Rhetoric and Media. Winter 2018.

  Essay Plan and Introduction Draft Due: Thursday, February 8 at the start of your tutorial. Assignments submitted after the start of the tutorial will be considered late (please review the course late policy for penalties). Method of submission: Please submit paper copy to your TA (and include your graded copy of General Notes: This individual assignment is worth 10% of your final mark and is the second of a three-part assignment (see Thesis Statement and Bibliography and Term Paper). For this assignment, you will submit a plan for your term paper essay and two different introductory paragraphs. Assignment Description: Now that you have conducted research (represented by the annotated bibliography in Assignment #1), narrowed your research question and presented drafts of two thesis statements (Assignment #1), you will develop a plan for your essay and draft two substantially different versions of an introduction to your essay. You will submit the following: ? A plan for your essay ? A draft of two substantially different introductions to your essay The aim of this assignment is to further prepare you for writing a research-based essay. You will incorporate the Assignment #1 feedback from your TAs and develop a plan for your essay (see details below regarding the requirements) as well as two different introductions. This assignment has two parts. Part 1: Essay Plan Answer the following questions in your essay plan (use the following four bold headings and numbers in your assignment to ensure you have included all the components): 1. Topic: State which topic you are selecting and describe what you know about this topic and what you plan to write about in your essay (include citations if you are drawing on research/scholars’ work). (1–2 paragraphs) 2. Research question: Consider the Assignment #1 feedback you received from your TA. Design a research question based on your topic that you will answer in your term paper (what will your essay seek to find out?). Remember to keep your question specific and narrow enough to be answered in a 5-page essay. See “Narrowing Your Topic and CCT110: Rhetoric and Media. Winter 2018. Assignment #2 Formulating a Specific Research Question” in Blau and Burak 4th ed p. 405 (3rd ed. p. 405). This research question is the question that your thesis statement answers. 3. My plan: Describe what steps you need to undertake to write the term paper assignment (download and read the description of Assignment #4 on Blackboard). Think through the process of writing an essay in detail and describe all the steps you are going to take. This will be your “plan of action” for getting your term paper written: try to be as specific as you can and think about including deadlines for each step you need to do (up to 1 page). 4. Essay outline: Include an outline for your essay, based on the research you have already done and plan to do. For tips on essay outlines, see http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/planning-and-organizing/organizing. Part 2: Essay Introduction The introduction is an important component of an essay. For this assignment, you will write two substantially different introductions. We will review how to write effective introductions in class and we have provided you with effective examples in the course readings. Please make good use of them. Similar to the first assignment, writing two substantively different introductions requires you to think carefully about effective ways to come up with arguments and how to frame your research for your essay. Your TA will provide feedback, and you will decide whether or not to use these introductions in your term paper or how best to revise them. Be sure to take advantage of the writing supports available to you, including CCT110’s dedicated writing instructor (Heather Sanguins, see Blackboard for details on booking an appointment), the Robert Gillespie Academic Skills Centre (http://www.utm.utoronto.ca/asc/welcome/) and research support in the library. Assignment Details: ? 3-5 pages, double-spaced ? Times New Roman, 12-point font, 1" margins ? No title page necessary. Please put your full name and student number on the top of your assignment, number your pages and STAPLE your assignment before submission ? Spell-checked and proofread, free from typos ? All research used cited in APA style (including in-text citations, any mentions of scholars’ research, and your bibliography) Note that the bibliography is included in the page count for this assignment. Be sure to keep your graded copy of this assignment to submit with Assignment #4