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Essay Plan
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26th Aug 2018, 5:00 PM
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This assignment consists of two tasks:
1. Essay PlanÂ
In your first task you will construct an essay plan for your essay (please refer to the example on your course Learn online site).
The essay plan will demonstrate how you will address the topic and the resources that you will use to do so. The plan will help you organise your thinking about the topic and can be revised in future based on further reading and feedback from your marker. Having an essay plan will help you write a more coherent and cohesive essay.
Essay Topics
· Describe the main social factors that influence attraction between people. Select one of these factors and describe the empirical support for its influence.
Then, interpret and analyse the topic you chose in terms of its key ideas and search for at least five (5) peer reviewed journal articles on the topic. Read the articles and write your essay plan. Your essay plan should be constructed in approximately 700 words to include the following:
In the introduction:Â
o provide the overview or context of the topic;Â
o specify your thesis statement (the focus of your essay or response to the topic);
o list the three or four main points that will be addressed in the essay; and
o outline the structure of the essay.
In the body section of the plan:
o write topic sentences to introduce your main points; and
o
iefly expand each topic sentence with a minimum of two (2) references to demonstrate to your tutor that you have critically read and understood the literature on this topic.
Include a reference list using the appropriate referencing style that is used in your school.
The Format and assessment criteria
Your work must be word-processed, written in font size 12, with a 3cm margin and with double-line spacing. American Psychological Association (6th edition) referencing conventions must be strictly adhered to both in the body of the essay plan for in-text citations and in the Reference List at the end of the plan. The recommended writing guide contains important information on APA style referencing & citation as well as how to prepare and present an essay.Â
The Essay Plan will be given a mark out of 15% of the total course grade, and you will be graded on the following criteria:
1. Topic analysis
2. Coherence and structure of plan
3. Clarity of expression
4. Relevance of references
5. Appropriate referencing
Note: A copy of the Ru
ic that will be used to help grade your work for the Essay Synopsis will be posted on the course website.
***More detailed information, including examples, will be provided in class***