It must have a clearly defined (and limited) topic;
It must have a clear thesis
It must have a clearly defined (and limited) topic;
It must have a clear thesis/agenda that illustrates the importance of the issue at hand;
It must offer an analysis (it cannot simply relay information about your topic);
It must incorporate five to eight scholarly, peer-reviewed sources within Writing Studies
(including journal articles, scholarly anthologies, institutional websites, etc.);
The evidence used must be both qualitative and quantitative and it must include at least one
graphic;
It must be rhetorically aware, paying close attention to audience, purpose, genre, delivery, and
method;
It must utilize a citation and formatting style of your choice (for both in-text and references);
It must engage an issue within Writing Studies: Choose an issue within the topics we have started to investigate: literacy/literacies or
good writing
or
o Choose an issue we have not read about; options could include the following
ways of teaching writing to English-language learners (ELL), the role of the personal in academic writing
politics in the writing classroom, should writing classes have a political agenda or do
they always already have one?, the use of writing to learn across disciplines, Is writing a skill, an art, or both?
Other Details:
The paper must be between 1,500-2,000 words
It is worth a maximum of 200 points
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