The academic essay Assignment
in this unit will be a written, cohesive argument for the change in your
community or workplace that you have been writing about throughout the course.
The Assignment should take the form of a persuasive academic essay, in which
you will provide reliable evidence from at least four sources to support the
argument for change that you are advocating. You will also need to address a
counter-argument or misconception about your topic within the essay, as the
ability to do so is a key component of a strong argument. Essentially, the
essay will reflect what you have learned about writing effectively, using
research, and creating a logical argument to influence an audience.
In accordance with Kaplan
University’s plagiarism policy, students must not self-plagiarize by submitting
an Assignment for two different grades; therefore, you must not submit a paper
for this Assignment that has been graded in whole or in part for another class,
whether at Kaplan or another institution. For further insights on
self-plagiarism, please review KUWC’s resource, “Self-Plagiarism”
(podcast or transcript).
Podcast:http://www.screencast.com/users/KUWC/folders/Effective%20Writing%20Podcasts%20%282011%29/media/fcf54eb3-d161-421a-b200-ed0fb98d96e5
Transcript:https://kucampus.kaplan.edu/DocumentStore/Docs11/pdf/WC/Self_plagiarism_podcast_draft.pdf
Your persuasive essay will
need to meet the following criteria:
·
APA 6th Edition format for the
document, including an appropriately formatted title page and References page
·
A thesis statement at the end
of the introduction paragraph
·
Well-developed paragraphs that
include evidence from sources to support your argument for a specific change in
your community or workplace
·
Four reliable sources should
be cited within the text of the Assignment; at least one of the cited sources
should be either a book/ebook or a periodical article, preferably from the
Kaplan Library.
·
All cited sources need to have
full citations on a References page (except for any interviews you conduct,
which only require in-text citations)
·
Standard American English and
a formal tone throughout the writing
·
Only the third person point of
view should be used
Achieving the above criteria
should be your main goal with your academic essay. A strong and well-supported
argument will be at least 4 pages (1,000 words long), not including the title
page and references page.
If you are interested in
receiving feedback on a draft version of your persuasive essay, reach out to
Kaplan University Writing Center for tutoring services. You can find further
information about the available services on the KUWC website: Paper Review
and Q&A Services. Also, review the following KUWC resources for guidance on
APA manuscript formatting, APA citation formatting, using evidence from
sources, and revising:
·
KUWC: “Common Citations in APA
Format”
·
KUWC: “Citing Sources
Tutorial” (video)
·
KUWC: “APA Sample Title Page”
(video or PDF)
·
KUWC: “What is Plagiarism?”
(podcast or transcript)
·
KUWC: “80/20 Principle”
(podcast or transcript)
·
KUWC: “Revision Strategies:
Post-Draft Outlining” (podcast or transcript)
Click the following link to
access the grading rubric your instructor will use when assessing your
Assignment: Unit 8 Assignment Rubric.
Click the following link to
see a sample Assignment: Unit 8 Assignment Sample.
Turnitin Analysis
A special feature is available
to help you with reviewing your Unit 8 Assignment for plagiarism. When you
submit your Assignment to the Unit 8 Dropbox, it will automatically be analyzed
by the plagiarism detection tool, Turnitin. Soon after you submit your
Assignment, you will be able to view the Turnitin Originality Report.
Originality Reports provide a summary of matching or highly similar text found
in a submitted paper. When an Originality Report is available for viewing, an
icon will appear in the report column of the Assignment Inbox. Originality
Reports are only available in the Inbox. For this reason, you will need to
download the report prior to the grading of the Unit 8 Assignment. To do this,
click on the print icon at the bottom of the Originality Report. This will
prepare a readable, PDF version of the Originality Report that you can save to
your computer.
