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Friday, January 13, 2012
Intelligent Title That You Come Up With
Von Drehle, David. "The Party Crashers: Behind the New Republican Revival." Time. Time, Inc., 28 Oct. 2010. Web. 13 Jan. 2012.
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Paragraph one. The first paragraph should explain the point of view of the author regarding the culturally significant issue discussed in the article and some key points made by the author to support that point of view. In other words, what point of view is the author promoting, and how does he or she defend that point of view? What does the author want to get across to the audience, and how does he or she do it? This paragraph will go astray if try to summarize the contents of the article. Actually, you will not really have room in this paragraph to summarize such lengthy articles as you will be required to read. Instead, you must ask yourself, once you have read the article through, “what was the purpose of the author in writing this article?” Try to distill this purpose into a succinct statement to begin this paragraph. Here’s an example of a good start: “According to Wendell Berry, Americans have much to fear from their belief in limitlessness; their behavior based on this assumption actually causes them to use up their resources at a rapid pace.” Then you would give examples from the article to illustrate.
Paragraph two. The second paragraph should focus in on WHY this point of view is culturally significant in some way and, therefore, worth thinking about. What other ideas, ideas more familiar to your day to day life, does the author's point of view illuminate? What area of culture does the author's point of view challenge the audience to examine? This paragraph will go astray if you stick to close to the original idea of the article. For instance, you should avoid saying something like “This point of view is culturally significant because we should stop being so greedy with our resources.” For one thing, this statement basically reiterates Berry’s point of view, which is not the topic of this second paragraph. Secondly, this statement sounds opinionated, and you are not supposed to express your opinion. Instead, try to make a connection to a related but distinct area of concern that is familiar to you. For instance, “This point of view could help college students think more carefully about the consequences of spending time and energy fiddling with their cell phones.” Then you would explain the connection you see between Berry’s point of view and this new thought.
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Paragraph one. The first paragraph should explain the point of view of the author regarding the culturally significant issue discussed in the article and some key points made by the author to support that point of view. In other words, what point of view is the author promoting, and how does he or she defend that point of view? What does the author want to get across to the audience, and how does he or she do it? This paragraph will go astray if try to summarize the contents of the article. Actually, you will not really have room in this paragraph to summarize such lengthy articles as you will be required to read. Instead, you must ask yourself, once you have read the article through, “what was the purpose of the author in writing this article?” Try to distill this purpose into a succinct statement to begin this paragraph. Here’s an example of a good start: “According to Wendell Berry, Americans have much to fear from their belief in limitlessness; their behavior based on this assumption actually causes them to use up their resources at a rapid pace.” Then you would give examples from the article to illustrate.
Paragraph two. The second paragraph should focus in on WHY this point of view is culturally significant in some way and, therefore, worth thinking about. What other ideas, ideas more familiar to your day to day life, does the author's point of view illuminate? What area of culture does the author's point of view challenge the audience to examine? This paragraph will go astray if you stick to close to the original idea of the article. For instance, you should avoid saying something like “This point of view is culturally significant because we should stop being so greedy with our resources.” For one thing, this statement basically reiterates Berry’s point of view, which is not the topic of this second paragraph. Secondly, this statement sounds opinionated, and you are not supposed to express your opinion. Instead, try to make a connection to a related but distinct area of concern that is familiar to you. For instance, “This point of view could help college students think more carefully about the consequences of spending time and energy fiddling with their cell phones.” Then you would explain the connection you see between Berry’s point of view and this new thought.
Monday, January 9, 2012
Berry, Wendell. "Faustian Economics: Hell Hath No Limits." Harper's Magazine. The Harper's Magazine Foundation, May 2008. Web. 9 January 2012.
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Article Response Test
Berry, Wendell. "Faustian Economics: Hell Hath No Limits." Harper's Magazine. The Harper's Magazine Foundation, May 2008. Web. 9 January 2012.
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