Research Component:
- Using the library’s Search All feature, locate an article (article #1) related to your essay topic. Read it to make sure that it is relevant. If not, keep looking until you find an appropriate article.
Now for the conversation part of the assignment,
- Decide whether you want to locate an article cited by article #1 (if so, go to option #1) or if you want to find an article that cites article #1 (if so, go to option #2)
- Turn to the works cited page of the article you selected, and select an article that looks like it will contribute to your research.
- Using the library’s Search All feature, attempt to locate the article. Note: you may have try more than one article, and If you can’t find anything, you will have to return to the beginning. This is research!
Option #1
Option #2
- Type the title of article #1 in Google Scholar, and follow the steps discussed in class to locate an article that cites article #1.
- Once you have identified a potential article, use the library’s Search All feature, attempt to locate the article. Same warning about research as option #1.
Once you have selected the two articles you want to work with, compose your write up following the format outlined below (please review the general rubric for the consequences of missing a step. Hint: you will fail the assignment):
- Compose an introduction for the assignment. Your introduction must include a clear statement that includes your initial writing question (see In Conversation section 2.1), the titles of the articles you are discussing in this assignment, and an essay map for the assignment.
- Write a short rhetorical precis for each article (approx. 250 words each).
- In a well-organized paragraph (approx. 100 words), discuss the relationship between the two articles you have selected.
- Why does article #1 cite article #2? (or, if you choose option #2, why does article #2 cite article #1?)
- How does the author of article #1 or #2 use the cited article? In other words, what function does the cited article play in the argument of the article that cited it and how does the cited article contribute to the argument made by the article that cited it?
- In a well-organized paragraph (approx. 250 words), discuss in detail how you will use these resources to support the argument you are going to make about your research topic. Your paragraph should consider the utility of the sources through the lens of your writing situation. Use the chart on p. 30 of In Conversation as your guide.
- In a well-organized paragraph (approx. 100 words), reflect on what this assignment taught you about scholarly communication and the reason we cite sources in academic writing. You must link this paragraph to class discussions about using sources and academic honesty. You must also link this section to your individual research process/project.
- Compose a Works Cited entry for your assignment. Failure to include a Works Cited entry will result in a failing grade. I will be carefully marking the accuracy of your Works Cited entries. Every punctuation mark and space counts!
*IMPORTANT*
While I have outlined the assignment as a series of steps, I expect you to produce a well-organized and cohesive document. Your assignment must include transitional phrases to move smoothly between articles from one idea to the other.
Criteria for Success:*
- Complete all of the assignment requirements as outlined above
Introduction:
- Include a clear writing question that is specific and focused
- Introduce the articles (title and author)
- Include an essay (or assignment) map
- Use proper transitions
- Include a hook or introductory sentence that introduces the topic
Rhetorical Precis:
- Locate two articles from academic (i.e. peer-reviews) journals
- Correctly identify the article’s thesis (claim/argument) and write the thesis statement in your own words
- Focus on how the author develops their argument, retaining the original emphasis and following the original order
- Demonstrate good comprehension skills
- Demonstrate an understanding of the entire article and how it works
- Correctly identify audience and purpose providing an explanation and/or evidence for each
- Use own words throughout, properly paraphrasing material and including in-text citations when required
- Do not include direct quotations
- Remain objective in tone and word choice
- Uses transition words and phrases properly
- Use signal phrases throughout
Additional Paragraphs:
- Clearly and succinctly describe the relationship between the sources, demonstrating an awareness of the purpose of citation and the reciprocal nature of scholarly communication
- Provide a detailed paragraph that critically reflects on how you will or will not use the sources you found to develop your writing question
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to read sources with your writing situation in mind
- Demonstrate an understanding of the role that sources play in the development of an academic argument
- Demonstrate an understanding of why citation matters in academic writing
Reflect on what the assignment taught using concrete references to course material and your own research process/development as an academic writer
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