E​‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​ssay 2: Summarize the Conversation Assignment Sheet Purpo

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E​‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​ssay 2: Summarize the Conversation Assignment Sheet
Purpose:
• Your purpose for this essay is to summarize four voices in a conversation, specifically, Blanda (page 380 in They Say/I Say), boyd (page 387) [yes, danah boyd does not capitalize the “d” and “b”] and Coryell (page 397) as well as one source that you choose yourself. The issue these articles are addressing is the divisions we Americans face and possible solutions to bridge these divides. For the fourth source, you will need to find another article (outside of the book, if you prefer) that addresses this same issue while offering a different argument than Blanda, boyd, and Coryell.
• You will maintain neutrality in this essay; that is, you will fairly and accurately represent each position so that the author of each position can recognize their argument in your summary. We won’t know how you feel about the opinions in this essay.
• You will use ID tags (the author’s name and signal verbs) in virtually every sentence of your summaries.
• You will rely on paraphrasing, primarily. Although, you may use word-for-word quotations sparingly, if at all. Keep in mind that a summary is putting another’s words into your own words. If you overuse quotations, you aren’t summarizing.
• The goal for this essay is to help you master summary skills, become familiar with the complexities of a controversy, as well as gain practice listening to and accurately representing what others say in a complex debate.
Audience:
• Your audience for this essay will be concerned, interested, yet uninformed citizens who are looking to you to provide an unbiased, accurate representation of the voices in this debate.
Format:
• Format your essay in MLA style
• Include an MLA Works Cited page that cites the four articles
Structure:
First paragraph:
o Explain for your readers the basics of this issue, and offer a sense of its significanc​‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​e.
o For example, you may want to begin by telling your audience who this issue affects, how the outcome of the debate may affect them, and why this issue is important—answer the questions “Who cares?” and “So what?”
o You also will want to briefly introduce the varying positions in the denate, showing readers very briefly how the authors are in conversation. Read how the authors of TSIS do it in the second full paragraph on page 292, and look at the helpful templates for introducing an ongoing debate on pages 761-762. This will help you briefly introduce the debate for your readers before you dive into the summaries.
Body paragraphs:
o This is where you will compose a CABIN (comprehensive, accurate, brief, independent, and neutral) summary of each article, one after the other.
o Use one paragraph per summary, for this essay.
o Make sure you use ID Tags throughout, carefully selecting the most accurate signal verbs for what the authors are doing.
o Use transitions to capture the flow of the authors’ ideas. See pages 771-772 in TSIS for a list of very helpful transitions you can choose from.
o After the first summary, you will need to transition to the 2nd summary and at times, as part of the 2nd summary, mention how the 2nd author’s ideas compare or contrast with the 1st author’s ideas. You can do this simply by saying, “Where Blanda argues X, boyd argues…” and so on. You can find a number of helpful templates starting on page 759 that can help you put two sources in conversation with each other.
o Then with the 3rd and 4th summaries, you will want to mention, where relevant, how the 3rd and 4th sources compare and contrast with any of the other sources. Your goal is to put them in conversation with each other as you summarize them.
Concluding paragraph:
o There is NOT a need for a concluding paragraph
? Since you are not drawing any conclusions and your introduction will say a​‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍‌‌‌‌‌‌​ll you need to say about the significance of the issue.

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