Document-based Argument Second draft due_ 11H Final draft due_ From our reading and discussions of Frankenstein we have identified several issues that the novel raises—alienation, identity, loneliness, prejudice, justice, parenting, father/son relationships, learning, pursuing knowledge beyond ethical boundaries, friendship, violent behavior, family bonds, and abandonment. These topics have been the focus of considerable research. Scholars have studied them in a variety of ways from multiple perspectives, and their findings have often created controversy and contention.
For this assignment select one topic from the list above that seems the most compelling to you. Then create a KWL chart:
K = What do you know about the topic? What are some controversies embedded in it?
W = What do you want to learn about the topic?
L = What have you learned about the topic? You will fill this column in as you
research and gather information from others’ studies and investigations. Your goal is to write a six to eight-page essay in which you establish a governing claim, or thesis, about a controversy within your topic that is worth proving and that you substantiate with: evidence from at least two peer-reviewed scholarly articles; information from one or two other sources, such as books, magazines, newspapers, or interviews; and evidence from your own experiences and observations. Your essay must conform to all of the MLA guidelines described in the class packet, so begin to familiarize yourself with it now.
To manage the information that you find as you work with our library’s online databases and in-house holdings and to avoid plagiarism, it is extremely important that you document your sources. Maintain a complete list of titles, authors, and places and dates of publication so you can easily return to these sources for clarification of others’ and your own ideas. Use Noodletools to compile and store all this information. Later this list will help you correctly cite the sources you use in your paper, both within the text in the form of signal phrases and parenthetical references and at the end of your essay in a works cited page.
Use a two-part structure to organize your paper. Each part should be about three – four pages long. Choose the following template to help you as you frame your argument: In discussions of abc, a controversial issue is whether xyz. While some argue that abc, others contend that xyz. My own view is that abc. Though I concede that xyz, I still maintain that abc. For example zzz. Although some might object that bbb, I reply that ccc. The issue is important because XYZ__.
*Notice how the second half of the essay is a response to the claims made in the first half.
Work steadily, ask for help when you need it, and, most important, enjoy the process.
The following sources from Destiny are recommended:
11H Final draft due_
From our reading and discussions of Frankenstein we have identified several issues that the novel raises—alienation, identity, loneliness, prejudice, justice, parenting, father/son relationships, learning, pursuing knowledge beyond ethical boundaries, friendship, violent behavior, family bonds, and abandonment. These topics have been the focus of considerable research. Scholars have studied them in a variety of ways from multiple perspectives, and their findings have often created controversy and contention.
For this assignment select one topic from the list above that seems the most compelling to you. Then create a KWL chart:
K = What do you know about the topic? What are some controversies embedded in it?
W = What do you want to learn about the topic?
L = What have you learned about the topic? You will fill this column in as you
research and gather information from others’ studies and investigations.
Your goal is to write a six to eight-page essay in which you establish a governing claim, or thesis, about a controversy within your topic that is worth proving and that you substantiate with: evidence from at least two peer-reviewed scholarly articles; information from one or two other sources, such as books, magazines, newspapers, or interviews; and evidence from your own experiences and observations. Your essay must conform to all of the MLA guidelines described in the class packet, so begin to familiarize yourself with it now.
To manage the information that you find as you work with our library’s online databases and in-house holdings and to avoid plagiarism, it is extremely important that you document your sources. Maintain a complete list of titles, authors, and places and dates of publication so you can easily return to these sources for clarification of others’ and your own ideas. Use Noodletools to compile and store all this information. Later this list will help you correctly cite the sources you use in your paper, both within the text in the form of signal phrases and parenthetical references and at the end of your essay in a works cited page.
Use a two-part structure to organize your paper. Each part should be about three – four pages long. Choose the following template to help you as you frame your argument:
In discussions of abc, a controversial issue is whether xyz. While some argue that abc, others contend that xyz.
My own view is that abc. Though I concede that xyz, I still maintain that abc. For example zzz. Although some might object that bbb, I reply that ccc. The issue is important because XYZ__.
*Notice how the second half of the essay is a response to the claims made in the first half.
Work steadily, ask for help when you need it, and, most important, enjoy the process.
The following sources from Destiny are recommended:
- Remember to get passwords bookmark @ library
Books:· Conventional print:
Destiny book catalog: http://destiny.wvcsd.org (click catalog tab)
RCLS Public Library: http://rcls.org (interlibrary loan too)
· Ebooks: (Destiny)
ABC-CLIO Ebooks: http://ebooks.abc-clio.com
Gale Virtual Reference Library: http://find.galegroup.com/menu/commonmenu.do?userGroupName=nysl_se_wvhs
Netlibrary: http://www.netlibrary.com/Default.aspx
Periodicals/Newspapers/other sources:
· ABC-CLIO Social Studies Databases http://www.socialstudies.abc-clio.com/MultiHome/Default.aspx
· JSTOR : (full text only in library) http://www.jstor.org/
- OmniFile Full Text
· Proquest: 2 databases: SIRS Knowledge Source & Proquest Online : http://proquestk12.com/myproducts· RCLS—Public Library databases: http://rcls.org
· Science Direct (full text only in Library) http://sciencedirect.com/