English 1301 - Aguilar, Liz Ann: Annotated Bibliography

Essays are written in third person (the use of he/she/it) except for essay #1. All essays are double-spaced following the MLA heading and page guidelines. Essays are to be typed in 12 point, Times New Roman font and must follow all of the internal and work cited guidelines of MLA references. Each essay will include a brainstorming unless there is one specific brainstorming required in the instructions, a topic outline referencing your organization of the paper, and a works cited page.

TUTORING INFORMATION

You will be required to take each essay to a tutoring session at the SAC Writing Center (2nd floor Gonzales Hall)/SLAC (7th floor MLC) /the online tutoring program (Brain Fuse)/DSS Tutoring for DSS enrolled students/VA Tutoring for Veteran students. This tutor review will be factored into each of your essay grades, so schedule your tutor appointments ahead of time. When you meet with your tutor, please take this assignment packet and your paper, so that the tutor can identify what is being asked of you to write for each assignment. All of the rhetorical modes listed below are referenced in our class textbook.

For this definition essay, you will define one of the following topics: a) Cholesterol, b) Obesity, c) Drug-Addiction, d) Eating Disorders and focus your attention on explaining the topic and elaborating by identifying symptoms and treatments.  The paper length requirement is a minimum of three-typed pages with references from one journal article, website, and a newspaper article. References are cited in your paper and on the works cited page. A personal interview is allowed as an additional source if necessary, and you will select a brainstorming technique from those identified in our textbook. 

For this comparison and contrast essay, you will compare and contrast your favorite grocery store that you enjoy visiting with another type of store that focuses on the sales of organic foods. Some grocery stores can be located on the internet/within the city some examples include Sprouts, Natural Grocers, Whole Foods, and HEB Central Market. The length requirement is a minimum of three-typed pages. You will need to include references from a book, a peer-reviewed journal article, two websites, and a newspaper article/personal interview. You will need to include a brainstorming of a T-chart or Venn diagram.

For this argumentative essay, you will choose a topic of your choice, but it must follow the argumentation pattern referenced in our textbook. . The length requirement is a minimum of four-typed pages and you will need to include references from two journal articles, a book or a magazine, a website, and a personal interview.  You will need to include a brainstorming of a T-chart.