Academic Research Essay

For ENGL course you will complete a 12-15 page (including Works Cited) Academic Research Essay in MLA format. The starting point for this research paper will be one of five academic/professional articles that you will read this quarter. Your researched argument will critique, expand, and/or update the article—or some aspect of the article.

Articles to use as a starting point, here identified by their author, can be found in From Inquiry to Academic Writing, Third Edition:

Turkle

McGonigal Adamson

Gillam and Wooden (Kilbourne )

Use one of these articles as an introduction to your own research project, where you join a conversation about the ideas raised. The Academic Research Essay will be planned, researched, composed, and submitted over the course of the quarter with the final draft

submitted at the end of the quarter. The final draft will include each component listed below (with headings), sandwiched between an overall introduction and conclusion.

( uploaded In the file) Part 1: Rhetorical Analysis: You will rhetorically analyze the digital image connected to the academic/professional article you chose to focus on this quarter. Use this critique to help generate a topic and issue for your Literature Review and Argument essay. (See M2: Assignment Rhetorical Analysis for details.)

( uploaded In the file) Part 2: Literature Review: You will submit an organized, summarized, and synthesized general review of the literature surrounding your chosen article/digital image. Search EWU databases (Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost), ProQuest Central, and/or JSTOR) for this literature. (See M4: Assignment Literature Review for details.)

( uploaded In the file) Part 3: Argument: You will put together a unique argument combining the previous two assignments, but adding new original argumentative content. Your research should include focused academic evidence/support from (3) three but, again, expanding your Literature Review with additional research to better support your argument. (See M7: Assignment Academic Research Essay for details.)