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Writing Prompt

This paper is 30% of your course grade.

Your final paper for the semester is a 4-5 page research paper.
This research paper will enable you to gain a broader and more vivid understanding of how to use primary and secondary sources to understand a text.
It also gives you practice in integrating your voice with the voices of experts.
Please bear in mind that this paper is not an informative paper; it is an argumentative paper which requires you to make a claim about the main text, and use outside sources to prove your claim.

(You’ll be required to show evidence of your progress in every class leading up to the due date).

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Monday  July 22. Outline due by 10PM
Wednesday July 24. Draft due by 10:00PM

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Friday July 26. Paper due for grading by 10:00PM

Here is your research question:

There has been a long-standing concern that our very patriarchal society has found various—and numerous ways/opportunities to elevate maleness, masculinity and men—while simultaneously abusing/shaming femaleness, femininity and women. Using the readings: “Gender Roles Behavior and Attitudes” by Aaron Devor, “There is No Unmarked Woman” by Deborah Tannen, and two to three more sources of your choice, make a claim in regard to this concern and find evidence to hopefully prove/confirm your case.

Remember that your paper should encompass information from 2-3 additional sources. These include mostly peer-reviewed journal articles. You may also use Google Scholar. Please do not "Google" the concepts in order to choose articles as such articles are usually ubiquitous and unscholarly. Please also DO NOT use magazine and Newspaper articles or Wikipedia sources. In fact, I will need to get from everyone, a short paragraph explaining exactly HOW each of your chosen sources will assist your research. 

Regardless of the length of each work, please make an effort to apply equal treatment to all. Moreover, each of your body paragraphs needs to feature at least two works simultaneously.

  • No title page (page 1 must contain your name, course name, instructor’s name, date, and title.
  • 4-5 pages, double-spaced.
  • Times New Roman, font: 12.
  • A well-chosen title that depicts the content of your essay and the message you are sending your readers.
  • Strong introduction and conclusion.
  • Strong thesis statement (which must fall within the introduction).
  • Works cited page with sources of essay (works cited page does not count as one of the assigned pages).
  • MLA style.
  • Pay special attention to Annotation, referencing of sources, and use of quotations.
  • No outside sources.
  • Proofread and edit your paper thoroughly before handing them in.
  • Use few contractions (if any at all).
  • complete and initial/sign the academic integrity statement at the end of the paper.
  • Pay strict attention to grammar, syntax, and paragraph development.