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Welcome to Section 3

In Section 3 you will continue your study of argumentation by doing a critique of the argument you summarized in Section 2 (for Paper 1).  The first slide presentation shows how to critique an argument in an essay of your own.

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1. Formal Outline for Paper 2
2. Paper 2

Paper 2 is a five hundred (500) word essay which critiques the argument you summarized in Paper 1.  A sample essay is provided in the second presentation.  Paper 2 must be accepted before you move on to Section 4.

Before you do the readings and view the presentation below, please be advised of the following:

1. In this section you will complete and submit your second written assignment.  Remember to follow the Submission Procedure outlined on the Web 1213 Home Page.

2. Your Paper 1 must be submitted and returned marked "Accepted" before you can submit the Formal Outline for Paper 2.  Your Formal Outline for Paper 2 must be submitted and returned marked "Accepted" before you can submit Paper 2.

3. Paper 2 is a formal essay.  It should be written in a formal style.  You should use a formal five-paragraph essay format, with an introduction, a conclusion, and at least three body paragraphs.  You should use parenthetical citations for quotes, and do a Works Cited page.

4. If you have questions about  formal essay style, please see the review of sentence and paragraph structure on the Web 1213 Home Page.

Note 1: When you choose your essay from the Packet, use the example on page 755 of the St. Martin's Guide, A WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY, to do your Works Cited page.  In addition to the title, author, and Course Packet page numbers for your essay, you will need the following information:

Title of Anthology: The Bedford Introduction to Literature

Editor: Michael Meyer

Publisher: St. Martin's Press

Place of Publication: New York

Year: 1986

Note 2: The sample entry for A WORK IN AN ANTHOLOGY on page 755 of the St. Martin's Guide is incomplete.  It lacks the required page numbers for the target essay.  You should include, at the end of your entry, the page numbers for your Packet essay.  You should use the big handwritten page numbers.

Note 3: You will be expanding your Paper 1 into Paper 2.   Therefore, it would be in your best interest to check back over that essay and fix all the old problems (even essays which have been accepted may still contain errors), especially those pointed out by the instructor, before beginning the new one.

For information on critiquing an argument and a sample critique necessary to the successful completion of Paper 2, please click on the hyperlinks below and view the presentations.

Paper 2

	Write a formal essay of approximately five hundred (500) words which critiques the argument of the Persuasive Essay you summarized in Paper 1.
	Remember: you must evaluate the essay.  In a critique you must judge the entire essay - the overall argument as well as its parts - point by point, in the format laid out in the presentations above.

Once you have re-read the essay - and annotated it - you should follow these steps:

1. Expand the Formal Outline of the argument you did in Section 2 by including your individual, point by point, judgments of the author's claim, supports, and overall argument.  Use complete sentences, follow the steps in the SAMPLE presentation, and use the sample Formal Outline for Paper 2 contained in the second PowerPoint presentation above as a guide..

2. Submit your Formal Outline.

3. Rewrite/Revise/Edit your Formal Outline until it is returned marked ACCEPTED.

4. Critique the argument in the Persuasive Essay by expanding your new Formal Outline into Paper 2, using the Formal MLA Style.  You must use parenthetical citations for quotes.  You must do a Works Cited page.

5. Go over the Critique Checklist to be found directly below and make sure your Critique conforms to the guidelines.

6. Submit Paper 2.

7. Rewrite/Revise/Edit Paper 2 until it is returned marked ACCEPTED.

Note: Your Formal Outline must be submitted and returned marked ACCEPTED before you submit Paper 2.

1. Does your Critique evaluate the central idea (claim), the supporting points, and the overall argument - as to logic, accuracy, validity, and style?

2. Do you address the subject of target audience in your conclusion?

3. Does each of your body paragraphs contain facts and examples from the work you are critiquing?

4. Is the critique written in the student's own words, using at least one quotation per body paragraph to give a taste of the original?

5. Is it factually accurate?

6. Is the critique written in 3rd Person?

7. Do you use present tense verbs?

8. Does your essay refer frequently to the author and how he/she presents the ideas in the work (e.g. "Estrich's main points is..." or "The author organizes her essay in three main parts...")?

9. Do you use parenthetical citations for all your quotes?

10. Do you have a Works Cited page?