Essay
#2 | Trending: Problem-Solution
for a
Marginalized Group
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Worth: 100 points total
Process Due Dates:
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Start of
class, Wednesday, 3/9: Bring in a typed, and as a saved a file, an outline for
Essay 2
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End of
Wednesday’s class, 3/9: have at least introduction and first body paragraph
written, and you will post to Blackboard as a .doc or .docx
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Start of
class, Monday, 3/21: Bring in a typed, revised Essay 2 (after taking my
feedback from Blackboard)
Format Guidelines:
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Header, @
top left-hand corner:
Name
ENGL 002
Assignment
Title
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MLA
format: 12 pt. font, either Times New Roman, Calibri or Cambria; double-spaced
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Use of
rhetorical conventions, including 5-paragraph essay format. Must be at least
four paragraphs (intro, two body paragraphs, conclusion)
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450-500
words (work towards two complete pages)
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A Title
that acts like a second thesis!
Prompt: Write a 450- to 500-word essay in
which you pursue the following prompt:
Choose
a minority group (ethnic, racial, religious, gender, sexual orientation, or
more) that you feel is prejudiced against.
In
an essay using the problem-solution organizational patter, identify a problem
and explore why you think this problem exists. Also, identify and explore two
specific solutions.
Descriptive language and concrete examples are
a must, but so is solid critical thinking about the problem. Your goal is to,
from the first draft to the last, get more and more specific with your points.
Use both historical and personal examples that speak to you, individually, but
also ones that you will not have to provide cited sources for in the essay.
Multiple Free-writes
to get your brain going on the many possibilities of such a topic:
Pick a stereotype.
#1: Think about the types of prejudice things you have heard, read,
or been told by other. Write down all the negative points of view that come to
mind (10 minutes)
#2: Write down all of the positive points you can about the group
being stereotyped. (10 minutes)
#3: What are some things that you want to be done to make life more
equal in America? Just go, go, go, without trying to edit yourself (15 minutes)
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