

For your first essay you are going to write an essay that is based on a single source. You will find an online article in advance of your writing the essay and submit it along with your thesis. The article should be a short opinion piece, approximately 750-1250 words (about 2.5 to 4 double-spaced pages if it were written like an essay).

Your thesis for this essay should respond to something within the article and be supported by your own thoughts and ideas; you may quote from the source article if you would like, but it is not required that you do so. Your essay should be approximately 750 words which typically runs around 3 double-spaced pages. No sources other than the article you have selected are required for this essay.

Assume that you are writing to a general audience. Pretend that you could leave your essay at the bus stop and that a stranger could pick it up and read it and be able to follow along.

For this first essay, I will be looking for three, main things:

• that your thesis could be reasonably disagreed with
• that the organization of your essay is based on a series of logically linked ideas
• that the visual formatting of your essay meets MLA guidelines

You will receive a grade for each of the above categories based on the scoring guide below.

Essay # 1 Scoring Guide

Essay # 1 Scoring Guide

CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Thesis

33 to >22.0 pts

Exceeds the Standard

The thesis is can be reasonably disagreed with, is presented clearly, and represents the line of reasoning on which the essay is organized.

22 to >10.0 pts

Meets the Standard

The thesis is reasonably arguable and provides a clear direction for the essay. It may by improved through more development or an increase in clarity.

10 to >0 pts

Needs Revision

The thesis is not reasonably arguable, or perhaps it consists of a list of the ideas that will be presented in each paragraph of the essay.

33 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Organization

33 to >22.0 pts

Exceeds the Standard

The essay is clearly organized on a logical chain of reasoning, the ideas transition smoothly, requiring little effort from the reader to follow and understand how one idea connects to the next.

22 to >10.0 pts

Meets the Standard

The ideas in the essay are connected but occasionally those connections lack clarity. However, the reader is still largely able to understand how each idea connects to the next even if sometimes the reader has to re-read what has been written to understand the connection.

10 to >0 pts

Needs Revision

The ideas in the essay may be organized to follow the list of ideas presented in the thesis instead of transitioning through logical connections. Most of the ideas in the essay may lack logical connections. Paragraphs may not have any inherent order to them.

33 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

MLA Formatting

33 to >22.0 pts

Exceeds the Standard

The paper fully meets all of the visual formatting requirements of the MLA.

22 to >10.0 pts

Meets the Standard

The paper largley follows the visual formatting requirements of the MLA with only a few errors.

10 to >0 pts

Needs Revision

The paper does not follow the visual formatting requirements of the MLA.

33 pts