For this essay, I am going to ask you to engage with the world in which you live. We are living in tumultuous times and because I think writing should be relevant and useful, I am going to ask you to compose an essay that defines one of the following terms that have been so prevalent in our political discourse. If you have not been paying attention, then this is your chance.
The following are a list of ideas for a definition paper. Please select one from the list to write your essay.
- American
- Racist
- Liberal
- Conservative
- Democracy
- Religion
- creep
- art
- pornogrpahy
- nerd
* Do not, do not , do not, give me a dictionary definition of a concept. Think about what you have to say that is relevant and productive about the topic that will define how you see the concept.
The basics
- Approximately 2 pages in length (maybe 3) — no more than three and no less than two full pages. You can stop anywhere on page three but not before.
- Double spaced
- 12 font
- New Roman Times — font
- 1 inch margins on all sides
- Send as an attachment in Word to the same place your download the guidelines
- Place title in center of page on separate title page. On that same title page place your name, your class, and my name in the upper left side of the page.
- Please title the file as such: paper 3 first name (example: paper3 suzanne)
- Send as attachment
- Please remember you lose 2 points for each direction you are unable to follow (These points will be deducted after I grade the content, voice, style, and presentation.)
Other Grading Considerations
- Do you have an organized and developed paper?
- Does each paragraph have a clear topic sentence?
- Do you have a thesis that controls the development of the paper?
- Does your thesis illustrate a claim and a justification?
- Have you done spell and grammar check?
- Have you spoken specifically about your subject?
- Have you elaborated on ideas expressed?
- Are you focused in your discussion?
- Do you have a singular discussion?
- Have you built on the thesis and advanced the thesis?
- Is your essay a mature and thoughtful discussion? (If it is a rambling and/or stream of conscious, without any thought to how to build this argument, this is always bad for business.)
- Please make sure you have a formal definition, a stipulative definition, a negative definition, and an etymology
As always, this is a writing class, and I expect that you will not be using any AI source to write your paper. Please do not use any grammar sites or any translation sites as these sites will be read as artificial intelligence. For our last paper, I would like you to show me some real intelligence. Make yourself proud.
Please send as a Word doc only. Do not try to bypass Turnitin. I will not be grading a paper that does not go through Turnitin. There is no room for errors here. Please pay attention to details. Thanks