Week Six Essay Draft Score Report
Important: Please note that your Essay Draft Assignment receives a score for completion. This score simply reflects whether you have successfully fulfilled the requirements of the assignment, listed below, and it is NOT a measure of the quality of your developing project. The purpose of this assignment and of my feedback is to provide guidance, direction, and recommendations for the shaping of your final essay?which WILL be scored for quality.
The completion criteria for this assignment were the following:
Length (5-7 pages) ? 75 Points
Reference Page ? 45 Points
Three References ? 30 Points
Score Report
Length: 75
Reference Page: 45
Three References: 30
TOTAL: 150
Comments
This is a generally well-written first draft; however, it is problematic in a couple of respects:
?Your focus should be on the lasting impact of slavery on some particular aspect of contemporary society; therefore, your thesis must reference a specific area of impact?one that is humanities-based (i.e. art, history, music, literature, or philosophy). In its current form, your thesis rather broadly asserts an impact society. This is not an appropriate thesis for this assignment. You must focus on a specific contemporary impact. For instance, you might focus on the impact of slavery on contemporary African American sculpture. Please revise both your thesis and the focus of your essay. Failure to do so can result is serious grade deductions on your final essay. I am concerned that this draft does not demonstrate attention to prior feedback.
?Much of your essay is expository rather than argumentative. Remember, exposition should only be employed in the service of argument. Avoid writing a simple history of slavery or a simple catalog of social injustice. These things are largely irrelevant if they are not tethered to specific argument.
?Your introduction must be a single paragraph and it must conclude with your thesis statement. You do not need to provide a rationale and your thesis should not be presented as a sentence contained under a separate heading. Please carefully review my handouts on introduction and thesis writing.
Reminders/Recommendations
? Please write in third person.
? Please continue to revise and refine your thesis. Take a moment to review my handout on thesis writing. Remember, your thesis must be a statement of argument.
? Please review proper APA formatting for citations and references. Remember, in addition to references and a reference page, you must provide appropriate in-text citations for all source derived work?including quoted, paraphrased and summarized.
Focus on argument rather than exposition. Remember, the goal of your essay is to argue your thesis.

Week Six Essay Draft Score Report
Important: Please note that your Essay Draft Assignment receives a score for completion. This score simply reflects whether you have successfully fulfilled the requirements of the assignment, listed below, and it is NOT a measure of the quality of your developing project. The purpose of this assignment and of my feedback is to provide guidance, direction, and recommendations for the shaping of your final essay?which WILL be scored for quality.
The completion criteria for this assignment were the following:
Length (5-7 pages) ? 75 Points
Reference Page ? 45 Points
Three References ? 30 Points
Score Report
Length: 75
Reference Page: 45
Three References: 30
TOTAL: 150
Comments
This is a generally well-written first draft; however, it is problematic in a couple of respects:
?Your focus should be on the lasting impact of slavery on some particular aspect of contemporary society; therefore, your thesis must reference a specific area of impact?one that is humanities-based (i.e. art, history, music, literature, or philosophy). In its current form, your thesis rather broadly asserts an impact society. This is not an appropriate thesis for this assignment. You must focus on a specific contemporary impact. For instance, you might focus on the impact of slavery on contemporary African American sculpture. Please revise both your thesis and the focus of your essay. Failure to do so can result is serious grade deductions on your final essay. I am concerned that this draft does not demonstrate attention to prior feedback.
?Much of your essay is expository rather than argumentative. Remember, exposition should only be employed in the service of argument. Avoid writing a simple history of slavery or a simple catalog of social injustice. These things are largely irrelevant if they are not tethered to specific argument.
?Your introduction must be a single paragraph and it must conclude with your thesis statement. You do not need to provide a rationale and your thesis should not be presented as a sentence contained under a separate heading. Please carefully review my handouts on introduction and thesis writing.
Reminders/Recommendations
? Please write in third person.
? Please continue to revise and refine your thesis. Take a moment to review my handout on thesis writing. Remember, your thesis must be a statement of argument.
? Please review proper APA formatting for citations and references. Remember, in addition to references and a reference page, you must provide appropriate in-text citations for all source derived work?including quoted, paraphrased and summarized.
Focus on argument rather than exposition. Remember, the goal of your essay is to argue your thesis.

“World War I” Please respond to the following: (Note: Please respond to one [1] of the following two [2] bulleted items in a primary posting of at least 125 words. In addition, please make a substantive comment to one [1] of your classmates.)

Examine three (3) of the major events that led to the outbreak of World War I. Explain the manner in which each of the events you have chosen contributed to starting the War. Provide a rationale for your response.

Explain the fundamental reasons behind the United States entering World War I in Europe. Discuss whether or not you believe these reasons warranted going to war. Provide a rationale for your response.