Essay Draft #3 Writing Assignment Instructions<\/p>\n
UHD ENG 1301<\/p>\n
Dr. D. Bridges<\/p>\n
The purpose of Essay Draft Writing Assignment #3 is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your ability to craft a rhetorical proposal essay based on your reading of Born A Crime by Trevor Noah. <\/p>\n
The objective for Essay Draft Writing Assignment #3 is to be able to identify a problem or set of related problems and to provide a feasible solution or set of feasible solutions to the problem(s). You are asked to reveal the problems in terms of themes by using quotes and paraphrased interpretations\/meaning of those quotes to express the context and relevance of the problem within the overall author\u2019s purpose for writing. Each solution should have a detailed description that expresses the ease to which the solution can be implemented within the scope of your resources as a student.<\/p>\n
Directions:<\/p>\n
Read the book, Born A Crime by Trevor Noah.<\/p>\n
Write an essay that first, introduces your essay by summarizing your research on the background of Apartheid in South Africa, second, introduces the setting and analyzes the plot of the book, third, presents a proposal to a narrow problem related to the book, and fourth, provides a conclusion on your perceived impact of your proposal.<\/p>\n
For your summary in your introduction, refer to DWA #4.)<\/p>\n
For your plot analysis, refer to DWAs #5, #6, and #7.) <\/p>\n
Be sure to use DWA #5 to provide the setting of the book.<\/p>\n
Be sure to use DWA #6 to present three thematic problems, cite three quotes and its context for each problem, and offer your explanation of the meaning of each quote.<\/p>\n
Be sure to use DWA #7 to present how Noah delt with each situation represented by each quote.<\/p>\n
Propose a feasible solution in the form of a project that involves your audience, who are college peers. Your solution should be a narrow scope of one of your thematic problems. (See Notes on How to Write a Proposal Essay.)<\/p>\n
Provide a conclusion that connects the solution to your rhetorical purpose for writing. (See below.)<\/p>\n
Example of a Conclusion:<\/p>\n
Based on Noah\u2019s candid and often humorous recounts of his childhood in South Africa, the thematic problems of isolation, loss of identity, and need to feel love that he experienced resulted from the laws of Apartheid. Specifically, the laws prevented Noah from establishing friendships in the community because he had to stay inside of his grandmother\u2019s house as a child for fear that law enforcement would find out that a mixed child was living in a black or colored neighborhood illegally. Because Noah had no friends and it was illegal for him to spend the time with his dad to develop an intimate relationship with him, Noah had no one strong male identity. Instead, he created multiple identities to \u201cfit\u201d into several groups, often giving him a blurred and fearful sense of who he was and how he was seen by others in the world. Noah later realized that his mother and father loved him in their own special way, but early in his life he was unable to access this love because of the rule-based dogmatic relationship he had with his mother and the closed, private, detached relationship he had with his father. These problems can be understood in the larger scope of institutionalized slavery, which occurs when slavery laws are abolished, and people are allowed legal freedoms but are not allowed to live their life freely because the damage of slave laws last in the mind and behaviors of the former slave long after the slave is set free. In other words, the constructs of slavery often remain in the mind of the former slave although those constructs are no longer shackling the body of the slave. <\/p>\n
American influence in abolishing Apartheid has been tremendous over decades, including pressuring South African lawmakers to end Apartheid by refusing to trade with the country. I believe that the results of trade sanctions were beneficial in helping end Apartheid, but what Noah brings to light is the post-Apartheid fallout about which he vividly writes. The fallout of some of the thematic problems that Noah faced shows that more is needed to be done and that humanitarians in America need to address these problems by boycotting companies that supply goods and materials to South Africa until an adequate free post-Apartheid social healthcare system can be instituted in the country that provides families with \u201cbridge-to-life\u201d services such as \u201cProject Reunite Families\u201d that bring families together in a way that improves self-awareness and relationship-building. Counseling services would help families establish communication and examples of reunifying activities that would ease the emotional distance created by not growing up together. These services can be duplicated after services provided to US military families who have been separated for months and years at a time due to war. Because the model for these counseling services is already in place, to duplicate them would be feasible. South African organizations would only need to be trained by a US military volunteer counselor. Supplies could be paid for by the US companies that do business in South Africa to get the boycott against them lifted. Although the post-Apartheid conditions are enormous, I believe that starting with healing the family structures that were negatively affected by Apartheid will have the greatest and most sustainable impact on bringing a country and its people closer together.<\/p>\n
Possible OUTLINE:<\/p>\n
(Introduction)<\/p>\n
Definition of Apartheid<\/p>\n
Research on Apartheid<\/p>\n
Research on US involvement<\/p>\n
(Body)<\/p>\n
Setting<\/p>\n
Thematic Problem (x3)<\/p>\n
Quote (x3)<\/p>\n
Explanation (x3)<\/p>\n
Noah\u2019s solution (x3)<\/p>\n
Proposal<\/p>\n
Introduce a narrow aspect of a problem from the book and state your proposal<\/p>\n
Describe your plan of action. Develop a plan that takes into consideration the resources you have available to you as a UHD student.<\/p>\n
Convince, Detail, Anticipate<\/p>\n
Tell why you think it will work by making a statement of feasibility<\/p>\n
Suggest what necessary resources your proposal will require<\/p>\n
(Conclusion)<\/p>\n
Relate to the larger issue<\/p>\n
Restate your proposal<\/p>\n
Share your desired outcomes<\/p>\n
7. Submit your draft essay on BBL by the posted deadline.<\/p>\n
*Evaluation Criteria (90 points total):<\/p>\n
Background and plot summary (20 points)<\/p>\n
Setting, Themes, Quotes, Citations, Identifying Author\u2019s Problem-Solution Sets (30 points)<\/p>\n
Presenting Larger Issue and Feasible Solution (40 points)<\/p>\n
Format (10 points total):<\/p>\n
Your essay must be 5 full pages (You must meet page requirements to pass the essay.)<\/p>\n
Double-spaced, 12 pt, Times New Roman or Courier.<\/p>\n
Drafts are considered a work-in-progress, but you should put your best effort into the essay.<\/p>\n
Make sure to adhere to MLA citation style for your submission.<\/p>\n
Include MLA formatted in-text citations.<\/p>\n
Make sure you have a MLA Works Cited as the last separate page of your essay.<\/p>\n
Place the proper course heading on your submission.<\/p>\n
Grading:<\/p>\n
Ability to present a focused and appealing evaluative argument<\/p>\n
Ability to present claims that are based on facts<\/p>\n
Ability to provide evidence that supports each claim presented<\/p>\n
Ability to evaluate the topic by providing different views<\/p>\n
Ability to take a stance\/position and support that stance cohesively throughout the essay<\/p>\n
Ability to appropriately cite works introduced in the essay, in-text and on a Works Cited page<\/p>\n
A 100-90<\/p>\n
B 89-80<\/p>\n
C 79-70<\/p>\n
D 69-60F 59- below<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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