Outline
due on or before: 4/16/14
Essay
due between 4/22/14 and 4/25/14
Write a paper that synthesizes classroom sources and your
own knowledge, experiences, and research to answer the question “What, if
anything, is worth fighting for?” Remember that a synthesis paragraph begins
with your own opinion/topic sentence, which is supported by quotations from two
different sources. Not all of your body paragraphs need to be synthesis
paragraphs, though your non-synthesis paragraphs need to be thoroughly developed.
Minimums:
1) Three
synthesis paragraphs.
2) Three sources from the classroom.
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“The Declaration of Independence,” by Thomas
Jefferson (from 50 Essays, 1st
Edition)
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“The
Gettysburg Address,” by Abraham Lincoln (from 50 Essays, 1st Edition)
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Henry V,
Part I, by William Shakespeare (http://www.bartleby.com/70/2931.html)
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“The Apology: Letters from a Terrorist,” by
Laura Blumenfeld (from The Language of
Composition)
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“The Prince,” by Niccolo Machiavelli (from 50 Essays, 1st Edition)
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Johnny Got
His Gun, by Dalton Trumbo
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President Obama’s Nobel Prize Acceptance speech
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“World and America Watching Different Wars, ” by
Danna Harman (from Short Takes: Model
Essays for Composition. Ed. Elizabeth Penfield. New York: Pearson Longman
2007)
3) Additional sources from your own research. Be sure your
internet sources are reliable. You will need to work hard to establish these
sources. You may consider:
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Historical conflicts, large and small
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Contemporary conflicts, such as wars in Africa
and the Middle East
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Contemporary and classical literature
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Modern films
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Popular songs
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Personal experience
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Something interesting that I haven’t thought of
yet
4) A paragraph or more that explores the implications of one
of the following conflicts:
- The current situation between Russia, Crimea, and Ukraine
- The Syrian Civil War
- The Arab Spring (of 2010)
- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (anywhere from the 1940s to the present)
- The Syrian Civil War
- The Arab Spring (of 2010)
- The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (anywhere from the 1940s to the present)
5) An element of visual rhetoric. This could be an editorial
cartoon or an image. Your image should be included in the body of the paper
(not the intro or conclusion). You should explain how this image helps you
argue what is (or is not) worth fighting for. Be sure to cite the source of
your image.
6) Evidence against your thesis, soundly refuted by your
laser sharp logic.
7) A properly formatted Works Cited page. If you found the
website on your own, include the link. For your convenience, I’ve googled “How
to Cite a Song” for you:
Songwriter's last
name, first name. "Title of
Song." Lyrics. Title
of Album. Name of Publishing
Company, Year Recorded. Format.
De Sela, Lhasa.
"La Frontera."
Lyrics. The Living Road. Netwerk, 2004. CD.
If the song is being sung by someone other than the
songwriter, here is how that would look:
Dylan,
Bob. "Like a Rolling
Stone." Lyrics. Perf. The
Drive-By Truckers. Highway 61 Revisited. Uncut/Ignite!, 2005. mp3.
8) If you are
quoting verse (either song lyrics, poems, or plays written in verse), you
should use a slash (/) to indicate a line break Do not put a slash at the end
of the last line. For example:
Tennyson writes,
“Theirs not to make reply / Theirs not to reason why / Theirs but to do and die”
(Tennyson).
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