ENGL 102 MC Asylum Seekers/ Refugees/Migrants Essay
Definition Argument (Words: 1200-1500)
Using MLA or APA format and citation style, including three (3) sources, write a definition argument in which you limit, expand, clarify the meaning of a contested/ambiguous term.
The body paragraphs should include examples that support your definition, and/or give examples that are purported to fit the dictionary/legal/philosophical definition but do not. The body should include transitions and topic sentences to aid in coherence and unity, and support—both major and minor. Integrate authoritative sources to support your claims and cite them both parenthetically and in a works cite/reference list.
- Your introduction or first body paragraph can talk about the etymology and standard definitions.
- The next section of your essay can give examples of how the term is misused/misunderstood/conflated.
- The final part of your body can give representative examples of accurate uses of the term, and why accuracy is important.
- The conclusion should remind the reader of your thesis and give the big picture or answer the “so-what” question. What have you learned about definitions/language and their import to society?
Sources should be parenthetically cited and listed in a works cited list
Introduce all borrowed material (including paraphrases and summaries).
***Remember your paper requires your analysis and opinion; it should not be a summary or paraphrase of another source.
Do not begin a sentence with a quote.
End borrowed material with a parenthetical citation.
Never end paragraphs with quotes, paraphrases, or summaries.
Capitalize the first letter of each significant word in titles.
Italicize titles of books, journals, magazines, newspapers, films in the essay and in the works cited/reference list.
Use quotation marks around titles of articles in journals, magazines, newspapers, short stories, book chapters, poems, and songs (for MLA Style).
NB) Write on the contested topic;
Asylum seekers/Refugees/Migrant
