Assignment 3: Evaluation Essay (15%)
Instructions: Write a detailed evaluation of any one of the readings from Everything’s an Argument, Chapter 26 or Chapter 27:
Chapter 26: Has the Internet Destroyed Privacy?
Lindsay McKenzie: “Getting Personal about Cybersecurity”
Franklin Foer: from World Without Mind: The Existential Threat of Big Tech
Amanda Hess, How Privacy Became a Commodity for the Rich and Powerful
Chapter 27: How Free Should Campus Speech Be?
John Palfrey: “Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces”
Ben Schwartz: “Shutting Up”
Scott O. Lilienfeld: “Why a Moratorium on Microaggressions Is Needed”
Catherine Nolan-Ferrell: “Balancing Classroom Civility and Free Speech”
*Include an introductory paragraph consisting of your thesis statement and well-developed lead-in sentences, at least three supporting paragraphs, and a concluding paragraph.
*Include direct quotations from the essay you are summarizing. Failure to meet this requirement will result in a “D” for the assignment
*The essay must be 500-1000 words, double-spaced, 12-point size type, Times New Roman font
*The essay must be submitted as Microsoft Word attachment through Canvas
Plagiarism Policy
Plagiarism–the using of words or ideas of others as one’s own without acknowledgement–is a serious academic offense. Plagiarism can be committed in two ways: either by copying exactly what the writer has said or by summarizing or paraphrasing the ideas as your own. Copying the words or ideas of another without acknowledgment in a piece of written work amounts to an attempt to claim them as one’s own. Such actions will not be tolerated. Where plagiarism is detected in a piece of submitted work it may be considered as academic misconduct and dishonesty. If a student submits a plagiarized essay, the student will immediately receive an “F” for the course. If a student submits an essay found on the Internet (or part/s of an essay or material found on the Internet), the student will fail the course. No exceptions.
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