Part 1: MLA Citation
Konnikova, Maria âOpinion: Goodnight. Sleep Clean.â New York Times, www.nytimes.com/2014/01/12/opinion/sunday/goodnight-sleep-clean.html.Â
Part 2: Summary
In ” Goodnight. Sleep Clean. ” , Konnikova touches on how sleep deprivation could impact an individual. Both long term and short term. She mentions that the feeling between having slept well the night before is clear. Sleep deprivation prevents you from being able to concentrate, pay attention to your surroundings and hinders the ability to be able to analyze information correctly. However, the more the cycle continues it is possible that not getting enough sleep could do irreversible damage to the brain. It allows diseases such as Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimers to develop. Rapid aging is also connected to sleep deprivation.
Part 3: Reflection
Konnikova’s article informed me a lot of the effects of sleep deprivation. She mentioned both the short term effects and long term effects. It made me realize how getting enough sleep every night should be a priority. It is crucial to everyone, and plays a fundamental part in remaining physically healthy, as well as remaining mentally stable. Day to day routines can’t be completed without a sufficient amount of sleep.
Part 4: Rhetorical analysis
Maria Konnikova wrote this article for the New York Times Opinion column. The purpose of her article was to inform others and give fair warning of the the negative effects that sleep deprivation may cause. She is definitely a credible writer, as her article was published for the New York Times. The New York Times is known for their rigorous fact check before publishing, and have a long standing reputation of reliability and journalistic integrity.
Part 5: Notable Quotables
” Weâre really starting to realize that when we skip sleep, we may be doing irreparable damage to the brain, prematurely aging it or setting it up for heightened vulnerability to other insults. ” (Maria)
” As your body sleeps, your brain is quite actively playing the part of mental janitor: Itâs clearing out all of the junk that has accumulated as a result of your daily thinking. ” (Maria)
” While work on the effects of sleeping aids on the glymphatic system remains to be done, the sleep researchers I spoke with agree that thereâs no evidence that aided sleep is as effective as natural sleep. ” (Maria)
” At the extreme end, the result could be the acceleration of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimerâs and Parkinsonâs. While we donât know whether sleep loss causes the disease, or the disease itself leads to sleep loss â what Dr. Veasey calls a âclassic chicken-and-eggâ problem â we do know that the two are closely connected. ” (Maria)
Hey Daniela I like your summary you have the main idea and including supporting details. I would just say to maybe include a little more into your reflection and your rhetorical analysis. You could add some of your own original thinking about the article into the reflection and with the rhetorical analysis just go a little bit more into what the authors purpose was with writing this article and maybe how she used the appeal of ethos , pathos or logos.
This is a 2014 article â much too old! This is part of your job to access whether your source is current or not. ALSO your citation is wrong — you did not use the citation machine!
Your source writing (on all five parts) is weak and underdeveloped. You need to go back to the Assignment and study the instructions. Study the examples.
Hi Daniela,
Your summary is very straight-forward and to the point, and I like that. You can maybe add some more information to it, though. In your reflection, I did not really see any of your own original ideas; it was like another summary. In your analysis, you should add if logos, pathos, or ethos were used. You should also give more background on the author instead of just using the NYT as a reason that she is credible. I like the quotes you picked.
Sincerely,
Bri