Final Draft Word Count and Setup Requirement:
1800-2200 words (plus a correctly formatted APA cover page References page or a correctly formatted MLA heading section Works Cited page)
4 researched sources cited in text and on the Works Cited or References page
12-point Times New Roman font
Double-spaced lines
In-text citations using APA in proper format or using MLA in proper format
1st or 3rd person point of view
WHAT: Using at least 4 researched and cited sources, examine your life’s work (future profession, academic pursuit, or personal drive) and describe how your work or pursuit of education can be used to change the world.
How:
Decide which specific life goal you want to describe to the reader of your essay.
Assess the ethics, contributions, challenges, and potential of your field of study/academic pursuit.
Consider the credibility, worth, and ultimate humanity of your chosen profession (its “ethos).
Write a working thesis statement that identifies the life goal, takes a position on the ethos of the goal, and identifies which angles will be discussed in the essay’s body paragraphs.
Draft the essay using the following structure:
In an introductory paragraph, summarize background information on the life goal; include your essay’s thesis statement as the last sentence of the introduction.
In each body paragraph, write a topic sentence that connects to your thesis statement. Develop each body paragraph with researched/cited facts, details, examples, or reasons. Body paragraphs for this assignment will help a reader understandWhy the goal/work is “worth” pursuing;
How the goal/work is done ethically;
How the goal/profession is perceived in society;
How the potential of this goal/work is challenged;
How the goal/work can serve and advance the world.
Sources for this essay should come from a combination of the following library sources:
Google
Credo-Reference
CQ Researcher
Points-of-view
Academic Search Premier
Proquest Central
In the conclusion paragraph, summarize the main points of your essay and explain how your conclusion connects to your thesis statement.
Revise the entire document several times to ensure you have conveyed your thoughts clearly, you have developed your paragraphs with researched/cited details, facts, reasons, examples or evidence, and you have shown logical transitions from one paragraph to the next.
Edit each line of the essay. (Consider printing the essay and reading it aloud as you check its spelling, grammar, and punctuation.)