This essay is in two parts first being the draft which is due Wednesday july 13th 2022 and the final version of the essay which is due at a much later date. You’ll have to watch the movie gattaca and ill provide you with an article link and set instructions on how to craft the essay. Any questions and concerns can be brought up and discussed.
Again i need two separate essays one being a draft and a final draft
Convincing an Audience Essay
Prompt: Is the closest term to describe the world presented in the film Gattaca a Utopia (a desirable place) or a Dystopia (an undesirable place)?
Take a good look at all elements of the society depicted in the film (the eradication of terminal illnesses, the environmentally safe means of transportation, the frequent space travel and advances in science etc.) and argue for one or the other position. Remember that we are discussing closest match, not complete match: the film is neither a complete Utopia nor a complete Dystopia. While students will use evidence from the film as well as their research, they should remember they are not writing a film review or a mere plot summary.
Students should start with some pre-writing on the issue to discover their position on whether the best fit for the society in the film Gattaca is desirable or undesirable according to them. Then once they have a thesis, decide on what reasons they will give for its support. After they complete the first draft, they should conduct research to see how others see the film and where their position will fit the academic conversation already in progress. Students should consult their notes from the library orientation session. After they have found relevant articles, they will revise their draft fleshing out examples and evidence for each body paragraph using a mix of evidence from both the articles and the film.
Students MUST incorporate in their argument one article from the library. Only library database articles will be accepted for research credit.
Put the completed draft aside and return to it two or three days later to see whether there is a clear thesis, whether each paragraph has a topic sentence that supports the thesis, and whether evidence in each paragraph relates to the topic sentence. Students should also ensure that the article is incorporated well into their essay. Check transitions, word choice, and edit and proofread. Follow the guidelines for format in the syllabus.
Students will upload the complete draft by the stated deadline; then they will participate in peer review. That process has its own grade for the class (it is worth 5% of the class grade) so they must submit their essay on time. Finally, after the assessment process, students will be able to upload a revised FINAL draft for a grade.
Structure: Students can choose any position they wish, offer some reasons for supporting their position and substantiate these reasons with evidence. Evidence will come from the film and also their research (library only). The reasons will become topic sentences as students develop the paper. In developing their reasons, students should consider what objections the audience may have if they disagree, and what examples the audience may bring to mind. Students should consider how to address these—and a concession paragraph is a must.
Sources: The film is one of the sources. There must be AT LEAST one additional source from the articles in the library databases (more than one is fine, but not required). Using a website found on Google will not count as an academic article and will result in instantly losing those points for research.
WORKS CITED
At the end of your paper, you must provide an alphabetical listing of all the works you have cited in your paper (“Works Cited”). This requirement includes both works you have actually quoted and works you have summarized or paraphrased.
• Begin your Works Cited page on a separate page at the end of your research paper. It should have the same one-inch margins and last name, page number header as the rest of your paper.
• Label the page Works Cited (do not italicize the words Works Cited or put them in quotation marks) and center the words Works Cited at the top of the page.
• The information is arranged alphabetically according to the author’s (or editor’s) last name or, when there is no author identified, by title.
• Each alphabetical entry has hanging indention: the first line is not indented but every other line is.
• Every entry is followed by a period.
• Double space all citations, but do not skip spaces between entries.
• Indent the second and subsequent lines of citations by 0.5 inches to create a hanging indent.
• List page numbers of sources efficiently, when needed. If you refer to a journal article that appeared on pages 225 through 250, list the page numbers on your Works Cited page as 225-250. Note that MLA style uses a hyphen in a span of pages.
• If you’re citing an article or a publication that was originally issued in print form but that you retrieved from an online database, you should type the online database name in italics. You do not need to provide subscription information in addition to the database name.
• For online sources, you should include a location to show readers where you found the source. Many scholarly databases use a DOI (digital object identifier). Use a DOI in your citation if you can; otherwise use a URL. Delete “http://” from URLs. The DOI or URL is usually the last element in a citation and should be followed by a period.
• Capitalize each word in the titles of articles, books, etc., but do not capitalize articles (the, an), prepositions, or conjunctions unless one is the first word of the title or subtitle: Gone with the Wind, The Art of War, There Is Nothing Left to Lose.
• Use italics (instead of underlining) for titles of larger works (books, magazines) and quotation marks for titles of shorter works (poems, articles)
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