{"id":16565,"date":"2023-04-22T22:21:49","date_gmt":"2023-04-22T22:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/3-should-people-be-grateful-for-todays-technological-advancements-why-or-why-not\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T22:21:49","modified_gmt":"2023-04-22T22:21:49","slug":"3-should-people-be-grateful-for-todays-technological-advancements-why-or-why-not","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/3-should-people-be-grateful-for-todays-technological-advancements-why-or-why-not\/","title":{"rendered":"3. Should people be grateful for today\u2019s technological advancements? Why or why not?"},"content":{"rendered":"

For your second term paper, you will write an opinion essay that explores a topic<\/p>\n

related to The Shallows.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Your paper is due on Canvas on Saturday, April 22nd at 11:59PM.<\/div>\n
\u2022 It should be 2000 words (i.e., 8 pages) in length.<\/div>\n
\u2022 You must include a Works Cited page\u2014listing at least three sources (you are<\/div>\n
welcome to use more)\u2014in addition to the 2000 words required for the essay.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Your first cited work must be Nicholas Carr\u2019s Shallows. The next two must be<\/div>\n
academically, peer-reviewed sources.<\/div>\n
\u2022 You must also use the MLA format for in-text citations.<\/div>\n
\u2022 It must be typed and doubled-spaced. The font should be:<\/div>\n
o Times New Roman<\/div>\n
o Size: 12 point<\/div>\n
\u2022 Hook: At least one sentence that is designed to grab the reader\u2019s attention.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Overview: The overview will introduce the book (Shallows by Nicholas Carr) and<\/div>\n
summarize the author\u2019s main argument along with a few supporting details. In<\/div>\n
addition, you can also write briefly about the topic you are going to cover in your<\/div>\n
essay.<\/div>\n
\u2022 Thesis: Tell your reader what you think about the topic you\u2019ve chosen.<\/div>\n
. Your essay will have at least 6 body paragraphs. You should use:<\/div>\n
\u2022 PRIMARY SOURCE: two paragraphs to discuss Carr\u2019s position (or possible position) on<\/div>\n
the topic you chose.<\/div>\n
\u2022 FIRST SECONDARY SOURCE: two paragraphs to discuss the position(s) found in one of<\/div>\n
your cited sources about the topic you chose.<\/div>\n
\u2022 SECOND SECONDARY SOURCE: two paragraphs to discuss the position(s) in another of<\/div>\n
your cited sources about the topic you chose<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For your second term paper, you will write an opinion essay that explores a topic related to The Shallows. \u2022 Your paper is due on Canvas on Saturday, April 22nd at 11:59PM. \u2022 It should be 2000 words (i.e., 8 pages) in length. \u2022 You must include a Works Cited page\u2014listing at least three sources […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"disciplines":[186],"paper_types":[],"tagged":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16565"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/questions"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/questions\/16565\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"disciplines","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/disciplines?post=16565"},{"taxonomy":"paper_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/paper_types?post=16565"},{"taxonomy":"tagged","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tagged?post=16565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}