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Question: In an essay of approximately 1,000 words, discuss the similarities and differences in the ideas of Washington and Du Bois. You should organize your essay as follows: devote a paragraph or two to their similarities and then a series of paragraphs to their differences. (There are far more differences between the two nonfiction writers than similarities.) Of course, you should have an introductory paragraph and a paragraph to conclude your essay.

You will, of course, draw your ideas from your readings of the speech and the chapter. In addition, you must also include in your essay ideas that you learned from the videos you should have watched in the two previous modules. You do not have to cite ideas from all of the videos, but you certainly need to include at least three. If you previously did not view these videos, you will have to do so now because without them you will be unable to earn sufficient points under the criterion of a "thoughtful" essay.

You will need in-text citations for quotes you select from the two sources. Remember that an in-text citation normally includes the page number, for example (456), but because you will be re-reading the two works on line, there are no page numbers that you can cite. Therefore, the only time you will need an in-text citation would be when the reader does not know to which writer you are referring. If that is the case, simply write your in-text citation as (Du Bois).

If you are paraphrasing a writer's idea, you do not have to use in-text citations also unless the reader might be unclear which writer you are paraphrasing. If so, then do as follows: (Washington). For quotations and paraphrases, you can certainly avoid using an in-text citation by simply including in your sentence or paraphrase to whom you are referring such as in the following example: DuBois states that whites must be prepared to assist Blacks whenever they can, but Washington never stresses this idea in his speech. Because there may not be authors or page numbers for the videos, simply incorporate into your sentences the titles of the videos. For example, a sentence could state that in the Booker T. Washington video, the speaker makes clear that Washington never imaged that he would one day become a controversial leader of the Black community. Another sentence might state that in the video of "The Niagra Movement," the speaker claims that Du Bois was a leader in helping to organize the forerunner of the NAACP.

Since you will be paraphrasing and quoting from the two primary sources (the text of the speech and the text of the chapter), you will need a works-cited page identifying these two sources. In addition, you also will need to list the secondary sources (the videos) you used in your essay. Because there may not be an author, list the title of the video, in alphabetical order by title, and include the URL.

This assignment challenges you to demonstrate your understanding of Washington and Du Bois with only the assistance of the videos as your secondary sources. If any of your writing appears to have been derived from secondary sources other than the assigned videos, even if you identify those sources, you will have contradicted the instructions and will lose points in your overall essay grade.

Be sure to write a thoughtful, well-organized essay on the topic using a formal point of view (no I pronoun).
Do not use the "you" pronoun (which one should always avoid).
Your paper uses the correct MLA heading format on each page.
Your essay contains quotes followed by the correct format for in-text citations.
Your works-cited page has the correct information for the two primary sources as well as several secondary sources (the videos) and is in the correct format.
You italicized the titles of the major works and used quotation marks around "Chapter 3."
All of the information that you included in your essay came from your close reading of the two texts and the videos viewed in previous modules.
Avoid the following grammar errors: fragments, fused or run-together sentences, comma splices, subject-verb agreement, capitalization, spelling and typos. If you have none of the three major errors (fragments, fused sentences, comma splices) in your essay, you will earn 20 extra credit points (see essay rubric). You can also earn 10 extra credit points if you have no subject-verb agreement, capitalization, spelling, and typo errors (see essay rubric).