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FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON UNIVERSITY
ENWR 1101: Academic Writing Dr. Joseph M. Segriff, Ph.D., D.Litt., D.M.H.
Course: ENWR 1101 Semester: Fall 2012
•#2 Paper due (2W)– “Social-Issues Essay” Final Paper Due Date: October 3, 2012
Writing Assignment will be completed in stages:
1.) Topic Generation— (Due: September 24, 2012)
a.) Discuss Primary Topic by introducing and summarizing three or four
subtopics…
b.) Just mention Secondary Topic…
c.) Discuss why an American audience should care about the student’s primary topic…
d.) “T.S.” (Troubleshooting)—Identify and briefly discuss three problems that the
student-writer foresees experiencing while writing a successful paper…
2.) Complete and share/submit Rough Draft… (Due: September 26, 2012)
3.) Complete and share/submit Final Copy of paper… (Due: October 3, 2012)
• Assignment Description:
The student’s “Social Issues” essay consists of making a case where you—as a concerned student and citizen—are making other Americans aware of a social issue that needs to be addressed. Be absolutely sure that the social issue that you decide to write on is not a cliché or similar in any way, shape, or form with the subject matter that you addressed previously in your intrapersonal essay. You may choose any social issue that you are enthusiastic about researching (internal research only from our textbook). You must, however, address three or four subtopics that represent smaller parts of the greater whole which, of course, is the primary topic that you have chosen to address. You will be expected to use three short quotations that are either one or two lines each in length. (All three quotations must come from only the essays in our textbook.) Please do not use quotations from any other outside sources. In addition, do not consider any essays that have been assigned already.
Also, there will be a limited “Works Cited” after your final written page. The minimum length for this composition will be three pages. The maximum length will be four pages.
Remember, you are attempting to convince an American audience that the social issue that you have chosen to write about should be of great concern to them. Therefore, you, as the writer, will not only bring to the attention of the American public your proposed social issue, but you will also posit one or more solutions that will aid in the improvement of the social issue that you see as an important one to address.
Please spend sufficient and quality time thinking about this assignment before you actually commit anything to paper. Oftentimes as young writers there is a careless—though perhaps well-intended—rush to put something “concrete” down on paper. Instead, try to resist this urge and think and reflect deeply about the various aspects of the assignment and consider the best way to proceed before actually engaging in any formal writing.
Be sure to choose a social issue that holds some degree of seriousness for most Americans. Also, please follow all directions closely. Be aware of due dates and do not fall behind. Of course, be careful to stay completely away from all “Writing No-No’s” that we have previously addressed in past classes. Learn and grow from your last final paper.
