PWR 1HR Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Online Dating Service, Virtual Reality
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Draft due: monday, may 16 @ 5 pm. Final draft due: tuesday, may 31 @ 9:30 am. Purpose: the overall purpose here is to write a well-supported argument, drawing on library research, which accomplishes the following goals: It demonstrates a clear understanding of the problem it addresses. It engages successfully with realistically portrayed opposing views. It engages with sources both gracefully and ethically. It exhibits realistic and appropriate rhetorical choices based on the writer"s purpose. Topic: essays may be about anything having to do broadly with technology. Your argument is the star of your essay, not the sources. Thesis: throughout the research process, you will be rethinking and refining your question, and therefore rethinking and refining your thesis. Therefore, while there are several stages at which you"ll be ask to formulate a thesis, it is likely that it will only be in the final draft your thesis is fully articulated.