Posted: December 18th, 2015

Minimum 200 words (successful cover letters are often longer)

Part One:  Cover Letter

• Minimum 200 words (successful cover letters are often longer)
• Address letter to your instructor
• Describe, explain, and (where applicable) provide brief, specific examples of the following in your cover letter:

o   The feedback you received from your peers and how you revised your first draft based on that feedback

o   The content you have changed to address Step 8 above, improve the composition, and appeal to your audience

o   How you think the changes above have improved your draft

o   Any problems you encountered in your revision and how you solved them

Place the cover letter at the beginning of your final draft, before the first page of your actual composition; delete the situation analysis

Part Two: Final Draft

• An essay taking a stand and making arguments in support of a view or course of action on the issue, problem, or controversy developed in Writing Project 3.
• Clearly focused, debatable, and supportable thesis statement advocating your view on the problem or controversy
• Use of evidence from sources, objectively and accurately interpreted
• Effective reasoning that demonstrates how the evidence supports the thesis and the specific arguments being made
• Opposing views that are accurately presented and effectively refuted with reasons and evidence
• A logical organizational structure that clearly and effectively guides readers through the arguments being made
• Use of evidence from sources (at least 10 quotations and/or paraphrases), clearly discernible from each other and from the writer’s voice and cited using correct in-text citations
• Use of at least 5 relevant and highly credible sources, at least 4 from the Ivy Tech Library databases. (No Print Sources.)
• MLA manuscript style, as specified by your instructor, with in-text citations and a References or Works Cited list including ALL sources used. (References or Works Cited list does not count in the minimum word-count requirement)
• Awareness of diverse audiences and use of respectful, inclusive language
• Observation of the conventions of Standard English

1500 words minimum for final draft (the minimum 200 words for the cover letter is not included in this count)