HW 4: Due Saturday October 19
Start by writing this out on your own master computer file. DO NOT COMPOSE in the Open Lab. You can easily delete with a wrong touch or click! Then copy and paste into the Open Lab.
- Title: Source Entry for Schools Kill Curiosity — YOUR NAME
- Category: Source Entry For Schools Kill Curiosity
- no need to comment
(The following is from the Assignment sheet, so you have it on your Assignment print-out.)
Follow this Template for Source Entry: PLEASE USE THESE LABELS!
Part 1: MLA Citation
The first part of your entry will be the MLA style bibliographic citation for your source. Use the citation machine (on the Research Project Resources page — I demonstrated in class.)
Part 2: Summary
The summary should convey what the author states in the article and not your opinions. Give the main ideas MI; you cannot give every single point; it’s your job as a summary-writer to select the most important MIs. Use the Graphic Organizer and the How to Write a Summary handout (on Research Project Resources page — I also gave out in class.)
Part 2 Summary will be approximately a paragraph long.
Part 3: Rhetorical Analysis
Here you will consider genre, writing style, purpose, and author’s credentials. Write one paragraph of 4-5 sentences. Stick to these questions and make it straightforward.
- What is the genre?
- Describe the author’s writing style, tone, attitude.
- Consider the rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, logos and show where the author used these or this appeal.
- What is the author’s intended audience and purpose (reason for writing)? Who do you think is the author targets as his/her primary audience? What message does the author want the reader to take away?
- Occasion: Is there some significant event happening that is the cause for this source to be written now? Upon what occasion is this being written now?
- Who is the author? Is the author credible?
- Source Credibility: Is the source (newspaper/magazine/organization) credible? Explain why author and source are reliable. Google the newspaper/magazine/organization and the author to find background facts.
- Currency: Is this information current? Does the time it was written matter?
Rhetorical Analysis is one paragraph.
Part 4: Notable Quotables
Quotations: Make a note of at least THREE significant quotes from the source. Put the quote in quotation marks and use parenthesis to give author name.
“Put the quoted words here” (Smith).
