Reference no: EM131611136
Assignment: Informative Essay
The topic I have chosen for Writing Project is "how do Internet and social media affect the Quality of Education".
Cover Letter Specifics:
• Minimum 200 words (successful cover letters are often longer)
• Address letter to your instructor
• Answer at least 3 of the 6 questions below (where applicable) provide brief, specific examples of the following in your cover letter:
o What is your primary motivation or purpose for writing your draft? Who is your intended audience? What revisions did you make in order to improve how you accomplish this purpose and/or appeal to this audience?
o What feedback did you receive from your peers? How did you use this feedback to revise your draft? How do these revisions improve your draft?
o What feedback did you receive from other sources, such as your instructor or tutors? How did you use this feedback to revise your draft? How do these revisions improve your draft?
o What have you decided to revise in your draft, apart from feedback you received? Why? How do these revisions improve your draft?
o What problems or challenges did you encounter while writing or revising your draft? How did you solve them?
o What valuable lessons about writing effectively have you learned as a result of composing this project?
Place the cover letter at the beginning of your final draft, before the first page of your actual composition; delete your purpose statement
Draft Specifics:
• An essay informing the audience about some aspect of an issue, problem, or controversy related to the CORE READINGS, using and synthesizing ideas, concepts, information, and viewpoints found in 5 or more sources to support the thesis
• Clearly developed thesis statement focused on informing an audience about an significant aspect of the issue, problem, or controversy
• Objective and accurate representation of the ideas and information examined
• Accurate and well-reasoned interpretation and synthesis of the information and ideas discovered about the controversy or issue
• Use of at least 5 relevant and credible sources; at least 4 must be found using Ivy Tech Virtual Library databases. (No Print Sources.)
• Use of evidence from sources (at least 10 quotations and/or paraphrases), clearly discernible from each other and from the writer's voice and cited using correct in-text citations
• APA or MLA manuscript style, as specified by your instructor, with in-text citations and a References or Works Cited list including ALL sources used. (References or Works Cited list does not count in the minimum word-count requirement)
• Awareness of diverse audiences and use of respectful, inclusive language
• Observation of the conventions of Standard English 1250 words minimum for final draft (the minimum 200 words for the cover letter is not included in this count).