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abdultahnani930First, read the following writing prompt carefully, making a list in your own words of what topics you need to discuss in your essay:
“The film All The President’s Men and Greenstein’s article on direct and circumstantial evidence provide us with several examples of the way humans try to find the meaning of facts and the truth about events.
Assume that you must rewrite Greenstein’s article, using three or four scenes from the film All The President’s Men to illustrate Greenstein’s main idea.
· Which film scenes would you use?
· What is the conclusion Greenstein should draw from those film scenes about gathering and assessing evidence?”
Second, reread the following article:
Greenstein, Richard K. “Determining Facts: The Myth of Direct Evidence.” 45 Houston Law Review 1801 (Winter, 2009). Temple Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-68. Web.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1116644
Third, list the main ideas Greenstein makes in his article, preparing a list of the required four quotations for your essay.
Fourth, watch the following film with Greenstein’s main ideas in mind, taking notes as you view the film so that you can find the connections the writing prompt asks you to discuss:
Coblenz, Walter (Producer) & Pakula, Alan J. (Director). (1976). All The President’s Men. (Motion picture). United States: Warner Bros.
Fifth, construct a detailed outline which tracks the writing prompt.
Sixth, meet with your instructor to discuss your outline.
Seventh, meet with a Writing Center tutor to review your outline.
Eighth, write a complete draft of your essay, being sure to comply with the following Basic Instructions:
Basic instructions: Your 750 to 1,000-word essay (three-four pages) should meet each of the following content and format requirements:
· Create a thesis that focuses your essay, supported by well-organized paragraphs and a well-reasoned conclusion
· Include at least four short quotations from the assigned readings to support the reasoning in your essay
· Document all primary and secondary sources according to the Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA) method of documentation with parenthetical citations everywhere you quote, paraphrase, or summarize
· Include a Work(s) Cited/Reference section at the end of your paper, and a header with your name, course number and section, and date
· Be word-processed, double-spaced, in 12 point font with no more than one inch margins all around, and be free of spelling and grammatical errors
Ninth, review that essay with a Writing Center tutor.
Tenth, submit your essay (as a Word document) to your instructor, at [email protected] prior to 10:30 a.m. on Friday, 10 April 2015.
First, read the following writing prompt carefully, making a list in your own words of what
topics
you
need to
discu
ss
in your essay:
“
The film
All The President’s Men
and Greenstein’s article on direct and circumstantial evidence
provide us with several examples of the way humans try to find the meaning of facts and the truth
about e
vents.
Assume that you must rewrite Greenstein’s article, using
three or four
scenes
from the film
All The
President’s
Men
to
illustrate Greenstein’s main idea.
·
Which film scenes would you use?
·
What is the conclusion Greenstein should draw from
those film scenes about gathering and
assessing evidence?
”
Second
, reread the following article:
Greenstein, Richard K. “Determining Facts: The Myth of Direct Evidence.” 45
Houston Law Review
1801 (Winter, 2009).
Tem
ple Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008
-
68. Web.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1116644
Third
, list the main ideas Greenstein makes in his article, preparing a list of the required four quotations
for your essay.
Fourth
, watch the following film with Greenstein
’s main ideas in mind,
taking notes as you view the film
so that you can find the connections the writing prompt as
ks you to discuss:
Coblenz, Walter (Producer) & Pakula, Alan J. (Director). (1976).
All The President’s Men
. (Motion
picture). United States
: Warner Bros.
F
ifth
, construct a detailed outline which tracks the writing prompt.
Sixth, meet with your instructor to discuss your outline.
Seventh, meet with
a
Writing Center
tutor to review your outline
.
Eighth, write a complete draft of your essay
, being sure to comply with the following Basic Instructions:
Basic instructions:
Your
750 to 1
,000
-
word essay (three
-
four pages)
should meet each of the following
content
and format
requirements:
·
C
reate a thesis that
focuses
your
essay
, suppor
ted by well
-
organized paragraphs
and a well
-
reasoned conclusion
·
Include at least
four
short quotations from the assigned readings to support the reasoning in
your essay
·
D
ocument all primary and secondary sources according to the M
o
dern Language Association
(MLA)
or American Psychological Association (APA)
method of
d
ocumentation
with
p
are
nthetical citations everywhere you quote, paraphrase, or summarize
First, read the following writing prompt carefully, making a list in your own words of what topics you
need to discuss in your essay:
“The film All The President’s Men and Greenstein’s article on direct and circumstantial evidence
provide us with several examples of the way humans try to find the meaning of facts and the truth
about events.
Assume that you must rewrite Greenstein’s article, using three or four scenes from the film All The
President’s Men to illustrate Greenstein’s main idea.
Which film scenes would you use?
What is the conclusion Greenstein should draw from those film scenes about gathering and
assessing evidence?”
Second, reread the following article:
Greenstein, Richard K. “Determining Facts: The Myth of Direct Evidence.” 45 Houston Law Review
1801 (Winter, 2009). Temple Univ. Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2008-68. Web.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1116644
Third, list the main ideas Greenstein makes in his article, preparing a list of the required four quotations
for your essay.
Fourth, watch the following film with Greenstein’s main ideas in mind, taking notes as you view the film
so that you can find the connections the writing prompt asks you to discuss:
Coblenz, Walter (Producer) & Pakula, Alan J. (Director). (1976). All The President’s Men. (Motion
picture). United States: Warner Bros.
Fifth, construct a detailed outline which tracks the writing prompt.
Sixth, meet with your instructor to discuss your outline.
Seventh, meet with a Writing Center tutor to review your outline.
Eighth, write a complete draft of your essay, being sure to comply with the following Basic Instructions:
Basic instructions: Your 750 to 1,000-word essay (three-four pages) should meet each of the following
content and format requirements:
Create a thesis that focuses your essay, supported by well-organized paragraphs and a well-
reasoned conclusion
Include at least four short quotations from the assigned readings to support the reasoning in
your essay
Document all primary and secondary sources according to the Modern Language Association
(MLA) or American Psychological Association (APA) method of documentation with
parenthetical citations everywhere you quote, paraphrase, or summarize