Thursday, April 17, 2014

Final Exam Prompt and Essays

Final Exam Essays

Up Against Wal-Mart by Karen Olsson


Final Exam Prompt
For this exam, you need to write an essay about the article you have chosen to work with. To do this, you need to read the article, formulate an argument, and be prepared to use examples from the text to support your claim. Make sure to use all the skills we have worked on this semester: your essay should have a solid intro and thesis, some summary and evaluation of the article, quotes and examples to support your argument, and a good conclusion that restates your main point. You may agree with the article, disagree with the article, or both agree and disagree with the article. There is no minimum page requirement, but it should be apparent from the length of your essay that you have written for most of the exam period.
Your essay should include:
➮ An intro and thesis statement that clearly tells the reader the main point of your essay.
➮ A brief summary of the article.
➮ Some evaluation of the article.
➮ Quotes and examples from the article to support your thesis.
➮ A conclusion that restates your main points and ties in to your thesis.

 *If you type your essay on a laptop, you may email it to me at emilywhitby1@weber.edu.  Check with me before you leave to make sure I’ve received it.
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10 comments:

  1. UnknownApril 20, 2014 at 12:40 PM

    Which article are you planning to write about? I think I'll write about "The Antidepressant Generation. "

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    1. AnonymousApril 20, 2014 at 9:59 PM

      I'm actually pretty interested in that article myself, but I'm still kind of undecided. I guess I had better get my act together and pick one! I running out of time!
      - Maddie Walters

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    2. AnonymousApril 21, 2014 at 3:17 PM

      I wrote about this article. It was interesting learning about depression in students rather then older men and women like we see in commercials.
      Evan Capron

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  2. AnonymousApril 20, 2014 at 8:11 PM

    Good luck everyone.
    Omar Cuevas

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    1. AnonymousApril 20, 2014 at 9:09 PM

      Thanks Omar! I agree good luck everyone! :)
      Sydney Medsker

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    2. Austin tannerApril 21, 2014 at 5:16 AM

      Thanks so much, you too!

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  3. AnonymousApril 20, 2014 at 8:35 PM

    Aside from the fact that I need to hit my quota for responses in this blog, these are some great topics to write about for the Final Essay.
    -Tanner Adams

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    1. AnonymousApril 20, 2014 at 9:10 PM

      I totally agree! I thought all the essay topics were very interesting! Good choices Professor Whitby!
      Sydney Medsker

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  4. AnonymousApril 20, 2014 at 9:54 PM

    I'm probably blowing this way out of proportion, but I was really worried about this final write up. After looking at these topics, I'm feeling much better about it. They seem very doable...but I'm not going to lie, I'm still stressing about it :)
    - Maddie Walters

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  5. Austin tannerApril 21, 2014 at 5:15 AM

    Good luck everyone! May your finals be ever in your favor!

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