Article: (uploaded below)
“Situation of the Baha’i Minority In Iran and the Existing Legal Framework,”
General outlines for writing a reaction/response paper (3 Pages)
The Beginning;
-Identify the author and title of the work
-Write an informative, but SHORT summary of the material, and highlight its main points.
-Keep the summary objective and factual, giving a general sense of the key aspects of the original work. The subjective impressions of your paper should be included in the second part.
-Use direct quotations from the work to illustrate important ideas.
Your reaction to the work:
-How is the assigned work related to ideas and concerns discussed in the course for which you are preparing the paper? ( you need to react to it in a historical context)
-How is the material related to your life, experiences, feelings and ideas? For instance, what emotions did the work arouse in you? Amazement, anger, ridicule. Happiness?
-Did the work increase your understanding of a particular issue? Did it change your perspective in any way? Did you learn something new? Understand any pre-conceived notions?
-Evaluate the merit of the work: the importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness, organization, and so on.
Writing the reaction paper
-Make sure each major paragraph presents and then develops a single main point.
-Summarize the chapter/ article in the first paragraph, and detail your separate reactions in the following paragraphs. End with a short conclusion.
-Support any general points you make or attitudes you express with specific reasons and details. Statements such as “I agree with many ideas in this article” or “I found the book very interesting” are meaningless without specific evidence that shows why you feel as you do.
-Begin your paragraphs with a topic sentence that you can develop in the body of the paragraph.
-Cite any paraphrased or quoted material used.
-Edit your paper to ensure that there are no grammatical, or spelling errors.
Note
Make sure your paper has a flow to it. Not just fillers. Don’t fluff paper or restate same things.
⁃ When talking about reactions, don’t say “in my opinion, this is good…”
⁃ take out the my, me,
– do not use outside sources this is your reaction
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