ENG 111 Third Out Of Class Essay 1 
ENG 111 Third Out-of-Class Essay: Synthesis
You must discover a thesis on the good life, discussing the ways that money, work, education, and community contribute to living a good life. By “good life,” you may mean an “easy life,” a “moral life,” a “purposeful life,” and so on, so perhaps your first task will be to define what you mean by “good life.”
Furthermore, your paper will have to support your main point (thesis) with factual details, not just impressions, beliefs, feelings, or widely held assumptions.
Your total essay will be 4-8 typed, double-spaced pages (approximately 1200-2400 words), following MLA guidelines for document design (see pages 64-68 and 484-496 in LB Brief). You must cite and list at least four credible sources.
Introduction
The essay should consist of an introduction that
(1) catches the readers’ attention (with a startling fact, a personal anecdote relevant to the topic, a problem your essay will attempt to solve, etc.--see pages 60-62 in LB Brief),
(2) introduces the topic of your paper (the ways education improves the quality of one’s life, the relation between money and happiness, etc.), and
(3) narrows the focus to the specific point the rest of your essay will be supporting with details (see pages 16-19 in LB Brief). Your thesis is your opinion of some aspect of the topic. It should be an opinion you believe the facts will support as true and valid.
Your introduction will be approximately one-fifth of your total essay (240-480 words).
Body
The body of your essay will provide specific and relevant details that develop and support your opinion on the topic. The details should be reasons supportable with facts, not more opinions. The body paragraphs will examine each fact you are presenting and explain to readers how this fact (or set of multiple facts) relates to your thesis (point or opinion).
You may begin by summarizing your sources (four or more) and linking each one to your thesis in some manner. (See Chapters 53
You must discover a thesis on the good life, discussing the ways that money, work, education, and community contribute to living a good life. By “good life,” you may mean an “easy life,” a “moral life,” a “purposeful life,” and so on, so perhaps your first task will be to define what you mean by “good life.”
Furthermore, your paper will have to support your main point (thesis) with factual details, not just impressions, beliefs, feelings, or widely held assumptions.
Your total essay will be 4-8 typed, double-spaced pages (approximately 1200-2400 words), following MLA guidelines for document design (see pages 64-68 and 484-496 in LB Brief). You must cite and list at least four credible sources.
Introduction
The essay should consist of an introduction that
(1) catches the readers’ attention (with a startling fact, a personal anecdote relevant to the topic, a problem your essay will attempt to solve, etc.--see pages 60-62 in LB Brief),
(2) introduces the topic of your paper (the ways education improves the quality of one’s life, the relation between money and happiness, etc.), and
(3) narrows the focus to the specific point the rest of your essay will be supporting with details (see pages 16-19 in LB Brief). Your thesis is your opinion of some aspect of the topic. It should be an opinion you believe the facts will support as true and valid.
Your introduction will be approximately one-fifth of your total essay (240-480 words).
Body
The body of your essay will provide specific and relevant details that develop and support your opinion on the topic. The details should be reasons supportable with facts, not more opinions. The body paragraphs will examine each fact you are presenting and explain to readers how this fact (or set of multiple facts) relates to your thesis (point or opinion).
You may begin by summarizing your sources (four or more) and linking each one to your thesis in some manner. (See Chapters 53