Essay 2 Informative Prompt 1 
Essay 2: Informative (500-750 words) Complete paper copy for peer review due in class on Wednesday, March 4 Final copy due in dropbox on eCampus by class time on Monday, March 9
BLENDED CLASS: Upload draft to turnitin.com by 11:59pm on March 5 & Complete peer review by 11:59pm on March 6. Final draft due on turnitin.com by 4:15pm on March 9
For your Informative Essay, you will choose a research question you would like to—but do not currently – know the answer to.
This essay is meant to be neutral, so do not choose between options or seek the value of something.
You will use THREE outside sources found through the Blinn Library website to support your argument. Your sources should represent a variety of voices and points of view so that you give as complete and unbiased an answer to your question as possible.
All source material used in your essay must be cited IN EVERY SENTENCE that contains ideas from a source, whether it is paraphrased or quoted directly. All direct quotations must be indicated with quotation marks. Every source cited in the essay must be given an entry on the Works Cited page, and the Works Cited should contain only those sources cited in the essay.
You may use a funnel introduction and move from general statements about the world to your specific question. Alternatively, you may use your introduction to explain why you asked the question you did.
Your thesis will be the last sentence of the introductory paragraph. An informative thesis should summarize the content of the essay. This is the answer to your research question.
Choose the method of organization that best suits your topic (causes, results, categories, time periods, etc.)
Your conclusion must demonstrate the greater significance of your discussion. While you will refrain from making value judgments or issuing calls to action, you may suggest doing so as the next logical step. For example, you might say, “Knowing the circumstances in which students most commonly drop out of
BLENDED CLASS: Upload draft to turnitin.com by 11:59pm on March 5 & Complete peer review by 11:59pm on March 6. Final draft due on turnitin.com by 4:15pm on March 9
For your Informative Essay, you will choose a research question you would like to—but do not currently – know the answer to.
This essay is meant to be neutral, so do not choose between options or seek the value of something.
You will use THREE outside sources found through the Blinn Library website to support your argument. Your sources should represent a variety of voices and points of view so that you give as complete and unbiased an answer to your question as possible.
All source material used in your essay must be cited IN EVERY SENTENCE that contains ideas from a source, whether it is paraphrased or quoted directly. All direct quotations must be indicated with quotation marks. Every source cited in the essay must be given an entry on the Works Cited page, and the Works Cited should contain only those sources cited in the essay.
You may use a funnel introduction and move from general statements about the world to your specific question. Alternatively, you may use your introduction to explain why you asked the question you did.
Your thesis will be the last sentence of the introductory paragraph. An informative thesis should summarize the content of the essay. This is the answer to your research question.
Choose the method of organization that best suits your topic (causes, results, categories, time periods, etc.)
Your conclusion must demonstrate the greater significance of your discussion. While you will refrain from making value judgments or issuing calls to action, you may suggest doing so as the next logical step. For example, you might say, “Knowing the circumstances in which students most commonly drop out of