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Ritters AssignmentEssay #3: The Rhetoric of Acadmeic Dishonesty on the Internet Length:
5–6 pages, typed, double spaced, follwing all formate guidelines outlined on our course syllabus. Assignment:
In this essay, in the context of our course focus on education in America, I would like for you to explore the world of “academic dishonesty” as it pertains to the Internet. Specifically, I want you to analyze and synthesize what appears on a few of the Web sites that sell paper for students to use—otherwise known as “online paper mills.” In doing so, you shoud think about a term called “rhetoric,” which is defined as anything that persuades (words as well as images) The assignment has two goals: (1) To get you to think about the ida of academic dishonesty as it pertains to reseach and authorship in a research writing class like English 101; (2) To get you to analyze the role of the Internet as a “research tool” for writers/authors in college. Your essay discussing these paper mill Web sites shoudl determine what the Web sites’ rhetoric is—in other words, how these sites persuade people to buy their products, and how they justify the enterprise of selling papers at all—with specific examples from each site. |