ENG 110 L. Harkness Essay #3: Career Essay In class, you took an intelligence survey and then mapped it to possible careers. Then, you had to research two professions. For this assignment, use those two items to write an essay. Choose one of the careers you researched. Your assignment is to write an essay describing the profession and then argue why or why not that career would be a good career for you. This essay is an argument paper, not just an informational paper; you are trying to convince the reader to see things your way. This means you must take a side or position and argue for it. To do this, your argument should appeal to the reader’s sense of logic and reason, good character, and emotion. For example, you might base it on the qualifications required compared to your results on the intelligence survey (or any other type of survey you might have taken). Think about what your strengths or weaknesses are. Then you might compare a requirement of the profession to a strength you have. Audience: Anyone in this class should be able to understand your paper. Do not expect your audience to understand jargon specific to your career. Use judgment on what you need to clarify or explain. Length: 3-4 pages Format: Type your paper according to MLA guidelines. This includes the following items: leave margins of one inch on all sides of the page, double-space throughout the paper, indent the first line of each paragraph, and place the last name and page number in the upper right-hand corner. Refer to samples from class and in the Pocket guide. Sources: You need to have at least 2 sources from the SUNY Broome library. Citations: Use MLA format. You will not need to do footnotes or endnotes. I assume you will at least have the Occupational Outlook Handbook or another reference book, and then one other source. Throughout this course, I have included several items on how to properly do in-text citations and works cited. Please review them before turning in this paper to make sure you have done them correctly. If you have questions, ask! Review the model for this essay and the checklist below. Career Essay Intro: ______Essay has an introduction ______Introduction starts broadly ______Introduction includes a main idea or thesis Body: _____Body includes a description of the career _____Body includes a description of qualifications needed for career (personality traits, education, experience etc.) _____Body has a response as to whether this would be a good career choice and an explanation of why or why not (match to your strengths and weaknesses) Conclusion: _____Conclusion restates without repeating _____Conclusion leaves reader satisfied and does not end abruptly MLA: _____Paper uses in-text citations for anything that is a direct quote, summary or paraphrase _____Direct quotes have a signal phrase to introduce them, and paper has no dropped quotes _____Writer includes a works cited list for two sources Mechanics: _____Writer used Standard American English throughout the paper _____Writer begins to show use of a variety of punctuation marks