Essay 1 Assignment: Write a 3-4 page paper that presents an argument for or against naming a child with an ethnic (any ethnicity, not just black) name. Requirements: 1. Support your position with information provided in the 2 sources you’ve read for discussion board assignments and the 1 source you found for your individual assignment by quoting and paraphrasing these sources. 2. Create an MLA Works Cited page, citing the sources with the publication information provided at the bottom of this assignment sheet. And use MLA style in-text citations for all quotes and paraphrases of the sources. See the links to MLA Style on Blackboard, or use your writer’s handbook for details on how to do this. If you have questions, you can ask a librarian on-line or in the WCC library. 3. This is a persuasive essay. Any type of persuasive writing include a counter-argument (reasons why someone might disagree with your viewpoint) that is rebutted (you explain why the counter-argument reasons are faulty). Publication Information for the class sources: “The ‘F’ Word” by Firoozeh Dumas appeared on page 62 of her book Funny in Farsi, published by Random House in New York in 2003. “What’s in Name: For Blacks a Job” was written by Justin Pope and published by the Associated Press on September 28, 2003.
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