Washington Post Engl102 Community College A For
Instructions:
Good grammar and good structure
Read each step before performing the exercise
Good interpretation
Do not copy from the internet, they must be your own ideas
Note: This task consists of some steps, read the instructions before performing them and that way you don’t have to do it twice.
Summarize the entire article in 6-8 sentences.
1 Include only the main points.
2 Do not quote anything, and use all your own words.
3 Include a signal phrase at the beginning with writer and the article title.
Remember: a summary need to have thesis.
REMEMBER: Signal phrases usually include the author’s name but can also include the author’s job title or background (“reporter for Washington Post,” “researcher,” “senator,” “scholar,” and so on) and/or the title of the source.
• Signal phrases usually come at the beginning of a sentence before the source material, but they can also occur in the middle of a source or at the end.
• To avoid monotony and repetition, try to vary both the language and placement of your signal phrases.
EXAMPLES
According to Maxwell and Hanson,…
As the 2017 IRS report indicates, …
Smith and Johnson state that …
Some scholars have shown…
Legal scholar Terrence Roberts offered a persuasive argument: “….”
Paraphrase the paragraph that starts at the bottom of page 6, beginning, “But today. . .”
1 Include all details of the paragraph, about same length as paragraph.
2 Do not quote anything, and use all your own words.
3 Include a signal phrase at the beginning with writer and article title.
4 Paraphrase can be difficult. Try to do your best. The first sentence of this paragraph refers to our right to pursue happiness. It is fine to mention what that pronoun “this” refers to. In terms of the actual paraphrasing, do a close reading of the paragraph first and take some notes. What exactly is it saying? What are all the points it is making in terms of those statistics? The first step is to completely understand it. The next step is to then translate it into your words/style of writing.
5 Create a quotation Big Mac using two quotations of your choice from the article.
1 Include bread, signal phrases, transitions, introductions to quotations, and analysis.
LOOK THIS EXAMPLE :
When considering happiness, many assume that difficult experiences do not help to increase happiness. In fact, they believe suffering leads them in the opposite direction( introduction). However, in “Introductory Essay,” Janet Phillips argues, (signal phrase) “Less misery does not necessarily mean more happiness.” ( quotation) This assertion implies that avoiding misery does not guarantee happiness. There is more to the equation. Could suffering actually deepen our happiness? ( thought and explanation ) Furthermore, ( transition word) Phillips introduces the complexity of the word “happiness” and explains, “Happiness can perhaps be more usefully considered using the term well-being.” Using the word “well-being” to imply an overall state of happiness does avoid the happiness-sadness spectrum idea and makes space for “misery” to be a contributing factor in creating happiness, in terms of the personal growth a difficult experience provides. Overall, happiness research is changing the way we understand how to build and name happiness in our lives.
EXPLANATION:
SO, THE BIC MAC CONSIST THAT YOU WILL NEED TO GET AN INTRODUCTION ABOUT THE ARTICLE. Like a hook . INCORPORATE A SIGNAL PHRASE AFTER THAT AND THEN, LOOK FOR ONE QUOTATION IN THE BOOK that you like ; ANALYZE THE QUOTATION. AFTER THAT, USE A TRANSITION WORD TO REPEAT THE PROCESS AGAIN with another quotation . JUST AS THE EXAMPLE ABOVE. I will send you a picture of the example, in that way you can understand better.
Note
Set up your document using MLA Guidelines for heading, title, spacing, etc. Purdue OWL’s website outlines MLA Formatting
This is the only article and resource that you must use