Description / paper instructions
Please see ENG 123 Writing Plan Guidelines and Rubric for instructions. Please make sure everything from A-I is in the writing plan.
Topic: Career in Medicine (This is the resource file)
ENG 123 Writing Plan Guidelines and Rubric
Put the argument into a concrete shape, into an image, some hard phrase, round and solid as a ball, which they can see and handle and carry home with them, and the cause is half won.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Overview: Persuasion is a constant in each of our lives. No matter where we look, what we read, what we see, or who we interact with, we are inevitably going to encounter some form of persuasion. Advertisements want us to buy things. Newspapers and television want to convince us of how we should feel about events. We are put into positions where we must defend our thoughts and beliefs to others, and the process we apply is typically some form of persuasion.
Persuasive writing is one of the most powerful forms of writing—it has the ability to influence one’s thoughts, and also the ability to change one’s mind about a particular issue. The persuasive essay is an ideal opportunity to support an opinion on an issue using researched facts and information. It also gives you the chance to recognize opposing viewpoints and refute it, noting that those who hold the opposing viewpoints are the intended audience of the piece.
Prompt: For this essay, you will identify an issue in your current major, a major you are interested in pursuing, or your field of work. You will then establish an argument and support that argument with research and relevant evidence.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
- Writing Plan: Use this writing plan as a way to gather your thoughts and determine your strategy for writing your critical analysis essay. This process will allow you to develop a potential structure for effectively communicating and supporting your claim. This plan will be helpful in keeping your thought process on track when you begin writing and revising your essay.
- Describe the argument to be addressed in your persuasive essay. Explain how the argument relates to your major, the major you are considering pursuing, or your field of work.
- Determine three key points that will be helpful in supporting your argument.
- Identify the audience who will be reading your essay. What potential challenges will you encounter in supporting your argument with this demographic?
- Establish a goal that you hope to accomplish with this essay. What will this essay need to be successful?
- List potential resources that could be used as supporting evidence for your argument, and provide a brief description of each and how they will reinforce your argument.
- Align key points of your argument with supporting resources for establishing an effective essay structure.
- Based on your argument, determine at what points in the essay integrating evidence would be most effective, and explain why.
- Describe a revision strategy that would be most effective while writing this essay. Why would this strategy be effective?
- Review your writing notes assignment and the feedback provided by your instructor. How does this feedback influence your progress moving forward? What changes did you make to your writing plan after receiving this outside feedback?
Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your writing plan must be 1–2 pages in length. Use double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. This milestone will be completed through the interactive activity provided in your MindEdge eLearning materials and then submitted through the learning environment.
Critical Elements |
Exemplary |
Proficient |
Needs Improvement |
Not Evident |
Value |
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Writing Plan: |
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Describes the argument to be |
Describes the argument to be |
Does not determine an argument |
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Argument |
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addressed through the essay, |
addressed through the essay, |
to be addressed throughout the |
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including how argument is derived |
including how argument is derived |
essay (0%) |
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from major, major being |
from major, major being |
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considered, or field of work |
considered, or field of work, but |
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(100%) |
argument contains gaps in detail |
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(55%) |
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Writing Plan: Key |
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Determines key points and |
Determines key points and |
Does not determine key points |
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Points |
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rationale that will be helpful in |
rationale, but they are cursory or |
and rationale (0%) |
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supporting the validity of the |
inaccurate (55%) |
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argument (100%) |
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Writing Plan: |
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Identifies audience and |
Identifies audience but does not |
Does not identify audience (0%) |
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Audience |
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determines potential challenges |
determine potential challenges |
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(100%) |
(55%) |
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Writing Plan: Goal |
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Establishes a goal to be |
Establishes a goal for the essay, |
Does not establish a goal to be |
8 |
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accomplished with the essay |
but goal is not aligned with essay |
accomplished with the essay (0%) |
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(100%) |
topic (55%) |
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Writing Plan: |
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Lists potential resources for |
Lists potential resources for |
Does not list potential resources |
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Resources |
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supporting evidence and provides |
supporting evidence, but does not |
(0%) |
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a brief description of each (100%) |
provide a brief description of each |
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(55%) |
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Writing Plan: |
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Aligns key points of argument with |
Aligns key points of argument with |
Does not align key points (0%) |
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Supporting |
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supporting resources for |
supporting resources, but there |
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Resources |
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establishing an effective essay |
are issues regarding accuracy of |
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structure (100%) |
alignment (55%) |
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Writing Plan: |
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Determines places where |
Determines places to integrate |
Does not determine places to |
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Integrating |
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integrating evidence would be |
evidence, but there are gaps in |
integrate evidence (0%) |
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Evidence |
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most effective and provides |
rationale (55%) |
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rationale for each (100%) |
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Critical Elements |
Exemplary |
Proficient |
Needs Improvement |
Not Evident |
Value |
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Identifies a revision strategy that |
Identifies a revision strategy but |
Does not identify a revision |
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Revision |
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would be effective and describes |
does not describe why it would be |
strategy (0%) |
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why it would be effective (100%) |
effective (55%) |
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Writing Plan: |
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Describes how essay can benefit |
Describes how essay can benefit |
Does not describe how essay can |
12 |
Feedback |
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from receiving feedback from an |
from receiving feedback from an |
benefit from feedback (0%) |
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outside party, and how that |
outside party but does not |
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feedback can be integrated (100%) |
describe how the feedback can be |
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integrated (55%) |
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Articulation of |
Submission is free of errors |
Submission has no major errors |
Submission has major errors |
Submission has critical errors |
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Response |
related to citations, grammar, |
related to citations, grammar, |
related to citations, grammar, |
related to citations, grammar, |
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spelling, syntax, and organization |
spelling, syntax, or organization |
spelling, syntax, or organization |
spelling, syntax, or organization |
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and is presented in a professional |
(85%) |
that negatively impact readability |
that prevent understanding of |
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and easy-to-read format (100%) |
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and articulation of main ideas |
ideas (0%) |
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(55%) |
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Total |
100% |
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