History 371HON
Fall 2014
Devine/Thompson
Paper Assignment #2 Option B
This essay is due Sunday, December 7th. You may email
your essay to me as an email attachment. If you did not submit an Option A paper, you must complete this assignment.
If you are submitting this essay as
a draft and intend to work
with a writing tutor on a revision of your essay, you should aim to submit your
essay by Tuesday, December 2nd so
that you will have sufficient time to complete your revisions. Regardless of
when you meet with your tutor, all final versions are due by December 16th.
To make an appointment, call the
History Department at 818.677.3566. Appointments may be difficult to get this
time of the semester, so try to call as soon as you can.
All students are welcome to make an
appointment with me to go over a draft before submitting a revision and
the same deadline will apply.
How
Long?
• Papers MUST 1500
words.
Format?
• Typed, double-spaced, 12-point font with one-inch margins
all around.
• Please remember to number your pages.
• Give your essay a title that indicates what the paper is
about. (Something more revealing than “Essay #2” or “All Souls”) Clever titles
will be duly noted.
• Base your essay entirely
on the assigned course reading. You should not draw on any outside sources.
How to cite?
If you are quoting directly from a
source, cite the author and page number in parentheses within the body of the
text, i.e. (MacDonald, 47). All direct quotes MUST be in quotation marks and
must be cited. Paraphrases of ideas drawn from the readings MUST also be cited.
How
will I be graded?
You will be graded on:
1) focus (does the paper make a clear argument that answers the
question posed in the prompt?)
2) evidence (do you back up your argument with specific information
from the reading and class discussion?)
3) coherence (is your argument consistent? do all of your sentences and
paragraphs make sense? do your paragraphs flow in a logical order?)
4) scope (does your paper deal with the question in appropriate depth
and breadth? or is your argument superficial and backed up only with the most
obvious evidence that we went over in class?)
If you have any questions or are in
any way unsure about what you are being asked to do, be sure to speak with me
via email or in person.
THE
ASSIGNMENT
Answer
ONE of the following questions:
[In answering, do not simply assert your opinion. Use specific
evidence in the book that shows why the residents of Southie
found it so difficult to escape a life of poverty. Were there governmental structures that kept
them from improving their situation?
Were there forces beyond their control that limited their options? Did they themselves make bad decisions that
closed off opportunities for a better life?]