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ENG 101 LAPC High College Tuition Causing Income Inequalities Action Plan Paper In a 10-15 PARAGRAPH academic essay, please explore a problem related to income disparity in society. Provide evidence the problem exists, which causes are most responsible, and propose and argue for one solution. Then outline your personal action plan to implement your solution. Provide evidence from at least 10 outside sources. You may copy and paste your paragraphs from Essays #1, #2, #3 for this essay: this is not considered plagiarism.

THESIS FOR ESSAY #4!

Your thesis should tell:

1. What the limited topic is (problem)

2. What your side is (main cause, best solution)

3. Explanation (why you think so)

Again, you may copy and paste your paragraphs from Essays #1, #2, #3 for this essay: for this assignment only, this is not considered plagiarism.

Structure

1. (new) Introductory paragraph: Include an introductory strategy (may be from essay #1, #2, or #3) and a new thesis that articulates the problem and solution your paper will

address. Your thesis must tell: The main cause and possible solution, Your action plan about how you will implement your solution, and why your action plan will work

2. Problem: Clearly define a specific problem in society. Feel free to cut and paste relevant body paragraphs from Essay #1 here.

3. Causal Analysis: Discuss contributing causes of the problem and present one as most responsible. Feel free to cut and paste relevant body paragraphs from Essay #2 here.

4. (new) Add a sentence or two that transitions between causal analysis and solution

5. Solution: Outline a viable, specific solution to that problem. Explain why that solution would work. Prove why your solution would be better than another, competing solution. Feel free to cut and paste relevant body paragraphs from Essay #3 here.

6. (new) Action Plan: Thoroughly outline an action plan to implement your solution. It must be innovative, viable, and new and make use of existing technology. It must answer this question: “How will you personally implement the solution?”

7. (new) Concluding Paragraph: Include a concluding strategy (can be from essays 1,2, or 3) and restate your new thesis.

8. (new) Works Cited: Combine sources from essays 2 and 3 (and any new ones) and re- alphabetize them into one list. Present a minimum of 10 sources.

REQUIRED ELEMENTS:

An introductory paragraph with an introductory strategy and a thesis (6-12 sentences long total
Thesis must contain a limited topic, an argument, and an explanation.
Your research must come from 10 different sources
8-13 body paragraphs, each with 8-12 sentences, properly structured.

o Use quotes to provide evidence (2 quotes per body paragraph) o Introduce and cite your quotes and evidence

o For every one sentence of summary or quote, include at least 2

sentences of analysis

A concluding paragraph of 6-12 sentences with a developed concluding

strategy and thesis (restated).

•

In the 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

The essay must be 10-15 paragraphs, typed, and double spaced in MLA format

The essay must maintain formal academic tone

Please include a works cited page

HINT!

past, student typically have lost points in the following areas:

Essay must be at least 10 paragraphs, not including works cited page.

Be sure quotes are introduced.

Be sure each body paragraph gives 2 quotes

Be sure quotes, facts, stats, assertions are properly cited using parenthetical citation. Include a works cited page (re-alphabetized)

Make sure you cite from at least 10 sources

Action Plan vs. Solution

A solution is how you will solve the problem. An action plan tells how you personally will enact that solution. If it needs funding, how will you raise it? If you have to spread a message, how will you do that? If you target education, what steps will you take to contact and convince local schools?

If you cannot think of an action plan, think about the following samples and apply them to your particular situation (feel free to adapt/adjust):

· Draft a new law, get voter approval/signatures, put it on the ballot

· Raise PAC funds,

· Create an ad campaign

· Interview neighborhood, find a good time-slot, enlist helpers, plan the meeting, create

hand-outs

· Contact local schools, create a presentation, create hand-outs, · Find local businesses to give freebies

USING QUOTES

A quote must be introduced and give a parenthetical citation. Be sure to properly punctuate!

The parenthetical citation gives the author’s last name and page number. If there is no author, use the title. If there is no page number, skip the page number. Essay #4 Directions:
Combination Research
Paper
GOALS (SLOs) of Essay #4
This essay will help you successfully edit
previous work and create a comprehensible
whole from your semester’s research. You will
demonstrate a mastery of academic tone and
structure, as well as MLA format. Finally, you
will achieve a mastery of MLA citation and the
works cited page.
DIRECTIONS:
Topic: Combine Essays #1, #2, and #3. They should all be on the same problem.
In a 10-15 PARAGRAPH academic essay, please explore a problem related to income disparity
in society. Provide evidence the problem exists, which causes are most responsible, and propose
and argue for one solution. Then outline your personal action plan to implement your solution.
Provide evidence from at least 10 outside sources. You may copy and paste your paragraphs
from Essays #1, #2, #3 for this essay: this is not considered plagiarism.
THESIS FOR ESSAY #4!
Your thesis should tell:
1. What the limited topic is (problem)
2. What your side is (main cause, best solution)
3. Explanation (why you think so)
Again, you may copy and paste your paragraphs from Essays #1, #2, #3 for this essay: for this
assignment only, this is not considered plagiarism.
Structure
1. (new) Introductory paragraph: Include an introductory strategy (may be from essay #1,
#2, or #3) and a new thesis that articulates the problem and solution your paper will
address. Your thesis must tell: The main cause and possible solution, Your action plan
about how you will implement your solution, and why your action plan will work
2. Problem: Clearly define a specific problem in society. Feel free to cut and paste relevant
body paragraphs from Essay #1 here.
3. Causal Analysis: Discuss contributing causes of the problem and present one as most
responsible. Feel free to cut and paste relevant body paragraphs from Essay #2 here.
4. (new) Add a sentence or two that transitions between causal analysis and solution
5. Solution: Outline a viable, specific solution to that problem. Explain why that solution
would work. Prove why your solution would be better than another, competing solution.
Feel free to cut and paste relevant body paragraphs from Essay #3 here.
6. (new) Action Plan: Thoroughly outline an action plan to implement your solution. It must
be innovative, viable, and new and make use of existing technology. It must answer this
question: “How will you personally implement the solution?”
7. (new) Concluding Paragraph: Include a concluding strategy (can be from essays 1,2, or
3) and restate your new thesis.
8. (new) Works Cited: Combine sources from essays 2 and 3 (and any new ones) and realphabetize them into one list. Present a minimum of 10 sources.
REQUIRED ELEMENTS:
• An introductory paragraph with an introductory strategy and a thesis (6-12
sentences long total
• Thesis must contain a limited topic, an argument, and an explanation.
• Your research must come from 10 different sources
• 8-13 body paragraphs, each with 8-12 sentences, properly structured.
o Use quotes to provide evidence (2 quotes per body paragraph)
o Introduce and cite your quotes and evidence
o For every one sentence of summary or quote, include at least 2
sentences of analysis
• A concluding paragraph of 6-12 sentences with a developed concluding
strategy and thesis (restated).
• The essay must be 10-15 paragraphs, typed, and double spaced in MLA
format
• The essay must maintain formal academic tone
• Please include a works cited page
HINT!
In the past, student typically have lost points in the following areas:
1. Essay must be at least 10 paragraphs, not including works cited page.
2. Be sure quotes are introduced.
3. Be sure each body paragraph gives 2 quotes
4. Be sure quotes, facts, stats, assertions are properly cited using parenthetical citation.
5. Include a works cited page (re-alphabetized)
6. Make sure you cite from at least 10 sources
Action Plan vs. Solution
A solution is how you will solve the problem. An action plan tells how you personally will enact
that solution. If it needs funding, how will you raise it? If you have to spread a message, how
will you do that? If you target education, what steps will you take to contact and convince local
schools?
If you cannot think of an action plan, think about the following samples and apply them to your
particular situation (feel free to adapt/adjust):
·
Draft a new law, get voter approval/signatures, put it on the ballot
·
Raise PAC funds,
·
Create an ad campaign
·
Interview neighborhood, find a good time-slot, enlist helpers, plan the meeting, create
hand-outs
·
Contact local schools, create a presentation, create hand-outs,
·
Find local businesses to give freebies
USING QUOTES
A quote must be introduced and give a parenthetical citation. Be sure to properly punctuate!
The parenthetical citation gives the author’s last name and page number. If there is no author,
use the title. If there is no page number, skip the page number.
Cite any information you get from an outside source. Each sentence that contains information
must have its own parenthetical.
1
Example:
According to evidence, “quoting helps your
argument” (Smith 45).
2
No author? Use the title. Example: According to evidence,
“quoting helps your argument” (“On Quoting” 45).
3
No page number? Skip the page number. Example:
According to evidence, “quoting helps your argument” (Smith).
IMPORTANT!
Avoid language like:
➢ I believe
➢ I think
➢ In my opinion
Instead, just state the idea as if it were fact.
About MLA Format
On the first page of your essay:
• There is a header with your last name and page number in the upper-right hand corner of
the page (right corner, 1/2” from top).
• There is a heading with your name, instructor’s name, class, and date
• Give a title after the heading, centered in title case. Do not underline, bold, italicize, or
put quotes around your title. Keep the title in 12 point font, Times New Roman.
• Use Times New Roman 12 point font
• Double space the entire essay
• Use 1″ margins (1″ on the top, bottom, left, and right)
• Indent each paragraph 5 spaces (even the first)
• The essay should be single-sided.
This paper is in MLA
format. It is doublespaced and uses
Times New Roman,
12-point font. There
are 1” margins.
Your title is in
title case and
is centered.
This title is in
title case and
quotation
marks (since it
is the title of a
minor work).
All information from outside
sources is followed by
parenthetical citation
This citation just gives the
author’s name, since there
was no page number.
This is the works cited page,
where we find the other
information about your
sources.
Article with
No Author
Entries are
alphabetized
by whatever
was in the
parenthetical
citation.
If it’s
author’s last
name, that’s
what the
entry starts
with. If it’s
title, that’s
what the
entry starts
with.
Article from a
database with
a doi number
Personal
Interview
Article from a
website
Article from a
database
Article from a
database with
a doi number
Article from a
database with
a doi number
The Introductory Paragraph
Worksheet
1. Write a hook that is several sentences long. It must be related to the
thesis and fully developed. Choose 1 of the following options. Do not
use more than 1 or you risk an underdeveloped or jumpy introductory
paragraph. Cite any outside information you borrow.
Choices:
a.
Vivid description
f.
Definition, with
b.
Background story
explanation
c.
Personal anecdote
g.
Historical comparison
d.
Examples
h.
Vivid quote, with
e.
Surprising fact or
explanation
statistic, with explanation
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Write a phrase or sentence that connects (or transitions between) the hook and the thesis.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Give a thesis (1-2 sentences) with a limited topic, argument, and explanation or evidence.
a.
Limited topic: limits the subject described in the essay prompt.
b.
Argument: Tells what side you are on or what claim you are making.
Often this is the answer to a question in the essay prompt.
c.
Explanation or evidence: Tells why your argument is correct.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
The Body Paragraph Worksheet
The point or argument I am making in this paragraph is: _______________
(This worksheet creates 1, 11-sentence body paragraph for a research
essay. Use as many copies as you have body paragraphs)
1. Topic sentence (summarizes the paragraph):
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Define any terms in topic sentence that are unclear (introduce any quote you use and cite your
source if you use one). Skip this if unnecessary.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
3. Give a quote that proves your evidence is real (introduce and cite your source). Each sentence
that contains information must have its own parenthetical. Examples:
• According to evidence, “quoting helps your argument” (Smith 45).
•
No author? Use the title. Example: According to evidence,
“quoting helps your argument” (“On Quoting” 45).
•
No page number? Skip the page number. Example: According to
evidence, “quoting helps your argument” (Smith).
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
4. Describe this evidence. Restate the quote in your own words.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
5. Explain how this evidence proves your thesis. What kind of evidence is it? What does it
show?
.
[Finish this statement: This evidence proves my argument is correct
because it shows that…]
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
6. Further explain how this evidence proves your thesis. What kind of evidence is it? What does
it show?
a.
[Finish this statement: This evidence proves my argument is correct
because it ALSO shows that…]
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
7. Give a quote that proves your evidence is real (introduce and cite your source). Each sentence
that contains information must have its own parenthetical.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
8. Describe this second piece of evidence. Restate the quote in your own words.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
9. Explain how this evidence proves your thesis. What kind of evidence is it? What does it
show?
b.
[Finish this statement: This evidence proves my argument is correct
because it shows that…]
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
10. Further explain how this evidence proves your thesis. What kind of evidence is it? What
does it show?
c.
[Finish this statement: This evidence proves my argument is correct
because it ALSO shows that…]
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
11. Concluding sentence (restate the topic sentence in different words).
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
The Concluding Paragraph Worksheet
1. Write a concluding hook several sentences long. It must be related to the thesis and fully
developed.
Choose 1 of the following options. Do not use more than 1 or you risk an underdeveloped or
jumpy concluding paragraph.
Choices:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
Summary of main points
Give a recommendation
Vivid quote, with explanation
Future scenario
Question to the reader, with answer
Personal evaluation
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
2. Restate the thesis (1-2 sentences) with a limited topic, argument, and explanation or evidence.
Use a thesaurus to find different words than the thesis used.
a.
Limited topic: limits the subject described in the essay prompt.
b.
Argument: Tells what side you are on or what claim you are making.
Often this is the answer to a question in the essay prompt.
c.
Explanation or evidence: Tells why your argument is correct.
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________________
The List of Works Cited
About MLA Format
On the first page of your essay:
• There is a header with your last name and page number in the upper-right hand corner of
the page (right corner, 1/2” from top).
• There is a heading with your name, instructor’s name, class, and date
• Give a title after the heading, centered in title case. Do not underline, bold, italicize, or
put quotes around your title. Keep the title in 12 point font, Times New Roman.
• Use Times New Roman 12 point font
• Double space the entire essay
• Use 1″ margins (1″ on the top, bottom, left, and right)
• Indent each paragraph 5 spaces (even the first)
• The essay should be single-sided.

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