Writing Question

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Assessment Description

Please do the following in completing the final draft of your essay:

1. Revise your expository essay using the feedback received from your instructor on your outline and first draft.
2. Review the media piece The Writing Process to help you refine and finalize your essay.
3. Review the rubric for this assignment to ensure you have completed all necessary components of your essay.
4. Your final draft should be at least 750-1,000 words.
5. Complete the following before submitting your final essay:

• Read your paper aloud (to yourself or someone else) to “hear” issues with your grammar and sentence structure.
• Polish the issues found by smoothing out your language.
• Run spellcheck and grammar check (as a backup) before submitting the final draft. Make any necessary changes to address spelling or grammar issues.
• Properly cite your sources both in-text and in the References section at the end of your paper. (The Reference Page is the last page of your paper and should ONLY contain references. If you cited the work in the paper; the reference needs to be included. If you did not use the reference in your paper, then do not include the reference.)
• Make sure that the final draft does not contain any of the instructors embedded feedback from your first draft. These comments should have been corrected and the comment should be deleted. Please contact your instructor if you have questions.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Review the Final Draft Rubric to help you make sure all elements is present in your essay; this is NOT the same rubric that was used in the First Draft. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Submit the completed Final Draft to LopesWrite and review your report BEFORE submitting to your instructor. Make sure your LopesWrite score and essay are ready to be submitted BEFORE you select the “Final Submit” option.

Submit the completed assignment to the final assignment dropbox by the end of Topic 6 (Sunday, by 11:59pm, Arizona Time).

General Education Program Information

This assignment assesses the following general education competency:

Effective Communication

GED2C1: Construct logical, cohesive, and persuasive arguments.

Here is the professor comment from the first draft essay. Hi Jamisha, Thank you for posting your first draft to the dropbox! I have provided comments within your rubric, so please make sure to review those and make the changes I have recommended. Please be sure you click on the Criteria Comments for those sections in which points were deducted for more detailed feedback. This will account for a strong portion of your final grade, so please make sure to take my feedback into consideration when working on your final draft. Thank you for your hard work and here's to a great couple of weeks together! Professor Tom.You’ve made a good start by including one paraphrase, but remember that each body paragraph should include multiple pieces of research to fully support your ideas. Aim to integrate and cite at least two or three paraphrased sources as supporting details throughout the paragraph. This helps strengthen your argument, demonstrate critical thinking, and show that your points are grounded in credible research.

Acceptable

4.25 points

Paragraph builds logically on subtopic identified in thesis statement. Paragraph exhibits coherence, and cohesiveness with other paragraphs. Topic sentence and concluding remarks are appropriate to purpose. Most instructor feedback from previous assignments is incorporated.

Approaching

Paragraphs are generally competent, but ideas may show some inconsistency in organization and/or in their relationships to the thesis statement. Does not fully apply instructor feedback from previous assignments.

2. Insufficient

3.25 points

Paragraph may lack logical progression of ideas, unity, coherence, and/or cohesiveness with the thesis statement. Some degree of organization is evident. Does not apply instructor feedback from previous assignments.

Unsatisfactory

0 points

Paragraph consistently lacks coherence to thesis. No apparent connections between paragraph and the rest of the paper are established. Topic sentence is inappropriate to purpose and scope. Organization is disjointed.

You’ve made a good start by including one paraphrase, but remember that each body paragraph should include multiple pieces of research to fully support your ideas. Aim to integrate and cite at least two or three paraphrased sources as supporting details throughout the paragraph. This helps strengthen your argument, demonstrate critical thinking, and show that your points are grounded in credible research.omments.

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Paper Format

3.75 / 5

Approaching

3.75 points

Appropriate template is used, and formatting is correct, although some minor errors may be present.

Criteria Comments

Missing college name next to university name. List the college to which the course belongs, such as College of Theology, College of Business, or College of Humanities and Social Sciences. This course is within the College of Humanities and Social Sciences. GCU has nine colleges within the university: Colangelo College of Business College of Doctoral Studies College of Education College of Arts & Media College of Humanities & Social Sciences College of Nursing & Health Care Professions College of Natural Sciences College of Engineering & Technology College of Theology Missing course name next to course number.

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Citations and References

8.5 / 10

Acceptable

8.5 points

Sources are documented, as appropriate to assignment and style, and format is mostly correct.

Criteria Comments

Journal titles in your references need to be in italics.