DEANZA Tech Companies Responsibility to Create Environmentally Products Essay

Task:

For this essay, you will work on an expository argument paper that is supported by research on a current issue in technology.

Topics:

1. Write a 1200+ word argument essay that discusses whether we should fear the rise of technology or are the critics of tech creating unnecessary hysteria?

2. Write a 1200+ word argument essay that addresses the question: Do you think we should embrace or fear AI technology in the workplace? Why/why not?

3. Write a 1200+ word argument essay that addresses the question: Do you think there should be stricter laws against Social Media and Websites collecting & selling “big data” on you? Why/Why not?

4. Write a 1200+ word argument essay that addresses the question: Should the Universal Declaration of Human Rights extend to robots or AI? Why/Why not?

5. Write a 1200+ word argument essay that addresses the question: Do you think tech companies have a responsibility to create environmentally conscious products? Why/why not?

6. Pick a topic you find interesting to take an argumentative stance on

Project Requirements and Breakdown

1. Must be at least 1200 words

2. Must contain 3 quotes from our class texts(TED talks, Descender, or any of the articles read in class)

https://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_connected_but_alone/up-next

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/mar/18/artificial-intelligence-humans-computers

3. Must contain 3 outside sources

4. Must follow MLA in-text and Works Cited formulas

5. Should contain all the elements of an Essay

6. Have a Topic + Comment Thesis

7. Have a rebuttal

8. Say something new on the topic or bring a new perspective to the topic

A Successful Essay Will Have

Introduction:

* A title specific to the topic

* An attention-getter

* Background on the topic (please make it clear which prompt you are answering)

* End with your thesis

* A clearly stated thesis (your opinion – your 1-2 sentence response to the essay prompt) which speaks to the “so what” of the issue and is not merely a list-plan of development.

Body:

* Topic sentence that is related to the thesis

* Supporting evidence

* Quotes from the text (Remember to cite the quotes)

* Consideration of and rebuttal against the other side of the topic

Conclusion:

* DO NOT bring up a new topic

* A suggestion of the consequences of your position for society, readers, individuals, what you want to happen in the future, or how the author might feel about your position, etc.

Works Cited Page

• That cites all sources using current MLA guidelines.

MLA WORKS CITED EXAMPLES:

• Format:

Example:

Evaluation Criteria for Your Essay:

I will use the following criteria to evaluate your position paper:

1. Have you engaged the readers’ interest at the beginning and throughout the paper?
2. Have you chosen an arguable position and defined it carefully (e.g. placing the issue in its historical or cultural context, citing specific instances to make the issue seem less abstract, or establishing or redefining the terms of the debate)?
3. Have you organized your paper into an introduction, body (containing several paragraphs), and conclusion?
4. Have you included at the end of the introduction a thesis statement that asserts a clear, unequivocal position on the issue you have chosen and, possibly, forecasts the stages of the argument, identifying the main reason or reasons that you will develop and support in the essay?
5. Have you given reasons why readers should take your position seriously?
6. Have you organized your reasons into a logical order (e.g. placing the strongest reason last and the second-strongest reason first, with the other reasons in the middle)?
7. Have you supported each reason with examples, facts, analogies, statistics, anecdotes, or quotes from
8. authorities? Remember: you need 3 quotes from the readings.
9. Have you anticipated readers’ questions and their positions on an issue, counterarguing as needed?
10. Have you signaled explicitly the move from one topic to the next using forecasting statements, transitions, topic sentences, rhetorical questions, and/or summaries?
11. Have you cited at least 5 quotes in your essay, using MLA in-text (parenthetical) citation strategies correctly?
12. Have you integrated the sources into your essay, using signal phrases to introduce long quotations or incorporating shorter quotations into the sentences smoothly?
13. Have you included an MLA Works Cited at the end of your essay?
14. Are the sentences clear and correct?
15. Is the essay between 1200+ words. Longer papers will be returned for editing.