Requirements: 1) Begin by defining a larger concept and then use three examples to illustrate this definition. This does not have to be like a regular dictionary definition; rather, it might be a claim about what this concept entails. (i.e. College is obviously about schooling, but it is also about personal and social development as well as preparing for a career.) 2) You must use at least two sources for your definition paper, and these should be included in a works cited page at the end of the paper. Both of these sources must be cited internally in your paper as well, either through quote or paraphrase. These sources can be general web sources or they might be articles from The Mercury Reader (we will work on using the library’s resources for our next paper). 3) The paper must be a minimum of three pages long, not including the works cited. 4) You may use one personal example in your body paragraphs, but for the most part, we are going to do our best to avoid “I”, “you”, and “we” in this paper. Instead, work on using more specific terms and examples that move outside your own experience. What kind of sources should I use? One of your sources may be a definition from a dictionary or some other source to begin the paper, but this is not a requirement. Also, both of your sources cannot be definitions; at least one should be an example. The other way to integrate sources into this paper is to find examples to show your point. If you are writing about “education”, for example, you could use Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave” to make a point about how education is more about the process of being educated than it is about the environment where the education takes place. You could also do some Google searches and find some different examples and opinions about what makes an education Please make sure your paper meets the following requirements: The paper should be at least 3 pages long. The paper should include at least two sources (none of which should be Wikipedia, About.com or any such websites). The paper should cite each of the source internally and should have a Works Cited page with proper MLA citations for each source. The paper should avoid “I”, “you” and “we” for the most part. (Though you are allowed one personal example in the paper and this might take up a full paragraph)
