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ENGL 101WhiteleySpring 2013

Assignment 4: A Researched Cause-Effect Paper

Your assignmentWrite a four- to eight-page double-spaced cause-and-effect essay supported byresearch and documented MLA-style (with in-text citations and a Works Citedlist). Your thesis statement should mention both cause and effect, but your essayshould focus much more on one than the other, depending on whether the causesor the effects are more debatable. Organize the essay around three to five majorcauses or major effects. If your essay stresses causes, your introduction mightglance at effects; if your essay stresses effects, your introduction might glance atcauses.

Three due datesFri. 5 April: 4A. A preliminary bibliography formatted MLA style. A hard-copy

submission is required; no Dropbox submission. Find and list aminimumof ten possible sources that you mightuse in your cause-effect essay. Donot include reference works or reference sites (electronic encyclopedias orsites designed to refer you to works on the topic). The bibliography mustbe formatted just as a Works Cited list would be (WHH, 12b). Bonus-pointopportunity: Students who submit bibliographies that are very carefullyformatted and that also include substantially more than ten entries will beawarded 50 bonus course points before their final course grades arecalculated. I will return these bibliographies with comments andsuggestions (no grade, though bonus points are possible). Warning:there will be a 30-point penalty against Assignment 4C if 4A is not

submitted on time, and if it is not submitted by 12 April, there will be a 90-point penalty against 4C instead.

Wed. 17 April: 4B. A complete word-processed draft with a cover page, in-textcitations, and a Works Cited list (as electronic files). To avoid a 30-pointpenalty, submit these files to the designated D2L dropbox before classtoday. If you show up for class late or without 4B, you will be counted asabsent and will not participate in the peer critique session. No hard copysubmission of 4B is required. This version of the essay will not be graded,but if you feel unsure of the quality of your work thus far, show your workto me in a one-on-one conference either during office hours, by specialappointment, or during one of the designated conferencing days during

our regular class periods (see the syllabus schedule)Fri. 26 April: 4C. The final version, word-processed with a cover page, in-text

citations, and a Works Cited list. Dropbox submissions before class arerequired. Hard-copy submissions are also required. Submit hard copiesin a file folder along with printouts (or photocopies) of all sources you citein your paper. Printouts of souces, in-text citations, and a Works Cited listare strict requirements for earning a passing grade on the assignment (D-minus or above). Note that once 4C is graded, there is no resubmission

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opportunity; therefore, to avoid an unpleasant surprise, confer with mebefore this final deadline. Late submissions of 4C will incur a 90-pointpenalty against the 4C points, in addition to any incurred for notsubmitting 4A on time. Students who do not submit 4C by the time of thescheduled final examination period will fail this course, no matter how

many other points they may have earned.

Additional requirements Format: MLA style: double-spaced, with a heading and page-number

headers, with in-text citations and a Works Cited list. A sample MLA-formatted, documented paper begins on pp. 20607 in WHH.

Cover pages for Assigns. 4B and 4C. Include your name, yourpapers title, a thesis statement, a sketchy outline, and a conclusionstatement. Since this part of the assignment is not MLA-formatted, justformat your cover page like the one for the student essay in WT(pp. 199200). Dont count this cover page as page one of your essay; in fact,

prepare it as a separate electronic file. Research: Your preliminary bibliography (Assign. 4A) must list a

minimum of ten possible sources, not including reference works orreference sites. Your essay itself (Assigns. 4B and 4C) must cite at leastthree different sources (which may or may not have been listed on yourpreliminary bibliography). Reference works or reference sites may becited in your paper, but they must be above and beyond the three requiredsources just mentioned and must not exceed half the total number ofsources you cite. Remember that citing a source means summarizing it(all in your own words), paraphrase from it (all in your own words), ordirectly quoting it (using correct punctuation to indicate copied words)wherever the source is relevant to your argumentand then documentingyour citations, using the MLA system for in-text citations and Works Citedlists. Submit printouts or photocopies of all sources you cite, and highlightor underline the passages you cite. Speak with me in advance ifcompliance with this requirement is difficult. Failure to submit printoutsor photocopies will result in the grade of F for Assignment 4C.

Responsible use of sources. All sources must be properlydocumented, using the MLA system for in-text citations (WHH, 12a), all ofwhich must be easily traceable to particular entries on an MLA-formattedWorks Cited list (WHH, 12b). Essays which use sources irresponsibly (forexample, inadequate paraphrasing [WHH, 10d(3)(a)] or inaccuratequotations [WHH, 10d(2)] or inaccurate paraphrases [WHH, 10d(3)(b)])

or are incompletely documented (for example, with missing in-textcitations, with an incomplete Works Cited list, or without any Works Citedlist) are subject to failure (the grade of F). In cases of cheating ordishonesty, students will fail the whole course, according to the policyspelled out on our syllabus.