COM 170 Week 4 Rough Draft

Instructions

Resource: University of Phoenix Material: Thesis Statement and Outline

Write a first draft of at least 800 words, based on your thesis statement and your outline from Week Three, and include an introduction, body, and a conclusion.

Note. Your final essay, due in Week Five, will be 1,050 to 1,400 words.

Develop an introductory paragraph for your essay. Include your thesis statement in this paragraph.

Develop topic sentences for appropriate types of supporting paragraphs for the body of your essay. Use your topic outline in University of Phoenix Material: Thesis Statement and Outline from Week Three  as a guide.

Develop a concluding paragraph to sum up the main ideas of your entire paper. Avoid adding any new information into the concluding paragraph.

Include appropriate transitions within and between paragraphs.

Submit your essay to Plagiarism Checker for feedback. Use the feedback to check your paper for potential plagiarism issues and make any necessary edits.

Post your draft essay as a Microsoft® Word attachment.

Review the additional writing resources from the Center for Writing Excellence for further support:

• “Topic Sentence”