ESSAY TOPIC Sometimes in our lives we find ourselves in sticky situations where

ESSAY TOPIC
Sometimes
in our lives we find ourselves in sticky situations where we choose to
use doublespeak. What kinds of situations would these be and why would
we choose to use doublespeak to get out of them?
Instructions
Discuss
this question in an essay of 1000 words. This word count does not
include your name, etc. on the first page, nor the Works Cited page. It
only includes the content of your essay.
Type your essay in MLA format. Review this in Module 1.
Provide
2 in-text citations of information from only the readings and videos
provided in this module [no other sources allowed] in MLA format. This
is explained in Module 5.
List your citations in MLA8 format on the last page of your essay in Works Cited.
The title Works Cited is centered and typed just like that. No quotation marks, no underlining, no bold.
Citing Pages and Videos in MLA format
Put
the page numbers [or the location numbers if you are using the digital
version of the textbook] where your examples are from in ( ) in MLA
format. This is an in-text citation. So if you have an example from page
139, your example will be cited in your answer like this: (139), not
(pg. 139), not (page 139), not (Pg. 139), not (p. 139).
To cite the video, just use the video title in short form:
(“Doublespeak”)
Citation Format for Works Cited
Here is the format for the citation for this essay that you will list in Works Cited:
Lutz, William D. “The World of Doublespeak.” The Brief Bedford Reader, 13th ed., edited by X.J. Kennedy, et al. Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2017, pp. 347-354.
Here
is the format for the citation for the video of William Lutz that you
will list in Works Cited if you choose to cite it in your discussion:
Lutz, William. “Doublespeak.” YouTube, 14 Sept. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fub8PsNxBqI
You
may not use any additional sources. You may only use the posted essay
by William Lutz and the embedded video interview of William Lutz.
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Upload your essay in either .docx or .pdf format.
Do
not upload Google Pages/Docs because they won’t open. If you submit
your essay as Google Pages/Docs, you will initially receive 0 which may
be changed, but you will have to contact me about it.