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Major Writing Assignment 1

“Persuasion Reflection”

For your first writing assignment, you will tell the story of a time when someone
persuaded you of something. It could be a story about something as small as where to go for
lunch, or as big as what to believe politically, spiritually, etc. Any time when you were
persuaded is fair game for this assignment; however, you will want to choose an anecdote that
gives you enough material to work with. You will tell that story in detail and then analyze it
using Everything’s An Argument. Your paper will need to answer the following questions: 1)
What kind of argument was it? 2) How were Ethos, Pathos, and Logos used in the
argument? 3) Why, specifically, did the argument work (this is where you will offer an
argument of your own)? In addition to describing, in detail, the argument that was made to you,
you will need to quote directly from Everything’s An Argument when answering the first
two of these three questions.

Requirements

 3 – 4 pages double-spaced; Times New Roman font; 1-inch margins


 MLA style heading
 Parenthetical citations (page numbers) for all quotations of Everything’s An Argument
 At least two quotations from EAA
 One paragraph at the end of the paper describing what changes you made after
receiving feedback during our in-class workshop. If your paper does not include this
paragraph, your grade will be lowered by one letter grade (e.g. an A will become a
B).

Due dates

Rough Draft (Friday, 9/13) – You must submit a rough draft for this assignment. Your rough
draft must be at least 2 pages in length.

In-Class Workshop and Feedback (Friday, 9/13) – The in-class workshop for this assignment
is a requirement. You must attend the workshop and submit written feedback to both me and
your workshop partners by the end of class. This feedback is a separate grade and failure to
submit it will result in a zero for that portion of your grade.

Final Draft (Friday, 9/20) – Final draft due by 11:59pm

Writing Center assignment


You may complete the additional Writing Center assignment for this paper. Note that if you do
not go to the writing center for this paper, you will have to go for the second one.

General helpful tips (for this and other assignments)


 Come to office hours (Mondays and Wednesdays from 9:15 – 10:15AM in 06 KH) or
make an appointment with me to discuss your plans for the paper. Note: I will not read
your entire paper and give you feedback before I grade it, but I am more than
happy to talk through one paragraph and/or the main ideas of the paper before you
submit.
 Keep track of your ideas and the ideas that your classmates present in class throughout
the semester.
 Underline passages or write down quotations from the readings that strike you in
advance. This will make it much easier when the time comes to both reflect and write.
 Be honest with yourself: if you can honestly say that you’ve learned something new
through the process of writing the paper, then you have likely arrived at a risky and
surprising idea (though you may still need to work on conveying that idea in writing). If
you feel like your thinking hasn’t changed at all, you will need to go back and reflect
more.
 Be creative!
 Have fun!

Grading rubric:

“A” paper:
 Makes use of at least two quotations from Everything’s An Argument that clearly relate to
and support the main ideas of the paper.
 Uses highly specific examples from the experience of being persuaded that clearly
support the paper’s main ideas.
 Takes a risk and puts forth an idea (or ideas) that are surprising, showing that the writer
spent time reflecting on the event and how it relates to what we’ve been reading and
talking about as a class.
 Shows time and considerable effort put into the language and structure of the paper: there
is a creative title; there are few, if any, typos; there is a flowing narrative or clear
movement from one idea or example to the next; there is effort put into crafting a
captivating introduction and a conclusion that leaves the reader thinking; the paper is at
least 3 full pages, double-spaced, with no excessive marginal space or space between the
title and the first paragraph.
“B” paper:
 Makes use of at least two quotations from Everything’s An Argument that support the
paper’s main ideas.
 Uses examples from the experience of being persuaded that clearly support the paper’s
main ideas; however, the examples are not very specific or detailed.
 The ideas in the paper are somewhat risky and surprising but could have been pushed
further.
 There is effort put into the language and structure of the paper: there is a creative title; the
paper flows from one idea or example well, but there may be typos, confusing passages,
and a workable, but not particularly creative, introduction and conclusion; the paper is at
least 3 full pages double-spaced, with no excessive marginal space or space between the
title and the first paragraph.
“C” paper:
 Contains fewer than two quotations from Everything’s An Argument; or, the quotations
used do not directly relate to or support the main ideas in the paper.
 The paper uses examples; however, it is unclear how they relate to the paper’s main ideas
and they are not very specific examples.
 The ideas presented in the paper are unoriginal, predictable, or cliché.
 There is little evidence of effort put into the language and structure of the paper: the
paper does not contain a title, or has a title such as “Paper 1”; the paper is confusing in
several moments; there are substantial typos; there is no introduction or conclusion, or the
intro and conclusion are overly broad; the paper is not at least 3 full pages double-spaced,
or contains too much empty marginal space or space between the title and the intro
paragraph.

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