Essay Assignment

Part 4 - Rough Draft

Now that you have a strong handle on your topic and your ideas are in place because of your outline, the time has come to write a draft of the paper.

Your rough draft should be no less than 5 pages double-spaced, but no more than 6 pages double-spaced.

Your paper should have citations back to your references, using ACM style. You must cite all of your references at least once. Direct quotes must be in quotations. Facts and other paraphrased elements do not need to be in quotes, but should have a citation back to your references. Plagairism will not be tolerated for this assignment and will result in a grade of F in CSE 115. When in doubt, cite your reference.

Your rough draft should begin with your abstract and end with your reference list, with the main text of your paper in between.

A recap of what you need to submit for this assignment:

Your essay topic. If you have re-focused your topic, you should include an addendum to your topic indicating the new direction your paper will be taking. You should submit the older and new versions with the rough draft.

Your abstract. If you have modified your abstract again, you should put the latest version of the abstract at the beginning of your rough draft. Your older versions of your abstract should be submitted in addition to the rough draft.

Your list of references. If you have modified your list, include the new list of references at the end of your rough draft. Your older lists of references should be submitted in addition to the rough draft.

Due date

You must type your outline and hand this part of the assignment in at the beginning of lecture on Friday,March 10th. You must put your name on your submission in order to receive credit.

We will be commenting on this part of your essay and returning it back to you. It is very important that you keep your returned paper as you will need to turn it in along with the next phase of the essay assignment.