On the Pleasure of hating By William Hazlitt
The files that have been uploaded is the essay “On the Pleasure of Hating” by William Hazlitt which is the essay that has been picked to write about & the 2nd file is an example of an A essay to the professor.
Argumentation
Prompt: Why is your essay considered a great essay (or not)?
For Essay #3, I want you to pick one of the essays from Diyannis One Hundred Great Essays and determine why it should (or should not) be considered a great essay. You may want to explore the author, the essays intended audience, the time period of the essay and its significance for that period (does it still hold up today?), or you may want to take issue with the author and her/his essay by identify its flaws.
Some other requirements:
Since you have been arguing and responding to these essays all semester, you have the ability (and understanding) to determine the value of the essay that you choose to analyze for this paper. I trust that you can make your own way through the research and find what is important to you. In doing so, you will then critically inform your readers as to why this essay is great (or not). However you may want to argue this question, you will need to make sure that you have a strong thesis statement that helps guide your argument throughout this research paper.
In the process of defining a successful essay, you will have to do research, so make sure to CITE source per MLA formatting guidelines. The definition of a successful essay can be completely your ownthough you might want to make it interesting, and make sure it will lead you to an interesting analysis of the essay. At any rate, youll want to identify one particular definition (it may have several parts to it, but try to make sure they connect together nicely), a definition that is focused (it will be a mistake to make your definition too broad).
Purpose:
Provide a thesis that states your assertion and support that thesis with detailed examples from external texts used. Make sure not to be too limited nor too broad in your claim. Using various outside sources according to MLA format is required, both form the texts used in class and from outside sources such as online databases. Provide reasons (analysis) for why you have used your support (research) and how it relates to and supports your claim. Categorize and compare or contrasts the writers ideas and observations. Include any of your own experiences with the topic to further develop your paragraphs (personal insight). Organize your information effectively so as to prompt easy, concise reading. Provide specific topic sentences at the start of each major unit of information (body paragraphs), and make sure each topic sentence directly relates to and supports your thesis. While the topic at hand and the presentation of your argument are primary, do not ignore the mechanics of your writing (grammar and punctuation).
Audience:
Assume that your readers are representatives from a student counsel at school. They know little about the podcast you are discussion and have ask that you present a claim about it to them.
Guidelines for the essay:
A minimum of 3 to 5 full pages
Use of standard MLA formatting
Works Cited page
A Successful Argumentative Essay Will have:
Effective introduction and conclusion
Clear, concise presentation of your claim (thesis statement)
Logical organization of ideas
Proper use of topic sentences
Support via outside sources from the class texts and from legitimate sources such as online databases
A properly formatted works cited page
Coherent writing and structure appropriate for the college level
Careful proofreading and editing
