ACAD 1501 WI001: Preparation for Academic Writing: January - April 2017
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Short essay

This essay will be submitted in two steps. The first submission is due in class on January 25. It does not have to be submitted through SafeAssign. We will work on revising the first versions in class on February 1. The second, revised version is due in class on February 8. This final version must be submitted through SafeAssign on Blackboard. The final version of the essay will be graded only after the essay has been submitted both in paper and through SafeAssign.

Write a short, argumentative essay of two pages. Essays shorter than one and a half pages or longer than three pages will be returned unread and ungraded.

Your essay must use the Times New Roman font, 12-point in size. There must be one inch (2.5 cm) margins on all four sides of the essay. The essay must have double-spaced lineation. The essay must include a separate page for a Works Cited list (which is not included in the page count). The essay should not have a title page. The essay should be justified on the left margin only: no full justification.

Your essay must follow the Modern Language Association (MLA) bibliographic, citation, and presentation guidelines. You can consult the Purdue Online Writing Lab for information about using MLA format. See especially the example essay and the sample Works Cited page they have on their site.

Read the following two documents:

Write an argumentative essay that argues for or against the use of animal clones (and their offspring) for eating. In your essay, you must use one or both of these documents (i.e., you must refer to what they say and/or quote from them). Include proper documentation of the document(s), and refer to page numbers where appropriate. Do not use any other source for this essay; however, if you do use another source, be sure to identify it and document it properly.



Marc R. Plamondon, Ph.D. Department of English Studies Nipissing University