CONSEQUENCE ESSAY EXTRA CREDIT

--Note that full credit is NOT automatic… all requirements would have to be met.

--Each of the following forms of evidence counts does not count as one of 7 required sources.

--You may claim extra credit for each type of evidence, but only once.

 

Information Graphic: Table, Pie Chart, Bar Graph, or Line Graph

(up to 1.5 points)

 

You are to create or take from an online source a table, chart, or graph and directly integrate such into the text of your essay. Note that graphic cannot be used to extend the length of your essay if it falls short of page count. Make sure to read “Incorporating Graphics into Your Argument” (196-197) for clarification on usage.

 

Requirements:

·        Graphic MUST serve a worthwhile purpose—data must be relevant to your subject matter and be relatively complex enough to merit visual representation (for instance, don’t create a pie chart that has two slices!).

·        Graphic should be integrated with text: text should run on one side of the graphic unless the graphic is quite large… spans the width of page.

·        Graphic must have a title preceded by either of these labels: Figure 1 or Table 1.

·        You must reference graphic in your text by label: (see Figure 1) (see Table 1).

·        Depending on the type of graphic, you may need to use colors or shading, to label columns or rows, to graduate axes, and/or include a legend.

·        At bottom of graphic or in your text, include parenthetical note. You must cite the graphic even if you created it as you’re using someone else’s data.

 

Interview

          (up to 1.5 points)

 

My definition of interview is quite liberal: you can submit questions online (e-mail or instant messenger), make a phone call, or schedule a face-to-face interview. Whomever you pose questions to must have clear and relevant authority to your subject matter. You may find yourself reluctant to ask questions, but believe it or not most people will be willing to answer questions, especially if they know you’re gathering evidence for an academic assignment. An actual person-to-person interview is likely to yield the best evidence. Make sure to reread “Gathering Data from Interviews” (102-103). Beware getting carried away: you may collect a great deal of material from your interview, but don’t depend too greatly on the words of your interviewee throughout your essay; simply put, you interviewee is only one source.

 

Requirements:

·        In your text, make sure to clarify for readers why the person you’re interviewing has authority/is trustworthy.

·        Submit your list of questions in typed form (staple this to essay) and include interviewee’s answers (either typed or handwritten). If you have a voice record, an MP3 file or a cassette tape, you may submit that instead.

·        Include contact information of the interviewee in the form of an e-mail address and/or phone number—I need to be able to verify the interview took place.

·        Make sure to use proper MLA bibliographic citation for interview: page 386.