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Purpose
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- To learn the skill of persuasion: reaching consensus with an audience.
- To learn writing skills that will make you impressive on the job.
- To show that you are managing the writing process effectively.
- Outline: To map out ideas and design ALL the parts of an essay.
- Rough Draft: To compose the argument and fix mistakes before the final draft.
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Out-of-Class Essays
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- For each out-of-class essay, use one of your Topic Picks.
- For each essay, you should compose a detailed outline and write a rough draft.
- The final draft of these essays must carefully adhere to MLA presentation guidelines.
- Each essay must be grammatically polished and exemplify careful argumentative development.
- At least 3 pages typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, 1" margins all around.
- This length requirement is the equivalent of 70 lines of text, not counting your heading or title.
- Final draft must be submitted through e-Learning as a Microsoft Word file attachment.
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Practice Regents' Essay
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- Like the real Regents' exam, you will choose one of four topics that I give you.
- You will have 60 minutes to complete the essay from start to finish.
- The practice essay will look like the real Regents' Essay Test: click here to see.
- You can use this sample Regents' Essay exam to prepare for your in-class performance.
- There is space under the topics to write notes and organize your thoughts.
- But you have limited space to write the essay itself: 3 lined pages. No extra paper is allowed.
- You can skip lines as you go, especially if your handwriting is small.
- If you think you will run out of space, switch back to single spacing your lines.
- The four topic choices will come from this huge list of approved Regents' topics.
- For more information and advice about the Regents' Exam, check out the Georgia Tech site.
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Research Project Proposal (click here for instructions)
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- The final draft of this proposal must carefully adhere to MLA presentation guidelines.
- Your proposal must be grammatically polished and follow all of the assignment guidelines.
- At least 2 pages typed, double-spaced, 12-point Times New Roman, 1" margins all around.
- This length requirement is the equivalent of 50 lines of text, not counting your heading or title.
- Final draft must be submitted through e-Learning as a Microsoft Word file attachment.
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