14.6: UBI Essay --Assignment
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\(\newcommand{\avec}{\mathbf a}\) \(\newcommand{\bvec}{\mathbf b}\) \(\newcommand{\cvec}{\mathbf c}\) \(\newcommand{\dvec}{\mathbf d}\) \(\newcommand{\dtil}{\widetilde{\mathbf d}}\) \(\newcommand{\evec}{\mathbf e}\) \(\newcommand{\fvec}{\mathbf f}\) \(\newcommand{\nvec}{\mathbf n}\) \(\newcommand{\pvec}{\mathbf p}\) \(\newcommand{\qvec}{\mathbf q}\) \(\newcommand{\svec}{\mathbf s}\) \(\newcommand{\tvec}{\mathbf t}\) \(\newcommand{\uvec}{\mathbf u}\) \(\newcommand{\vvec}{\mathbf v}\) \(\newcommand{\wvec}{\mathbf w}\) \(\newcommand{\xvec}{\mathbf x}\) \(\newcommand{\yvec}{\mathbf y}\) \(\newcommand{\zvec}{\mathbf z}\) \(\newcommand{\rvec}{\mathbf r}\) \(\newcommand{\mvec}{\mathbf m}\) \(\newcommand{\zerovec}{\mathbf 0}\) \(\newcommand{\onevec}{\mathbf 1}\) \(\newcommand{\real}{\mathbb R}\) \(\newcommand{\twovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\ctwovec}[2]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\threevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cthreevec}[3]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfourvec}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\fivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{r}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\cfivevec}[5]{\left[\begin{array}{c}#1 \\ #2 \\ #3 \\ #4 \\ #5 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\mattwo}[4]{\left[\begin{array}{rr}#1 \amp #2 \\ #3 \amp #4 \\ \end{array}\right]}\) \(\newcommand{\laspan}[1]{\text{Span}\{#1\}}\) \(\newcommand{\bcal}{\cal B}\) \(\newcommand{\ccal}{\cal C}\) \(\newcommand{\scal}{\cal S}\) \(\newcommand{\wcal}{\cal W}\) \(\newcommand{\ecal}{\cal E}\) \(\newcommand{\coords}[2]{\left\{#1\right\}_{#2}}\) \(\newcommand{\gray}[1]{\color{gray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\lgray}[1]{\color{lightgray}{#1}}\) \(\newcommand{\rank}{\operatorname{rank}}\) \(\newcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\col}{\text{Col}}\) \(\renewcommand{\row}{\text{Row}}\) \(\newcommand{\nul}{\text{Nul}}\) \(\newcommand{\var}{\text{Var}}\) \(\newcommand{\corr}{\text{corr}}\) \(\newcommand{\len}[1]{\left|#1\right|}\) \(\newcommand{\bbar}{\overline{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bhat}{\widehat{\bvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\bperp}{\bvec^\perp}\) \(\newcommand{\xhat}{\widehat{\xvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\vhat}{\widehat{\vvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\uhat}{\widehat{\uvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\what}{\widehat{\wvec}}\) \(\newcommand{\Sighat}{\widehat{\Sigma}}\) \(\newcommand{\lt}{<}\) \(\newcommand{\gt}{>}\) \(\newcommand{\amp}{&}\) \(\definecolor{fillinmathshade}{gray}{0.9}\)Note: This assignment is designed as a multi-source essay. Students will need at least one more class article in addition to the CQ Researcher “Universal Basic Income” report.
Develop and support a thesis about Universal Basic Income. Your essay must have at least three quotes from a total of at least two class articles. I recommend reading the articles more than once, referring to your annotations, and making additional notes as you reread.
Your essay should take the following format:
An introductory paragraph. Begin your essay in a way that will engage your reader. You might want to begin with a question, an anecdote, or a quote from one of the articles. Continue with some background information about your subject. Be concise, but give your reader an understanding of the issue that you will discuss in the body of your paper. Build to your thesis.
For this essay, your introductory paragraph does not need to include a summary of each article. This is not a summary response essay or a rhetorical analysis. This is not a single source essay. Instead, it is an essay in which you are using more than one source as you develop your original argument. You will choose where and how you introduce each source. You might want to summarize each article briefly in the introduction. This can work if you are only using two or three sources. You might want to summarize one primary article in the introduction and introduce the others throughout the essay. You might not summarize any of the articles in the introduction and instead introduce each source the first time you use it.
What is the issue? What are the points of view and complications? Give your readers the relevant background they need in order to begin the body of your essay.
Your thesis for this essay should be the last sentence of your introductory paragraph. Remember that you do not need to argue in favor of or against UBI. Instead, you need to develop a thesis that expresses your specific response to the issue/articles and that you can support in the body of your essay. You might argue that the issue is complicated and needs further exploration. Make an argument that you can support. Be sure that your thesis is narrow enough to be addressed in the body of a short essay and that your thesis is broad enough to work for the entire essay. As you develop your essay, you may need to rewrite your thesis or to add to or cut from the body of the paper so that you are writing a unified, coherent argument. You might want to start with the body paragraphs and explore your ideas and then develop your thesis and introduction paragraph.
Three to five body paragraphs. The body paragraphs of your essay should develop your thesis, exploring and building your argument. Each body paragraph should have a topic sentence that links to the thesis and specific examples or reasons that support the topic sentence. You might want to rewrite your topic sentences as you develop the content of each body paragraph.
The body of your essay needs to explore the complexity of the issue. Be sure that you are considering multiple points of view and addressing counterargument as appropriate. Incorporate paraphrases and quotations from the articles to support and explain your points. Again, you need at least three quotes total from at least two articles. Introduce each quote appropriately and quote accurately. Use the quote notes. You might also use specific examples from personal experience, observation, knowledge, or class discussion to support the argument of each body paragraph. (Be careful with personal examples. Make sure that they work within your essay and benefit your argument. In some cases, you might want to make personal examples hypothetical. For example, instead of When I get my paycheck . . . , try When some people get their paychecks . . . .) Be sure that you analyze your examples and your quote choices for a full, clear argument/discussion. Develop your support so that it supports!
Note – If you do not summarize an article in the introduction, explain the relevance of that article the first time you mention the article. Do not focus on summary. Focus on how the source authors’ points support or contradict or relate to your argument. Include an author’s full name and the title of the article the first time you refer to an article. After that, the author’s last name will suffice.
A concluding paragraph. The conclusion should emphasize and connect your main arguments and leave the reader thinking about the issue.
Rewriting and Revision. Your essay should demonstrate active rewriting and revision. Drafts can be handwritten or typed, sloppy, colorful, coffee-stained . . . . They should reflect your work. Experiment with adding, cutting, and rearranging for possibilities and strength. Proofread and edit for surface errors, especially errors that you are working on addressing such as sentence fragments and run-on sentences.
Internal Citations and Words Cited. Remember that an English 101 goal is the ability to use sources within an original argument. Work to acknowledge sources appropriately. Sometimes you will use a quote tag to introduce a quote. Sometimes you will use quote bits within your sentences. Use quotation marks whenever you choose to use another author’s words, and quote exactly. If you paraphrase, put the text aside and write with your own words and sentence structure. Paraphrases of authors’ words and ideas still need to reference the author. Add internal citations where necessary. You will also need a Works Cited page. We will work on Words Cited pages together.