Undergraduate, Freshman, English 1101
Read the articles “Sharing is a Trap” by Andrew Keen on p. 425-429 and “Get Over It” by Jeff Jarvis p. 430-431 in your Perspectives on Contemporary Issues book.
The topic question for Essay 2 is: Does society benefit from increased transparency or is privacy an important right that should be protected? I want you to write 1,000-1,500 word argumentative essay in MLA format. Because this is a longer assignment, you need more than a five paragraph essay. The paper should contain 4-6 direct quotes of one sentence or less from 3-4 sources. These quotes will come from the article(s) I assigned you to read from the book and 1-2 articles from GALILEO. You cannot quote from any source that does not come from the book or GALILEO. You need to have a Works Cited page. If you need a refresher on how to do parenthetical notations, I want you to read p. 208-214 in your Easy Writer book and the document entitled In-Text Citations and Quote Sandwiches in the Writing Resources. Read p. 217-245 in your Easy Writer book to help you with your Works Cited. The How to in the Lessons folder on How to Get Works Cited Information from GALILEO Articles should be very helpful for creating your Works Cited page.
When you write out of class, formal assignments, I want you to follow the conventions of academic writing. This means that you should be a little more formal in your language: do not use 1st or 2nd person pronouns (ex. I, me, my, we, our, you, your, etc.). This will give your ideas more force: the words “I believe” or “I think” lessens the impact of the statement that they are connected to; they make you sound as if you are unsure of yourself. This will also encourage you to think about how the topic affects society or America in general, not just how it affects you. Spell out your contractions (ex. you’re = you are). Contractions are too informal for academic writing and can lead to usage errors. Also, the title of your paper is not the topic question or your thesis sentence; come up with your own title that is a short and catchy phrase of a few words.
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