Assignment
For this assignment, you will be writing a response to the essay you selected for your Outline. The purpose of a draft is to give your instructor a good sense of your organizational writing skills so he/she can examine your use of the strategies of basic argumentation and critical response and provide you with feedback you can incorporate in your Final Essay.
In your paper,
• Expand upon your prewriting from the discussion forums (if applicable) by providing specific details about the essay you selected and the topic that it explores.
• Show the steps of the writing process by developing the Outline into a workable rough draft.
• Compose a clear argument in response to the selected essay. Support your response with examples and at least one quote and one paraphrase (a total of two citations) from the essay you selected.
• State specific details about the reading you selected, the topic that it explores, and your critical response to that topic.
• Utilize appropriate academic writing tone, style, and citation format as well as correct grammar, spelling, and sentence mechanics.
• Organize the essay with an introduction, a thesis, support paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.