Guideline Instructions for Final Essay Assignments
Purpose: To show that you can revise and edit a draft essay in a manner that reflects your ability to improve your rhetorical essay writing effectiveness on a relevant collegiate topic.
Objective: To review teacher comments on your draft essay and revise your draft according to the recommendations for improvement, to follow MLA guidelines, to revise your essay to eliminate writing errors, and to increase reader engagement and understanding through visually representing your ideas (optional).
Instructions:
Choose 2 out of the 3 essay drafts assignments that you have written the represents your best writing. Your choices are draft essay #1 and #2, #1 and #3, or #2 and #3.
Revise your first choice according to my comments and lecture notes. Apply tips from your peers and WRC tutors as appropriate.
Choose only one visual element to add to one essay or to both of your essays (optional)
Name the first revised draft choice “Final Essay No. 1” and the second choice “Final Essay No. 2”
Submit each Final Essay to the appropriate Turnitin assignment post.
Check List:
Meets all minimum Writing Assignment requirements described in the Writing Instructions
Fulfills Rhetor’s Writing Objective and Focuses on the Rhetor’s Rhetorical Purpose for Writing
Follows ALL Format Guidelines.
Has No Title Page
Has MLA Header w/Page Numbers starting on page 2 and that are preceded by your last name
Has Relevant and Appealing (“cool”) Essay Title or Article Citation in the title space
Documents several Citations in body of text, showing use of sources provided and researched
Has MLA formatted works cited page on separate last page of assignment, entitled Works Cited
Includes at least one Visual Element (Optional)
Is Well-Organized and has Cohesive Topical Paragraphs
Utilizes Meaningful Paragraph Breaks and Transitions
Omits extra spaces between paragraphs and ensures that the entire document is double-spaced
Uses Standard English throughout essay
Is Free from Sentence Structure, Punctuation, Grammar, and Spelling Errors
Has standard 1” Margins on all sides of the pages and text is Left Aligned
Is Appealing in ways that show intentional moves to increase audience persuasion
Pathos, Ethos, Logos, and Kairos
Avoids Fallacies of Argument