Course Competencies:
1. Generate essay topics from reading, discussion, and observation.
- How to essay: How to be a politician
-Argumentation Essay: Death Penalty and Appeals
-Classification Essay : Warfare
2. Limit a general topic suitable for development in an essay of a specified length and for a special audience and purpose
-How to essay: General--- How To Be A Politician ////Less General---How To Lie Like A Politician ////Limited---How To Lie Like A Politician And Get Away With It
-Argumentation Essay: General---The Death Penalty ////Less General---The Death Penalty's Problems ////Limited---The Problem With The Appeal's Process Of The Death Penalty
-Classification Essay: General---Warfare ////Less General---The Major Types Of Warfare ////Limited---The Benefits Of The Different Types Of Warfare
3. Compose a thesis statement suitable for development in an essay. Use a thesis statement and support to create a well-organized plan for an essay.
-How To Essay
Thesis- Being a politician is as easy as 1-2-3.
Tone- Satirical, Sarcastic
Audience- The Common Man
Purpose- To show how to be a successful politician.
Point of View- 3rd Person through a politician's eyes.
-Argumentation Essay
Thesis- The Death Penalty needs to be more streamlined and limited to three appeals.
Tone - Informative
Audience - Those who are neither for or against the Death Penalty
Purpose - To show how the Death Penalty is currently not working correctly.
Point of View- 3rd Person Omniscient
-Classification Essay
Thesis- There are three different types of warfare, conventional, biological and chemical.
Tone- Informative
Audience- People needing to be informed on warfare.
Purpose- To show the benefits of the three major types of warfare.
Point of View- 3rd Person Omniscient
4. Write an essay introduction that creates interest and states the thesis.
-How To Essay- Now some believe being a politician is the equivalent of being a liar and a thief. That may be true, but the forget the most important part. Respect. If its respect you are after, you are a politician at heart. Being one is as easy as 1-2-3. Once you follow these steps, you will be successful and be respected.
This includes a sarcastic but interesting opener. It includes the thesis, and this also sets the tone for the rest of the piece.
Argumentation Essay-In 1984, a serial killer known as John Wayne Gacy went into court on an appeal. The case against him was overwhelming, as Gacy’s guilt was never doubted in the slightest. The verdict came down; guilty, with yet another chance of appealing. Finally, the Supreme Court of the United States stepped in and denied the ability to appeal. Waiting another 10 years since that Supreme Court verdict, Gacy was executed in 1994. By the end of his appeals journey however, he had gone through 538 appeals and years of judicial time. The appeals process needs to be more streamlined and limited to three appeals so that absurd cases like this do not exist.
This introduction includes staggering facts, begins to set the tone for the rest of the piece, and also gives an opinion at the same time as giving the thesis.
Classification Essay-
For centuries, mankind has consistently evolved in the ways to kill one another. With advents in science, new and volatile products for warfare have emerged. In addition to conventional warfare, biological and chemical warfare have emanated to create the ultimate style of fighting. With three major types of warfare (conventional, biological, and chemical) at the possession of armed forces, humanity can change in the blink of an eye.
This introduction includes the main points of the essay as well as preparing for a smooth transition to the next paragraph.
5. Write support paragraphs which develop the thesis statement of the essay; contain topic sentences, display unity, coherence, and completeness; and contain specific information and concrete detail
How To Essay-
The first step in any successful politician; lying. Its such an easy thing to do. Plus, its
almost required to get into office. First off, you want to first actually get into power in
order to be a politician. What better way to do that than lying? Make some good promises
like “I will save the world from war!”, or some garbage like that. Inflate your status (and
your ego too, you need one) by saying things that people love to hear. Lets face it; people
are gullible. They believe everything that comes out of your mouth as true. Two of the
greatest lies that are guaranteed bread-winners are “I will fix the debt” and “I will fix our
economy.” You know you won’t, heck they know you won’t, but as Sigmund Freud
said, the mind is “like an iceberg.” Lead the sheep where you need them to be, and they
will support you with their votes.
This paragraph includes a topic sentence and serves to develop the thesis. This paragraph adds to the cohesiveness of the paper by developing the tone and diction the introduction laid out for the rest of the paper.
Argumentation Essay-
The entire appeals process demands to be fixed for three reasons. First the entire process is way too expensive. Each and every appeal requires a judge to hear the case, attorneys to argue the case, and a jury to hear the case. And according to the North Carolina Court System, many various different fees can add up to a huge number. A conservative cost per appeal might be sitting around $200,000. This number could be larger or smaller depending on the case and the length of the appeal. But to top that all off, that is one case. Appeals are endless, and in the case of Gacy, using the average number of $200,000 a case, the cost to finally end Gacy’s life was roughly $107,600,000. Now this number is huge, but we forget another big part; housing. A criminal like Gacy is not free during this massive appeal process so he has to sit in jail. He also has to be fed, and he also has to have medical care. The cost for a single year of housing in an average jail in California is roughly about $47,000 (CaliforniaFAQ). Gacy of course sat in jail for fourteen years. Total that up, and you get another $658,000. Because people like Gacy can virtually abuse the system, a hard cap needs to be placed on the number of appeals. Allowing murderers to drive their costs up for almost no reasonable gain is excruciatingly pointless.
This paragraph includes a topic sentence, and has an aura of completeness. What makes this paragraph strong is that it evokes a strong sense of outrage over the problems the thesis has outlined.
Classification Essay-
Because of such high prices for conventional warfare, militaries have turned to biological warfare. Biological warfare is the use of any living organism to besiege and kill the enemy. By far the most common of these organisms is a group called microorganisms. A dangerous example is Bactillus Anthracis, or Anthrax. Anthrax works by getting absorbed into the body’s system and causes massive symptoms of colds and the flu. Eventually the virus will move into the lungs and enervate them, causing a pulmonary edema and cardiovascular shock, leading to an unusually high rate of mortality (UPMC). Although this disease might seem extremely horrendous, militaries see this as a wonder weapon (Anthrax). Militaries even consider using these weapons for three reasons. First, it is extremely cheap. Because most microorganisms are found in nature, and thus extremely banal, garnering such weapons is simplistic. Second the ability to create these weapons is extremely easy. Virtually anyone with a high school understanding of rudimentary chemistry and science can make these weapons. Finally, most of theses viruses and weapons are extremely hard to detect. In fact, viruses tend to have many overlapping symptoms with colds and the flu, which leads to many deaths before the virus is even diagnosed correctly.
This paragraph displays an aura of completeness, contains specific information on biological warfare, starts with a topic sentence, and develops the thesis in the opening paragraph. This paragraph is strong because of the overwhelming information about the topic.
6. Write a conclusion that follows logically from the body of the essay.
How To Essay-People believe in illusions. Sigmund Freud once wrote that “illusions commend
themselves because they save us the pain and allow us to enjoy the pleasure instead.” If
there is a motto for politicians, its that. In short, lie whenever needed. You get in office on
a string of lies anyways. Continue to pass the buck to everyone if you get blamed for
something. Finally, keep your appearance always clean. Follow these steps, and in no
time, you will be on track for the destruction of your country. Or in shorter terms, you
will be a successful politician.
What makes this conclusion strong is that it ends on a witty note. The other strong thing that comes from this is that it ends so matter of fact that the reader is taken aback by it.
Argumentation Essay-
The death penalty and the appeals process have been closely related since the beginning of the court system. The appealing system does have its perks, but ridiculousness that accompanies people like John Wayne Gacy is pointless. The appealing process needs to be streamlined and limited to three appeals. If not, idiotic cases like this will arise every now and then, and the Constitution’s aim of a fair and speedy trial is wasted.
The last paragraph is strong because of a tie to the Constitution, a symbol which is important to both Americans and most likely people of the judicial system. By not going with the reader, one appears to be going against the Constitution's wishes.
Classification Essay-
Conventional, Biological, and Chemical warfare have all stood the test of time through their inherent threats. Indeed, in the way each weapon has caused countries to think twice about using them. These egregious weapons have been unanimously limited and the use of said weapons has been made illegial. Amoral terrorists do not follow these rules however, and even though one must not necessarily worry about this threat, one must accept the fact that the threat does in fact exist and cannot be eschewed away. Science has come a long way with the improval of the weapon since its Stone Age predecessors, and as weapons continue to evolve, continue to get more stealthy, and continue to kill, we must always accept they are here to stay, despite their overwhelming lethality.
This conclusion is strong because it culminates the points from the previous paragraphs into a warning for the future. The conclusion exhibits the knowledge of the topic and shows the reader the importance of such weapons.
7. Use diction that sustains a consistent level of formality; demonstrates originality; has appropriate and original imagery.
Imagery-
Anthrax works by getting absorbed into the body’s system and causes massive symptoms of colds and the flu. Eventually the virus will move into the lungs and enervate them, causing a pulmonary edema and cardiovascular shock, leading to an unusually high rate of mortality.
This imagery works to frighten the audience with the true effectiveness of weapons. Because the effects of the weapons can be seen through visual cues, the audience gains knowledge on the aspects of biological weapons, or in this case, Anthrax.
Originality- Inflate your status (and your ego too, you need one) by saying things that people love to hear.
Coming from a satirical approach, the diction in this paper makes the paper pop out by pointing out the things politicians do that people hate. It appeals on the audience who may believe that most politicians have egos, and thus makes the paper stand out through the usage of parenthesis and aside commentary.
Consistent level of Formality-
Finally, the appealing process is an overwhelming waste of time. The average criminal case length is usually around 2 years (Federal Appeals). However, appeals can take longer amounts of time. Better yet, the amount of appeals is unlimited. There technically is a limited number, but virtually with any excuse, the case can be retried and appealed yet again. Because of sometimes stupid reasons that get the case retried, most of the time, the appeal gets heard and another guilty sentence has been handed out
This diction uses facts and information to retain the consistent level of formality expected in a research argumentation paper. There is a little bit of sarcasm, but the piece contains undisputable facts with diction that is correct for an audience landing in the middle of the Death Penalty debate.
8. Writes essays that use appropriate rhetorical patterns for a specific purpose and audience: Description, Writing as communication, process analysis, classification and writes an essay of argumentation that demonstrates sound logical development.
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9. Revise the draft of an essay to demonstrate attention to audience, purpose, organization, style, mechanics, and sentence structure.
1. Generate essay topics from reading, discussion, and observation.
- How to essay: How to be a politician
-Argumentation Essay: Death Penalty and Appeals
-Classification Essay : Warfare
2. Limit a general topic suitable for development in an essay of a specified length and for a special audience and purpose
-How to essay: General--- How To Be A Politician ////Less General---How To Lie Like A Politician ////Limited---How To Lie Like A Politician And Get Away With It
-Argumentation Essay: General---The Death Penalty ////Less General---The Death Penalty's Problems ////Limited---The Problem With The Appeal's Process Of The Death Penalty
-Classification Essay: General---Warfare ////Less General---The Major Types Of Warfare ////Limited---The Benefits Of The Different Types Of Warfare
3. Compose a thesis statement suitable for development in an essay. Use a thesis statement and support to create a well-organized plan for an essay.
-How To Essay
Thesis- Being a politician is as easy as 1-2-3.
Tone- Satirical, Sarcastic
Audience- The Common Man
Purpose- To show how to be a successful politician.
Point of View- 3rd Person through a politician's eyes.
-Argumentation Essay
Thesis- The Death Penalty needs to be more streamlined and limited to three appeals.
Tone - Informative
Audience - Those who are neither for or against the Death Penalty
Purpose - To show how the Death Penalty is currently not working correctly.
Point of View- 3rd Person Omniscient
-Classification Essay
Thesis- There are three different types of warfare, conventional, biological and chemical.
Tone- Informative
Audience- People needing to be informed on warfare.
Purpose- To show the benefits of the three major types of warfare.
Point of View- 3rd Person Omniscient
4. Write an essay introduction that creates interest and states the thesis.
-How To Essay- Now some believe being a politician is the equivalent of being a liar and a thief. That may be true, but the forget the most important part. Respect. If its respect you are after, you are a politician at heart. Being one is as easy as 1-2-3. Once you follow these steps, you will be successful and be respected.
This includes a sarcastic but interesting opener. It includes the thesis, and this also sets the tone for the rest of the piece.
Argumentation Essay-In 1984, a serial killer known as John Wayne Gacy went into court on an appeal. The case against him was overwhelming, as Gacy’s guilt was never doubted in the slightest. The verdict came down; guilty, with yet another chance of appealing. Finally, the Supreme Court of the United States stepped in and denied the ability to appeal. Waiting another 10 years since that Supreme Court verdict, Gacy was executed in 1994. By the end of his appeals journey however, he had gone through 538 appeals and years of judicial time. The appeals process needs to be more streamlined and limited to three appeals so that absurd cases like this do not exist.
This introduction includes staggering facts, begins to set the tone for the rest of the piece, and also gives an opinion at the same time as giving the thesis.
Classification Essay-
For centuries, mankind has consistently evolved in the ways to kill one another. With advents in science, new and volatile products for warfare have emerged. In addition to conventional warfare, biological and chemical warfare have emanated to create the ultimate style of fighting. With three major types of warfare (conventional, biological, and chemical) at the possession of armed forces, humanity can change in the blink of an eye.
This introduction includes the main points of the essay as well as preparing for a smooth transition to the next paragraph.
5. Write support paragraphs which develop the thesis statement of the essay; contain topic sentences, display unity, coherence, and completeness; and contain specific information and concrete detail
How To Essay-
The first step in any successful politician; lying. Its such an easy thing to do. Plus, its
almost required to get into office. First off, you want to first actually get into power in
order to be a politician. What better way to do that than lying? Make some good promises
like “I will save the world from war!”, or some garbage like that. Inflate your status (and
your ego too, you need one) by saying things that people love to hear. Lets face it; people
are gullible. They believe everything that comes out of your mouth as true. Two of the
greatest lies that are guaranteed bread-winners are “I will fix the debt” and “I will fix our
economy.” You know you won’t, heck they know you won’t, but as Sigmund Freud
said, the mind is “like an iceberg.” Lead the sheep where you need them to be, and they
will support you with their votes.
This paragraph includes a topic sentence and serves to develop the thesis. This paragraph adds to the cohesiveness of the paper by developing the tone and diction the introduction laid out for the rest of the paper.
Argumentation Essay-
The entire appeals process demands to be fixed for three reasons. First the entire process is way too expensive. Each and every appeal requires a judge to hear the case, attorneys to argue the case, and a jury to hear the case. And according to the North Carolina Court System, many various different fees can add up to a huge number. A conservative cost per appeal might be sitting around $200,000. This number could be larger or smaller depending on the case and the length of the appeal. But to top that all off, that is one case. Appeals are endless, and in the case of Gacy, using the average number of $200,000 a case, the cost to finally end Gacy’s life was roughly $107,600,000. Now this number is huge, but we forget another big part; housing. A criminal like Gacy is not free during this massive appeal process so he has to sit in jail. He also has to be fed, and he also has to have medical care. The cost for a single year of housing in an average jail in California is roughly about $47,000 (CaliforniaFAQ). Gacy of course sat in jail for fourteen years. Total that up, and you get another $658,000. Because people like Gacy can virtually abuse the system, a hard cap needs to be placed on the number of appeals. Allowing murderers to drive their costs up for almost no reasonable gain is excruciatingly pointless.
This paragraph includes a topic sentence, and has an aura of completeness. What makes this paragraph strong is that it evokes a strong sense of outrage over the problems the thesis has outlined.
Classification Essay-
Because of such high prices for conventional warfare, militaries have turned to biological warfare. Biological warfare is the use of any living organism to besiege and kill the enemy. By far the most common of these organisms is a group called microorganisms. A dangerous example is Bactillus Anthracis, or Anthrax. Anthrax works by getting absorbed into the body’s system and causes massive symptoms of colds and the flu. Eventually the virus will move into the lungs and enervate them, causing a pulmonary edema and cardiovascular shock, leading to an unusually high rate of mortality (UPMC). Although this disease might seem extremely horrendous, militaries see this as a wonder weapon (Anthrax). Militaries even consider using these weapons for three reasons. First, it is extremely cheap. Because most microorganisms are found in nature, and thus extremely banal, garnering such weapons is simplistic. Second the ability to create these weapons is extremely easy. Virtually anyone with a high school understanding of rudimentary chemistry and science can make these weapons. Finally, most of theses viruses and weapons are extremely hard to detect. In fact, viruses tend to have many overlapping symptoms with colds and the flu, which leads to many deaths before the virus is even diagnosed correctly.
This paragraph displays an aura of completeness, contains specific information on biological warfare, starts with a topic sentence, and develops the thesis in the opening paragraph. This paragraph is strong because of the overwhelming information about the topic.
6. Write a conclusion that follows logically from the body of the essay.
How To Essay-People believe in illusions. Sigmund Freud once wrote that “illusions commend
themselves because they save us the pain and allow us to enjoy the pleasure instead.” If
there is a motto for politicians, its that. In short, lie whenever needed. You get in office on
a string of lies anyways. Continue to pass the buck to everyone if you get blamed for
something. Finally, keep your appearance always clean. Follow these steps, and in no
time, you will be on track for the destruction of your country. Or in shorter terms, you
will be a successful politician.
What makes this conclusion strong is that it ends on a witty note. The other strong thing that comes from this is that it ends so matter of fact that the reader is taken aback by it.
Argumentation Essay-
The death penalty and the appeals process have been closely related since the beginning of the court system. The appealing system does have its perks, but ridiculousness that accompanies people like John Wayne Gacy is pointless. The appealing process needs to be streamlined and limited to three appeals. If not, idiotic cases like this will arise every now and then, and the Constitution’s aim of a fair and speedy trial is wasted.
The last paragraph is strong because of a tie to the Constitution, a symbol which is important to both Americans and most likely people of the judicial system. By not going with the reader, one appears to be going against the Constitution's wishes.
Classification Essay-
Conventional, Biological, and Chemical warfare have all stood the test of time through their inherent threats. Indeed, in the way each weapon has caused countries to think twice about using them. These egregious weapons have been unanimously limited and the use of said weapons has been made illegial. Amoral terrorists do not follow these rules however, and even though one must not necessarily worry about this threat, one must accept the fact that the threat does in fact exist and cannot be eschewed away. Science has come a long way with the improval of the weapon since its Stone Age predecessors, and as weapons continue to evolve, continue to get more stealthy, and continue to kill, we must always accept they are here to stay, despite their overwhelming lethality.
This conclusion is strong because it culminates the points from the previous paragraphs into a warning for the future. The conclusion exhibits the knowledge of the topic and shows the reader the importance of such weapons.
7. Use diction that sustains a consistent level of formality; demonstrates originality; has appropriate and original imagery.
Imagery-
Anthrax works by getting absorbed into the body’s system and causes massive symptoms of colds and the flu. Eventually the virus will move into the lungs and enervate them, causing a pulmonary edema and cardiovascular shock, leading to an unusually high rate of mortality.
This imagery works to frighten the audience with the true effectiveness of weapons. Because the effects of the weapons can be seen through visual cues, the audience gains knowledge on the aspects of biological weapons, or in this case, Anthrax.
Originality- Inflate your status (and your ego too, you need one) by saying things that people love to hear.
Coming from a satirical approach, the diction in this paper makes the paper pop out by pointing out the things politicians do that people hate. It appeals on the audience who may believe that most politicians have egos, and thus makes the paper stand out through the usage of parenthesis and aside commentary.
Consistent level of Formality-
Finally, the appealing process is an overwhelming waste of time. The average criminal case length is usually around 2 years (Federal Appeals). However, appeals can take longer amounts of time. Better yet, the amount of appeals is unlimited. There technically is a limited number, but virtually with any excuse, the case can be retried and appealed yet again. Because of sometimes stupid reasons that get the case retried, most of the time, the appeal gets heard and another guilty sentence has been handed out
This diction uses facts and information to retain the consistent level of formality expected in a research argumentation paper. There is a little bit of sarcasm, but the piece contains undisputable facts with diction that is correct for an audience landing in the middle of the Death Penalty debate.
8. Writes essays that use appropriate rhetorical patterns for a specific purpose and audience: Description, Writing as communication, process analysis, classification and writes an essay of argumentation that demonstrates sound logical development.
See Next Page Located in Header.
9. Revise the draft of an essay to demonstrate attention to audience, purpose, organization, style, mechanics, and sentence structure.