Final Essay Instructions
This handout summarizes your task for the Final Essay and provides additional information to complete the paper successfully. The first item to notice is the format. This paper is formatted according to MLA guidelines as a sample. Notice that there are 1” margins on all sides, appropriate information is in the upper left and right corners, and centered title above the first paragraph. Note that the title is not underlined, italicized,emboldened, enclosed in quotation marks, or enlarged. All font and letter size throughout the essay is uniform. The essay should be double-spaced, with no extra spaces after the title or between paragraphs. Paragraphs are indented ½”, which is usually one “tab” stroke on the keyboard. Sentences should have two spaces between them (two strokes on the space bar). Use Times New Roman and 12 pt. only.
Other Pertinent Information:
Please follow MLA guidelines.
Double Space
Do not use the personal pronoun “I” or refer to “me” or “myself.” (This is a new challenge, but is expected of formal, academic writing. Notice the avoidance of first person (“I”, “me”, “myself”) in this essay.
Do not use the second person “you”, “your”, or “you’re” (Whether you mean to or not, using you sends the wrong message to your reader. It can either feel like you are telling them something they must do or believe, or it is including them in a feeling that you might feel, but they do not. It is best to refrain from using it in all academic writing).
Remember to edit and proofread. Writing is a process, so it is never complete after just one draft. Don’t be afraid to reword, delete, add words, and more to write the most successful paper.
This essay will be an argumentative essay in response to any one of the texts that we have read in this class. It must be 5 well-developed paragraphs long. Its subject should be inspired by something we have read and discussed this semester. An “argumentative” essay seeks to change readers’ attitudes and beliefs, or at least get them to consider a different point of view. An “argumentative” essay based on a text also attempts to offer additional insight, a point of view not readily suggested by merely reading the text that the essay addresses.
Each paragraph serves a specific function, as described below, and should begin with a clear topic sentence that signals what the paragraph will contain:
Paragraph 1: Describe the article the essay will be analyzing. Give readers any background information they will need to in order to consider the thesis (this essay’s point of view on the article).
End the introductory paragraph with the thesis statement (statement of main idea) in bold print (this is just for the purposes of this paper). The thesis statement is the most important sentence of the paper! It should be neither too obvious nor too outlandish. It should inspire some possible argument or disagreement or desire for more information (not too obvious) and then, of course, be able to provide it (not outlandish or insupportable)!
Paragraphs 2-4: Discuss details regarding the issue. Each body paragraph should revolve around a single, well-developed point that supports the overall point (thesis) of the paper. Keep topics clearly connected to the thesis. Also, provide transitional material to lead the reader from paragraph to paragraph and, again, back to the thesis.
Final Paragraph: Do not merely repeat or reorganize the introductory paragraph, but summarize the essay in a way that reinforces the paper’s overall argument and connects the essay to the larger point and its importance to the reader.
Response from professor:
Most of us tend to agree that our bodies are our own business, and we certainly wouldn’t want anyone else controlling them! However, what does the Devil’s advocate have to say? In what ways do our bodies’ business affect others? Obviously, our actions toward them become their business, but what about our own decisions about our bodies, such as what we eat and how take care of ourselves otherwise? Do these decisions affect other people’s business in any way? The idea that our bodies and the decisions we make about them exist in a vacuum is a bit naive, isn’t it? Don’t insurance companies base their costs on how an entire group behaves? In such a group, don’t the actions of one individual, then, affect all of the others?
My response to use for the essay:
This seems too much like an Occult practice because they often control your thoughts and actions on what you should or should not do. America is becoming obese along with the rest of the world. When I went to see my family in Spain about two years ago I was in shock because half of the children were overweight. This was not the case about 10 years ago. A McDonald’s has been built. Children are now drinking more soda and junk food than ever before. Technology has jumped started children to sitting on couches.They used to swim and bike all day. I saw America in my home town and was in Culture Shock for the first time. If a person is a law abiding citizen, pays taxes, and support their family financially and emotionally, the government ,companies, or people should not dictate how a person is to live their life. However, a person that is overweight and they have to pay more for airfare because they are taking up extra room or have to pay more for insurance reasons that is the person’s fault because they chose not to take extra precautions to avoid this. That is up to company they chose. If they do not like it find another company. It should be up to the person to decide how they want to spend their money. Everyone a person or a company should have the right to make their own decisions. It should not be universal.
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