RESEARCH SUMMARY 1

 

Write a two-page, double-spaced paper summarizing a specific viewpoint source (a source in which the author makes an argument and takes a position on an issue or controversy) and explaining the author and publication's credibility and bias.

 

Format: Refer to the Little Longhorn Handbook for MLA formatting style and citation guidelines. 

 

Specifics: Your paper should do the following:

 

1. Draw from a viewpoint article:

 

• Make sure the article's author is credible
• Find the article from a library database (not from Google)
• Properly cite the article using MLA. Put this citation at the top of your page.

 

 

2. Introduce the controversy:

• Before you summarize: Identify your controversy and explain how the source is relevant to it. 
• Explain how you found this source: Which database(s) did you search and why? What keywords did you use in your search(es)?
• Where was this article published? Why is that important? (New York Times vs. The Daily Texan, for example)

 

3. Identify the author's bias and justify the article's credibility: 

• What is the author's stake in the controversy? What bias does the author have? 
• How do you know this source is credible? What research did you do to validate its claims? 
• What do you know about the publication? What bias does the publication have? 

 

4. Summarize the author's position:

• Introduce the author's argument with a single sentence that sums up the main argument of the article. (This sentence will probably start with: "The author of this article argues...")
• Don't try to cover all of the author's points. Instead, summarize the information and only include the information that is relevant to the main point.
• Stay as close to the text as possible, quoting the author's exact words at times. 
• Use attributions and signal phrases (such as "Smith says" or "according to Bell") when quoting or paraphrasing the source.
• Do not offer your own opinions about the argument--just summarize it fairly.

 

Turn this in on Canvas (.doc, .docx, or .pdf only) by June 7 at 5 pm.  

Rubric is posted on pdf. Please use any 1 source you want to use from the annotated biography that is a pdf as well named "docx-12.docx. Also, I included an example of 1 that got a good grade on this assignment.

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