comm170 reading and writing skills research sources

In this assignment, you will write an essay of about that critiques an argument or narrative with the support of research sources. Your essay will include relevant research that helps you support the judgment you make about the relative effectiveness, cogency, or significance of the argument/ narrative source you’ve chosen. The goal is not to produce research on the topic per se. Rather, the goal is to analyze and evaluate the primary source. In your essay, you will: Quote at from the primary source, and refer without quoting to at least one specific passage in it (paraphrasing) Use three or more secondary sources in your essay, by mixture of quotation and paraphrasing Document your source in-text using APA format, and create an APA reference list Guidelines and Reminders: Provide an Introduction that briefly identifies and contextualizes the primary source and its issue, enough that someone unfamiliar with the source and issue is able to follow your essay without any difficulty. Within the Introduction, provide a thesis (a clear overall statement of your critical evaluation in one or two sentences). Provide a full summary of the primary source. Develop your thesis in the Body of your essay by explaining (with examples) how and why the primary source is (or is not) cogent and effective (argument) or significant and timely (narrative). (Cogency, effectiveness, significance and timeliness are possible criteria–others are discussed in the unit.) Make sure to organize the points in the Body section, grouping similar ideas together and sequencing them so that the reader can follow your ideas easily. Write coherent Body Paragraphs by using topic sentences, transitions, and connective words. Cite the sources frequently with properly documented quotations and paraphrasessupport every point you make with one or more examples from relevant sources. Refer to secondary sources that are trustworthy and relevant in order to develop your argument. Explain all quotations and paraphrases (never assume your reader knows exactly how you are interpreting lines from the text). Provide a Conclusion in which you sum up your thesis in new words and provide a sense of closure and finality.

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