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privacy essay english 10

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Guidelines for the Persuasive Essay

TOPIC: Your topic should address some aspect of “the right to privacy”.  Look to family, friends, and acquaintances and seek to find an issue in their lives which addresses or violates this idea.  This class is built around the idea of understanding (and sometimes questioning!) authority, so use this idea as your guide in deciding a topic.  Your subject should be of interest to you with your goal being advancing your knowledge and, in the end, persuading your reader to see your point of view on this issue.  Your final goal is to present an issue, through the lens of your interview source, and then spending both times weighing in on the issue before finally making your own interpretation: where do you stand on the right to privacy in this case?

AUDIENCE: Your paper should be understood by a broader audience than scholars. You will have to explain concepts and not expect your audience to understand in-house jargon, multiple sides of the issue, and possible choices for future action.  For example, should your paper be based around an arrest, you don’t want to spend the entire paper knee-deep in legal terminology.  Remember, your audience is your peers.

FORMAT: Length – 5-7 double-spaced pages of text (not including graphics, cover page, appendices, or reference page). Ten “rambling” pages is not better than 7 clear, fully-developed pages.

MARGINS: One-inch top, bottom, left, right.

COVER (title) PAGE: In APA style (which should include your name, course, date, and my name). A title is one that should give your audience a good idea of what your paper is about – not tease your audience. For example: The Internet – Changing the Way Students Learn and Teachers Teach.

THESIS: Must be included in the introduction, generally at the end of the introductory material. Use subheadings, where appropriate, to separate different aspects of your paper which support your controlling idea (your thesis). The body of your paper should provide supporting evidence to support your thesis, in a logical fully developed, consistent manner. For each new topic which supports your overall thesis, provide a topic sentence or two which is, in effect, the thesis for that subtopic which supports your controlling idea for the whole paper.

PAGINATION: Put page numbers in top right hand corner of each page, including the cover page. Also, include your last name and the abbreviated title: Smith – Internet 2

SOURCES: Use a minimum of 7 varied sources – for example, journals, internet sources, interviews. Books (often outdated by the time they are published) are generally poor sources for subjects except as background information. Trade magazines or special interest group sources have built-in biases. Check the source of all information for reliability. Is the internet site sanctioned by a reputable institution or organization? Is the person interviewed experienced in your subject? Does he/she have a built-in bias you need to address in your paper? What biases of your own may you have to be aware of to produce a scholarly look at this subject?

Follow the standard current APA style for documenting the sources in your text. Use parenthetical citations (citation information in text between parenthesis). Give parenthetical citation information for quotations AND paraphrases. Include page number for direct quotes. APA requires the date be included in in-text citations:

 

 

As Lester (1993) stated, “beware of biased reporting. In general, scholarly journals offer more reliable evidence than magazines” (p. 89).

OR

As Lester stated, “beware of biased reporting. In general, scholarly journals offer more reliable evidence than magazines” (1993, p. 89).

Paraphrased version: Magazines written for the general public tend to have less objective information than that found in scholarly journals (Lester, 1993).

Note: No page number is necessary for paraphrases. Paraphrasing is restating in your own words the author’s EXACT meaning – not just rearranging words in the author’s original text. You can embed a short quote of a key phrase in a paraphrased material and give the page number of the quote.

It is poor form to begin a paragraph or sentence with a quotation – letting the source speak for you instead of incorporating the source into your text.

Use quotes judiciously – only when paraphrasing will make the statement unclear or a kernel of an idea is so perfectly stated that trying to paraphrase in your own words will ruin the impact of the statement. See the APA form for how to handle long quotes (I expect FEW).

A writer of a research paper should synthesize the information gained from sources and weave them into a discourse, using the sources as evidence to support key points. A paper which is just a string of quotes shows that the author made no attempt to come to grips with the subject, but is just regurgitating information.

CONCLUSION : Should not be a regurgitation of your whole paper, but should give it closure. Some summation is OK – echoing your main theme. Your conclusion could project into the future of the technology or research, if appropriate.

REFERENCE PAGE: In APA style. Rely on an APA style manual for the exact style of citation for various sources. If you’re unsure about a particular source, we can discuss.

APPENDICES: Graphics or charts should only be used if they can clarify some concept in your paper. Don’t use them just for a flashy effect. If you include large graphics or charts, include each in a separate appendix page and label each one A, B, C, and so on. Refer to such appendices in-text where you discuss the issue.

Good luck!!!

 

 

Privacy Paper: Topic Selection

 

The first component to your essay is in choosing a topic.  Again, our papers will address the issue of the right to privacy.

 

With this in mind, it’s helpful to begin by brainstorming a list.  Who in your life has undergone some violation of privacy, or has caused an issue of privacy, that you’re interested in?  You may interpret this idea of “privacy” however you will, but a suggested list to work with includes:

 

Parents

Friends

Grandparents

Parents of friends

 

Again, you may interpret the idea however you wish, and no matter which topic you choose, it will have to be approved by me before you proceed.  But these basic ideas are a good place to start.

 

Brainstorm a list of people you know who may have experienced any of these things.  Your goal is to find someone close to you, available for interviews, who has experienced a major change in his/her life.

 

As you consider this, ask: who would be willing to sit with you for at least 2 separate interviews?  It’s wonderful if your great-great uncle fits the bill perfectly for your essay, but it’s not going to work if he lives in London and you only see him on Christmas.  You want someone who you can schedule a time with, and soon, for an interview about your topic.

 

Once you’ve completed your interview and begin writing, you will need to do at least one follow-up interview.  It would be preferable for this to be in-person as well.

 

 

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