Narrative Essay

(Total Value: 10%)

Due Date:

Monday/Wednesday/Friday Class: 8/31/07

Monday/Wednesday Class: 8/29/07

General Guidelines:

1. Page count: 2 full pages minimum to 3 full pages maximum, plus an additional page, which is the works cited page. If your paper falls short of the required page count the grade will certainly suffer.
2. Make certain that the essay has a thesis.
3. Use MLA Style Guidelines as taught during class.
4. Use the formatting guidelines established during class lectures and on the syllabus.
5. 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 “narrative essay.”
6. Remember that your assignment is not to write a Narrative Essay, but rather, you are to write an argumentative essay about the types of Narrative Essays we have read over the first two weeks of class.

Background:

• You are writing about the types of prose style that is evident in pp. 133-51 of The College Writer.
• During the first two weeks of class we have spent much discussion time on how the writing examples in pp. 133-51 are not good examples of college level papers.
• Work closely with the online lecture/handout, “Read This Before Turning In Any Work,” which we have gone over multiple times during class.
• Work closely with the online handout “Copy & Paste Example Citations” to compose your works cited page citations.

Prompt:

• In your essay, use quotations from passages on pp. 133-51 and explain how the narrative style does not represent good academic prose.
• Remember to have a strong introductory paragraph that frames the topic of your paper.
• Remember that the final sentence of your introductory paragraph must be your thesis statement, and that a thesis statement is defined as a debatable claim.

Some Important points:

1. During class there will be much direct instruction from me, so you must attend class to be successful. I will also assist you during peer revisions and I am available for questions via E-mail, and before and after class.
2. Think about what we have focused on during the classes that led up to this essay, which means discussions, lectures, and examples of various prose styles and sentence level errors that were provided. Make those the focus of your analysis and argument.

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: 8/31/07

Monday/Wednesday Class: 8/29/07