ENG 2-Spring'25-Tutorial Manual

Azad & Jhangiani 10
Part-IV
Argument/Synthesis Paper:
Deadline: One week after the group presentation, or the third tutorial—whichever takes place
later.
- The specific dates would be different for each of the groups.
Word Limit: 1200 to 1500 words.
Plagiarism and Deadline:
1. Plagiarism of any sort, or reliance on any kind of AI tool/application, will

lead to an “F” grade on the submission.
2. In case of similarity between two papers, both the papers will be marked for
plagiarism irrespective of who copied from whom. So please ensure that you do
not share your paper with your classmates.
3. Late Submission Policy: A grade cut of 1 mark for every 3 hours of delay
beyond the deadline.
4. Submissions will only be accepted via the LMS portal. Please do not send your
submissions via email, or any other medium.
5. In case you face any technical issues with LMS, and there is no other way but to
send your submission via an email, kindly ensure to send your email before the
deadline.
6. You will be able to check the similarity report on LMS once you upload your
paper.
7. It is advisable to keep adequate time to edit your paper and make changes.
Especially if the similarity percentage is high.
8. Re-writes would be allowed for this assignment. If a student submits a re-write,
their total grade for this component would be calculated as an average of both
their drafts. Whereas, if a student does not wish to submit a re-write, whatever
grades they would have received for their first draft would be considered as their
final grades for this component.
Formatting the paper:
1. Title your submission file as: FirstName_LastName_BA/BBA_TermPaper.

2. Use only MS Word for your submission. Please upload a downloaded word
document only, and not an online link for your document on LMS.
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3. Your assignment should be formatted as per MLA 9th Edition guidelines, failing
to do which will result in grade penalty.
Guidelines:
1. Kindly ensure that your paper is not solely a summary or a transcript of your
presentation.
2. The paper is an individual assignment, and therefore, students would be required to
further expand on their own ideas and arguments based on the text that they had been
given for the presentation.
3. Please make sure that your paper does not bear any similarities with your other group
members. While there might be some broader similarities or overlaps, the paper needs
to reflect the individual student’s own argument and understanding of the text.
4. Please make sure to have a literature review component in your paper. It should give
an understanding of the way in which you are referring to a particular argument from
the secondary source.
5. A literature review is not merely a summary of your secondary source. Rather, it
should clearly demonstrate the interconnections between the secondary source, and
your own arguments.
6. Please try and ensure to arrive at a synthesis between the primary text/s and the
secondary text/s through your literature review.
7. A good literature review also aims to identify the gaps in the existing research within
your discourse, and the ways in which your arguments contribute to the existing body
of research.
8. Give an appropriate title to your paper.
9. The paper should aim to provide a synthesis between the primary text and certain
theoretical concepts and ideas which we would discuss in the lectures. Students
should try and aim to question certain notions presented in the text and chart a further
direction in which the study can be taken.
10. Please try and keep the background context and summarization only to the extent to
which it is absolutely necessary.
11. The introductory paragraphs of the paper should clearly lay down the structure of the
argument.
12. Please ensure to write succinctly and without any repetitions.
13. Keeping in mind the word limit, be selective about your analytical claims since
succinct development of ideas is always paramount. Provide relevant reasons and
evidence for your claim(s) about the text.
14. Select moments from the text should be evoked and closely analyzed to substantiate
the claim(s) that you make about the text.

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Azad & Jhangiani 10

Word Limit: 1200 to 1500 words.

Plagiarism and Deadline:

1. Plagiarism of any sort, or reliance on any kind of AI tool/application, will

Formatting the paper:

1. Title your submission file as: FirstName_LastName_BA/BBA_TermPaper.

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