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ENG 130: Research Essay
Essay ENG 130: Research Essay
This assignment focuses on your ability to: evaluate researched source materials to be
academic, valid, and reliable; to incorporate research fluidly into an essay format; to cite researched
information properly in APA format.
The purpose of completing this assignment is: learning how to research valid and reliable
sources is an important lifelong skill for school, career, and personal life. You will need to know how
to synthesize researched information and present it effectively. As a student of Post, please be sure
you use this assignment to solidify your mastery of APA text citations. Ask your instructor questions!
Prompt (what you are writing about):
Who is August Wilson and how is society reflected in his Pittsburgh Cycle of Plays?
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Instructions (How to get it done):
Research August Wilson and The Pittsburgh Cycle of plays.
You must have at least two outside sources that are academic and reliable.
Create an essay that is at least two pages and relates the following information:
An understanding of who playwright August Wilson is
How society is reflected in Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle of plays
This is a research essay and not an argumentative essay.
Include direct quotes and paraphrases from your researched information only as needed.
Be sure that you have in text citations and corresponding reference citations for all quoted
material, paraphrased material, and newly researched material.
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Prompt (what you are writing about):
Who is August Wilson and how is society reflected in his Pittsburgh Cycle of Plays?
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Instructions (How to get it done):
Research August Wilson and The Pittsburgh Cycle of plays.
You must have at least two outside sources that are academic and reliable.
Create an essay that is at least two pages and relates the following information:
An understanding of who playwright August Wilson is
How society is reflected in Wilson's Pittsburgh Cycle of plays
This is a research essay and not an argumentative essay.
Include direct quotes and paraphrases from your researched information only as needed.
Be sure that you have in text citations and corresponding reference citations for all quoted
material, paraphrased material, and newly researched material.
Requirements:
Length and format: at least 2 pages.
The title page and reference page are also required, but they should not be factored into the 2
page length of the essay.
Essay should conform to APA formatting and citation style.
Use the third-person, objective voice, avoiding personal pronouns such as “l," "you," "we," etc.
Please use the above source and at least two outside sources to create a properly-formatted
APA reference page.
Use APA format for in-text citations and references when using outside sources and textual
evidence.
Please be cautious about plagiarism. Make sure to use in-text citations for direct quotes,
paraphrases, and new information.
Source: Fences by August Wilson (pages 1270-1331)
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Organization
Does Not Meet
Expectations
0-11
Many details are
not in a logical or
expected order.
The paper does
not use
paragraphs.
Evidence and
Support
Does not include
researched
evidence and/or
text support is not
cited.
Research Essay Rubric
Below
Needs
Satisfactory
Meets
Expectations Improvement
Expectations
12-13
14-15
16-17
18-20
Writing may have Writing has
Writing is
Writing is
little discernible
adequate organized and
effective,
organization, but discernible details are placed purposeful, and
some details are organization. in a logical order. well-organized.
not in a logical or Paragraphs are Paragraphs are Paragraphs are
expected order.
generally used
mostly used
used effectively.
The paper uses effectively.
effectively.
paragraphs
ineffectively.
Minimal
Researched
Researched
Researched
researched
evidence is used evidence is used evidence is
evidence is used from one outside from two outside insightfully
and/or has many
source and/or
sources and/or integrated from at
errors in citation
citation formatting citation formatting least two outside
formatting.
has some errors has some errors.
sources AND is
Evidence does not Most of the
Most of the
properly cited. All
relate to the correct evidence supports evidence supports
evidence supports
topic of the essay. the correct topic of the correct topic of the correct topic of
the essay.
the essay.
the essay.
The essay
The essay
The essay
The essay
demonstrates gaps
demonstrates that demonstrates that demonstrates that
in knowledge of the author, to a the author, for the the author fully
applied concepts certain extent, most part,
understands and
learned in the
understands and understands and has applied
course.
has applied
has applied
concepts learned
concepts learned
concepts learned
in the course.
in the course.
in the course. Concepts are
Some of the
integrated into the
conclusions,
writer's own
however, are not insights. The
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Knowledge
The essay
demonstrates that
the author has not
fully understood
and applied
concepts learned
in the course.
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academic.
Sentence structure
may be illogical or
unclear.
choice reveals
some
understanding of
academic
language
requirements.
Many sentence
structure issues
exist.
language is
upheld. The
sentence structure
is often logical and
clear so that
relationships
among ideas are
established.
academic word
choices.
Sentence
structure is mostly
logical and clear.
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CUTTUSIND,
however, are not
supported in the
body of the paper.
WOW
insights. The
writer provides
concluding
remarks that show
analysis and
synthesis of ideas.
Free of errors in: 1
inch margins,
correctly formatted
APA
Format
APA format is not
followed.
title page,
Errors evident
Errors evident in
throughout all of three to four of the
the areas: 1 inch areas of: 1 inch
margins, correctly margins, correctly
formatted title
formatted title
page, correctly page, correctly
formatted
formatted
reference page,
reference page,
double spacing,
double spacing,
Times New
Times New
Roman, 12 font. Roman, 12 font.
Grammar, spelling, Several errors in
punctuation, and grammar,
mechanics errors punctuation,
occur throughout spelling and
document. Word mechanics
choices are seldom present. Word
Errors evident in
one to two of the
areas of: 1 inch
margins, correctly
formatted title
page, correctly
formatted
reference page,
double spacing,
Times New
Roman, 12 font.
Some spelling,
grammar,
punctuation and
mechanical errors
are evident.
Academic
correctly formatted
reference page,
double spacing,
Times New
Roman, 12 font.
Grammar and
Mechanics
Grammar and
mechanics' errors
make the essay
incomprehensible.
Free of
punctuation,
spelling, grammar,
and other
mechanical errors.
Consistent use of
choice reveals
academic
Sentence structure
language is
upheld. The
academic word
choices.
some
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