Cause-Effect
Essay
(Total
Value: 10%)
Due date:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday Class:
10/19/07
General
Guidelines:
- Page count: 3 full pages minimum to 4 full pages
maximum, plus an additional page, which is the works cited page. If your paper
falls short of the minimum required page count the grade will certainly
suffer.
- Make certain that the essay has a thesis.
- Use the formatting guidelines established during
class lectures.
- Use MLA Style Guidelines.
- Remember to title your essay in the form of a
two-part title. The two parts should be separated by a colon, and neither
part should read “cause-effect essay.”
- Remember that your assignment is to write an
argumentative essay about whether or not the United States should shift to
universal health care.
Background:
- The issue you are writing about
is the effect that a universal health care system would have if the United States
were to adopt this policy. In other words, every American citizen would
have complete health care coverage from birth to death.
- You will argue that a universal
health care policy would result in changes in society that would be
beneficial, or you will argue that a universal health care policy would result
in changes in society that would be detrimental.
Outside sources you are required to
engage:
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNJMTQD3Hcs
“Michael Moore
v. Wolf Blitzer,” which originally aired on CNN’s The Larry King Show, on 7/9/07.
- http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/news/article_10017.php Moore’s response on his website to CNN
and Dr. Sanjay Gupta’s criticism of “SICKO,” posted on 7/9/07.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjvlGRfozss
“LARRY KING:
MICHAEL MOORE & *DOCTOR* SANJAY GUPTA pt1,” which originally aired on
CNN’s The Larry King Show, on
7/10/07.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KoiyJ1LPtdc
“LARRY KING: MICHAEL MOORE & *DOCTOR*
SANJAY GUPTA pt2,” which originally aired on CNN’s The Larry King Show, on 7/10/07.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LAEBYO_MSOQ
“LARRY KING: MICHAEL MOORE & *DOCTOR*
SANJAY GUPTA pt3,” which originally aired on CNN’s The Larry King Show, on 7/10/07.
Prompt:
- Remember also that at its heart
this assignment is argumentative, so your focus should be on advancing a
persuasive argument.
- Remember to have a strong introductory paragraph
that frames the topic of your paper.
- Remember that the final sentence of your
introductory paragraph should be your thesis statement.
- To support your argument you must use two outside
sources beyond the ones I have provided on this prompt, and they cannot
come from YouTube. One of those two outside sources must support the view
that a universal health care system is needed, and the other must support
the view that a universal health care system would not be a wise choice.
- I will provide direct instruction during class to
show how to cite various sources, including YouTube.
- In your paper you will quote from a minimum of three
sources: at least one of the YouTube sources, and the two outside sources
described in item four of this section’s list. For each source quoted in
your paper there must be a corresponding works cited page citation.
How to turn in this essay: a paper copy is due during class on
the due date. Additionally, an electronic copy is due, prior to the beginning of class, on the due date, and it must be
turned in to TurnItIn.com as a MS Word doc file. Use the TurnItIn.com “file
upload” method on the submit screen. You will be instructed during class about
how to create a TurnItIn.com account, and how to turn in your work. Your essays
will be considered late until both the paper copy and the electronic copies are
turned in. All other rules for late work, as delineated in section six of the
course syllabus, also apply. Moreover, your electronic
turn-in must be an exact duplicate of the paper copy. In other words, no
further corrections or revisions will be accepted. Also, if the electronic and
paper copies do not match up it will have a negative impact on the assignment’s
grade.
Due date:
Monday/Wednesday/Friday Class:
10/19/07