No Fault Divorce Two Article Synthesis

The correctly-formatted titles of both assigned articles and the correctly-spelled names of the authors must appear before the end of the introduction (first) paragraph.

Correctly-formatted quotations from the source articles listed below must appear in every body paragraph in the essay.

One quotation in each body paragraph must come from the Scott Yenor’s editorial.

One quotation in each body paragraph must come from Ferrante’s/ Polacko’s editorial.

The above requirement prevents students from turning in source summary essays and forces them to engage in actual comparison of each source’s ideas and evidence.

Focus on demonstrating to the reader how or why you believe the arguments in one editorial are superior to those in the other editorial (effective critical thinking).

A major purpose of Essay One is to assess students’ abilities to carefully read two editorial sources that take different stands on the same topic, then, by using quotations and citations from BOTH sources in their essay’s body paragraphs, demonstrate to the reader why they believe one source’s arguments are superior to the other’s.

Using information from the two sources below, students must respond to this question: “Should no-fault divorce laws in the United States be changed or eliminated?” Explain WHY by providing citations from both editorials.

Students MUST take a clear stand on the issue — this is not a “both sides have pros and cons” essay. Explain to the reader which side has the BEST pros or cons!

Students may not use different sources to supplement or replace the two listed above!

Cited information (quotations/paraphrases) from sources should not make up more than 40% of any paragraph’s length to avoid deductions for overquoting/overciting.

Successful writers tend to keep cited information closer to 25% of any paragraph’s length to expand their OWN insights show off their critical thinking abilities.

Avoid too casual pronouns, like overusing the pronoun “I”. The essay isn’t about you or your own experiences — it’s about a social issue causing controversy across America.

NEVER use the pronoun “you” unless it appears in a quotation. “You” is the laziest, too informal, always-incorrect pronoun to use. “You” only ever refers to the person reading the essay, NOT some other group. It will always be marked as the wrong word choice.