Write an essay on one of the following topics:
Language and power
The portrayal of scientists in literature or film
Inequality and climate change
Your essay should have a specific, clear thesis and provide a focused and in-depth analysis. In addition to any primary sources, you must use a minimum of three scholarly, peer-reviewedsecondary sources. You may use a maximum of three non-scholarly secondary sources. All sources must be documented correctly using MLA documentation style.
Based on your research, you will develop your own understanding and position on the topic. Your essay must not simply describe what the research is saying but advance your own ideas on the subject.
Format
Your essay should be 1,500 2,000 words. The essay must be double-spaced. Remove any extra space between paragraphs, and indent the first line of each paragraph. Use a 12-point font and a 1-inch margin on all sides. Pages must be numbered. The essay must have a title, but a title page is not required. Make sure your name appears on the first page. Please submit your essay as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF. Please include your name in the filename. You may submit as many versions as you want before the deadline. Only the last version will be graded.
Documentation
Make sure all quotations and paraphrases are properly documented using MLA documentation style. Use quotation marks for any words you borrow from your sources (even if its only one or two words).
A successful essay will do the following:
Apply everything you have learned from the lecture slideshows, especially those on analytical writing, the thesis, essay structure, and paragraph structure
Avoid general or vague comments or personal opinion
Show awareness of the complexity of the issue and avoid simplistic or obvious claims
Formulate a position that goes beyond the research itself, using the research as a starting point
Show evidence of in-depth thinking about the topic
Present a focused, coherent, logical argument
Have a clear and specific thesis that 1) makes a claim of some kind (not just saying This paper will examine
); 2) is not stating a fact (it must be possible to disagree with the thesis); 3) is not a list (e.g., There are three reasons for high tuition fees); 4) is not too broad; 5) is not merely personal opinion
Incorporate relevant and carefully chosen research as evidence, without letting the research overwhelm your own ideas
Avoid unsubstantiated claims or unanalyzed evidence
Treat quotations and paraphrases carefully, so as not to commit plagiarism
Avoid repetition
Use correct grammar and spelling, clear phrasing, varied sentence structure, rich vocabulary, and appropriate tone
Articles:Focus more on Article one
Rodriguez, Saul M. CLIMATE CHANGE, INEQUALITY AND SECURITY IN COLOMBIA: SOME REFLECTIONS ON THE SUBJECT. CLIMATE AND SECURITY IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, edited by Adriana Erthal Abdenur et al., Igarape Institute, 2019, pp. 2738, http://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep20639.5.
-This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for understanding the relationship between climate change and Inequality.
Fatma Denton. Climate Change Vulnerability, Impacts, and Adaptation: Why Does Gender Matter? Gender and Development, vol. 10, no. 2, [Taylor & Francis, Ltd., Oxfam GB], 2002, pp. 1020, http://www.jstor.org/stable/4030569.
-This Journal article sheds light on the global inequality caused by environmental crisis, which has a far greater impact on women then men.
Marchiori, Luca, and Ingmar Schumacher. When Nature Rebels: International Migration, Climate Change, and Inequality. Journal of Population Economics, vol. 24, no. 2, Springer, 2011, pp. 569600, http://www.jstor.org/stable/41488318.
-This paper studies the impact of climate change on International migration and Inequality.
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