Process Essay
(Total Value: 10%)
Due Date: 9/15/06
General
Guidelines:
- 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 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
�process essay.�
- Remember that your assignment is to write an argumentative essay about
global warming and what must be done to solve the problem.
About the
process essay:
- The type of process essay you will write is a problem-solving
process essay.
- In effect, you will propose your solution to an assigned problem,
or issue, and argue that your solution is a viable one.
Prompt:
- The scientific community largely agrees that global warming is
real, and that greenhouse gases are a major contributing factor in the
problem.
- You must take a stand on this issue, propose a solution, and argue
for how that solution will be put into effect.
- 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 one outside source, which
must appear on your works cited page.
Important:
- During class there will be
much direct instruction from me, so you must attend class to be successful
in this assignment. I will also assist you during peer revisions and I am
available for questions via E-mail and before and after class.
Due Date: 9/15/06