COVID And the Impacts

Write for a Cause” Analytical and Argument Essays
Now that we have completed our research projects on our “Write for a Cause” topics, and we have sharpened our analytical abilities in the short answer response module, it is time to put all of our skills together to produce our final two essays.
ANALYTICAL ESSAY (20%)
For analytical essay assignment, you are to create an essay, 750-1500 words in length, explaining, describing, analyzing and/or evaluating your “Write for a Cause” topic.
The analytical essay is meant to inform the reader about a narrowed aspect of your “Write for a Cause” hypothesis/topic.
The analytical essay is:
informative
objective toned
fact-based
source-based information
Essay Guidelines
You are to submit this essay using MLA structure.
Organize your essay with a strong introduction that includes an introductory statement, bridge, and thesis statement.
The body paragraphs must have clear topic sentences, directly quoted evidence (or summarized if absolutely necessary), explanations for how the evidence fits the claim, and its significance. You should have several body paragraphs. Feel free to offer counterarguments in your paragraphs to help your information remain informative as opposed to persuasive.
Finally, end your essay with a strong conclusion paragraph, where you connect the various parts of your essay through the reflect and project method.
Include an MLA Works Cited section at the end of your essay for any sources you reference.
It is the same format as the preliminary bibliography.
Connecting Skills Across the Semester
All of the skills you use to write your analytical essay will be used again to write your final exam “argument” essay for your Write for a Cause topic.
The final exam will allow you to address your full “Write for a Cause” topic and your intent will be to persuade your audience to support your cause.
FINAL EXAM ARGUMENT ESSAY (10%)
For the final exam essay, you will write an argument essay on your topic using factual information gathered from your research. Your intent is to persuade, so you will use the subjective tone. You may want to include personal anecdotes to support your ideas as well. If you choose to use anecdotes to support your claims, they should be contextualized based on research. Research should go either before or after each anecdote.
Objective – Students will inform their audience using factual information from scholarly sources.
Objective – Students will write engaging introduction paragraphs.
Objective – Students will explain information to expound upon the thesis.
Objective – Students will develop body paragraphs with topic sentences and support statements.
Objective – Students will create conclusions using the reflect and project method.
For analytical essay assignment, you are to create an essay, 750-1500 words in length, explaining, describing, analyzing and/or evaluating your “Write for a Cause” topic. Include a “Works Cited” section that includes each of the scholarly peer-reviewed sources referenced in the essay.
Minimum Requirements:
Word Count
The research proposal paper should have no less than 750 words and no more than 1,500 words.
There should be at least five paragraphs.
The Works Cited section is not included in your overall word count.
The introduction paragraph should include:
An engaging introductory statement
Bridge
Thesis statement
The body of the essay should include:
Topic sentences (to serve as main ideas for each body paragraphs)
Evidence (represented by the scholarly peer-reviewed journal articles)
Directly quoted evidence with MLA formatted parenthetical citations
Explanations (to connect the evidence to the topic sentence)
Significance (to connect the paragraph to the thesis statement)
The conclusion should include:
restatement of the thesis statement using reflect and project.
restatements of the topic sentences using reflect and project.
a conclusion statement to close the essay and offer a lasting impression.
The Works Cited should include:
all sources referenced in the essay
bibliographic entries
alphabetized

Last Completed Projects