EGL1010/Snodgrass/S2021 DUE: See Due Date Timetable
PAPER 2: CAUSE-AND-EFFECT
Format: Two-page, double-spaced, word-processed; 500-550 words
Title: Required
For Paper 2, please write a cause-and-effect essay. Your paper’s topic is simple: What causes a community college student stress? Pick three things that cause stress; the effect is always stress. Consider the following causes (you do NOT have to pick a cause from the list below):
(1.) Professors (2.) Tuition (3.) Family (4.) Transportation (5.) Textbook Costs
An important item of note: If you use cause-and-effect as an adjective, you must hyphenate it, making it a compound adjective; consider the example below:
A cause-and-effect relationship exists between smoking and disease. “Cause-and-effect,” a compound adjective, modifies “relationship,” a noun.
Also note the difference between affect and effect: affect is a verb and effect is a noun. Consider the following example: Cigarette smoke affects my asthma and the effect is that I wheeze.
Organization: Once you pick three causes, write a three-point thesis. Here is an example:
Professors, parking, and family all cause a community college student stress. (The three stressors come first in the thesis, not at the end.)
Grading Criteria:
(1.) How well you follow directions
(2.) The use of a thesis
(3.) The use of a cause-and-effect relationship in your essay
(4.) The use of specific examples
(5.) A relative freedom from errors in grammar, mechanics, and spelling
(Remember: I do not accept emailed copies of any essays. Please upload your paper to Blackboard by the due date/time due. Thanks.)
Paper 3: Annotated Digital Source Number of Sources: 1 Length: 1 Page Value: 100 Points Title: Not required Format: Single or Double-Spaced (Your Choice) Documentation: None (No MLA, APA, Chicago Style, etc.)
For Paper 3, please write an annotation to one digital source of your choice. An annotation is a summary. Imagine that you are talking to someone and describing a movie that you saw streamed. You would almost certainly describe the plot. That description is a summary. An annotation is a summary, too. So “annotation” and “summary” are close synonyms
You may choose any digital source that you like. It may be on any topic. Choose a source that deals with a topic of interest to yourself. It does not have to be academic. Current events from the news work well. Your source must be digital and may be found on a social media platform, the Internet, You Tube, a video, blog, or podcast. This list is not complete, so use your best judgment. (Please do not use academic sources from databases in libraries at other colleges and universities that you may have access to, since I cannot access them.) If you cannot decide whether a source works or not in terms of this assignment, please email me, and I will help you:
Once you have found a source, copy, and paste the link into the top of your paper. Then, under the link, summarize (annotate) what that source says. Your summary (annotation) should be one paragraph of approximately 7-14 sentences. I would say that anything under 7 sentences is too short, and that a paragraph over 14 sentences is too long. So please use those length parameters in terms of your total number of sentences. Tips: 1. Your summary (annotation) should touch on all the main points raised in your source. 2. Your summary (annotation) allows me to understand what the source says without having to read, watch, or listen to it 3. Your summary (annotation) should accurately capture what the source says (do not interpret the source or offer your opinion about it). 4. Find that perfect balance between too much information and not enough information in your summary (annotation); that’s the challenge of this assignment. (Keep the paragraph/annotation length requirement of 7-14 sentences in mind.)
1. How well you follow directions
2. The use of one digital source
3. The presence of a rich, full, accurate summary of that one digital source
4. The avoidance of injecting your opinion in your summary of that one digital source
5. A relative freedom from errors in grammar, mechanics, and spelling
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