ENG 111 Documented Essay / What’s Next: A Look Ahead “Research is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is research is made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house, and a collection of facts is not necessarily research.” Henri Poincare This essay provides an introduction to research and using documented outside sources in your writing. Document means that you include reference information for sources in your essay and then list these citations at the end of the essay according to MLA style format.  For this essay you should write an essay presenting a “new” idea for readers that is supported by credible expert sources. You should not write report on an idea that readers know a lot about or are fairly familiar with. Note this: Your essay should offer readers something valuable about a chosen topic and your perspective on it—the guiding theme for this semester is this: What’s Next: A Look Ahead (your essay must consider what the future holds related to your issue or topic) The primary characteristic of this essay requires that you take an active role in selecting a topic that genuinely interests you and that you need or desire to know more about.  This is important. This essay is not a report or telling of facts about a topic that readers will not care about. To receive full credit, this essay should be written in four integrated sections: Create Context indicating a      reason to write about this particular topic Reveal a significant point      that readers will benefit knowing about Present common assumptions, beliefs, ideas then focus on a new perspective or point Support your ideas/claims with information and      relevant examples from credible      cited sources You should use 3 reputable and diverse sources (print or non-print current articles, books and reliable Internet websites). The authors of these sources should be credentialed (tell who they are and why we should believe them) in your essay and have credible reputations. You should use a Figure an image/photo/graph as part of your essay and one block passage (5 line or more passage from a source). You must integrate and credential quoted phrases and limit the citing of full sentences from these sources in your essay.  You must prepare and include a short properly MLA formatted Works Cited section for your essay . ...

1. ENG 111
Documented Essay
/
What’s Next: A Look Ahead
“Research is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is
research is made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house,
and a collection of facts is not necessarily research.”
Henri Poincare
This
essay
provides an introduction to research and using
documented
outside sources in your writing.
Document
means that you include reference information for sources
in your essay
and then list these citations at the end of the essay according to
MLA style
format.
For this essay you should
write an essay presenting a “new” idea for readers that is
supported by credible expert sources.

2. You
should not
write report on an idea that readers know a lot about or are
fairly familiar with.
Note this: Your essay should
offer
readers something valuable about a chosen topic and your
perspective on it—the guiding theme for this semester is this:
What’s Next: A Look Ahead
(your essay
must consider what the future holds
related to your issue or topic)
The primary characteristic of this essay requires that you take
an active role in selecting a topic that genuinely interests you
and that you
need
or
desire
to know more about. This is important.
This essay is
not
a report or telling of facts about a topic that readers will not
care about.
To receive full credit, this essay should be written in four
integrated
sections:
Create Context
indicating a reason to write about this particular topic

3. Reveal a significant point
that readers will benefit knowing about
Present common assumptions, beliefs, ideas then
focus on a new perspective or point
Support your ideas/claims with information and relevant
examples from
credible cited sources
You should use
3
reputable
and
diverse
sources (print or non-print current articles, books and reliable
Internet websites). The authors of these sources should be
credentialed (tell who they are and why we should believe them)
in your essay and have credible reputations. You should use
a
Figure
an image/photo/graph as part of your essay and
one block passage
(5 line or more passage from a source).
You must
integrate and credential quoted phrases
and limit the citing of full sentences from these sources in your
essay.
You must prepare and include a short properly
MLA formatted Works Cited
section for your essay
.