Using either block or alternating comparison/contrast structure, analyze ethos, logos, OR pathos (don’t do all three!) in two texts: please choose among any of the essays in the book. Format: Your pap

Using either block or alternating comparison/contrast structure, analyze ethos, logos, OR pathos (don’t do all three!) in two texts: please choose among any of the essays in the book.

Format:

Your paper will be 4 pages long, typed and double-spaced, on 8 ½ x 11” paper in 12 pt. Times New Roman font.  The margins need to be 1” on all sides.  Format your paper according to MLA format.  Note: I will stop reading at 4 pages.  It’s important to learn how to revise and edit your work to fit a length requirement–this is part of the challenge.

Audience:

Your audience for this paper is a group of people who are interested in your topic, and who have carefully read the material you have read.  Consequently, you do not need to spend a great amount of time setting up this background material.  You only need to dive into your argument.

Sources:

I do not want you to find outside sources (outside of our textbooks) for this paper.  When you use material from class, make sure that you always include full citation information.  To avoid plagiarism, you need to cite a source every time you use ideas from that source by putting borrowed text in quotation marks, by putting the author’s name and page number in parentheses, and by including a works cited page.  In every sentence, it should be absolutely clear which ideas are yours.

Please remember that using ideas from a source, even if you checked that source just for additional information on the subject, constitutes plagiarism if you do not cite it.  You must cite any idea from a source and any words from a source with both an in-text citation and a full citation in the works cited page.

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Please post your outline for the essay.  Your outline should have the following form:

Thesis:

Main Point 1:

Evidence:

Main Point 2:

Evidence: