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The
Summary Explanation: Introduction
to the Summary and Paraphrase Examples:
Petroski,
Henry. The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance New York: Random
House, 1992. The
Story of Gilgamesh Summary
of Recommendations for Adult Immunization Exercises: China
Energy Group: China's Wind Power Industry Schiff,
Stacy "Know it All; Can Wikipedia Conquer Expertise?" The
New Yorker Issue of 2006-07-31 Posted 2006-07-24 (and
see the follow-up controversy at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essjay_controversy) |
The
Explanatory Synthesis Explanation: Introduction
to the Explanatory Synthesis Examples:
The
Ketchup Conundrum
Allen,
Nathaniel. "The Times They Are A-Changing: The Influence of Railroad Technology
on the Adoption of Standard Time Zones in 1883" The History Teacher
33. 2 (2000): 241-256.
Exercise: World
Water Supply |
The Thesis Statement Explanation:
The
Thesis Statement The
Explanatory & Argument Thesis Statement Explanatory,
Argument and Analytical Thesis Statments Exercises: Explanatory
Thesis and Works Cited Page Argument
Thesis and Works Cited Page |
The
Critique Explanation: Introduction
to the Critique Examples:
Meikle,
Jeffrey L. "The Pencil: A History of Design and Circumstance by Henry Petroski,"
The Business History Review 64.2 (1990): 334-336. Ebert,
Roger. "Titanic" Chicago Sun-Times December 19, 1997. Exercise: Read:
Ripley,
Amanda "The Cars That ate London, Paris, Brussels, Amsterdam, Rome, Madrid,
Vienna, Athens" Time Magazine February 16, 2003. Respond
to: Hartzell, Dan "Red
lights, camera, but no action?" The Morning Call December 4, 2006. |
The Argument Synthesis
Explanation: Introduction
to the Argument Synthesis Example:
Newitz,
Annalee, "The RFID Hacking Underground" Wired Magazine
Exercise: Read
and respond to the RFID Chip Controversy |
The Analysis Explanation: Introduction
to the Analysis Analytical
Theories in Action Examples: What
is Microcredit? (Background
Reading) Gross,
Daniel. "Are You a Thrillionaire or Realionaire?: The Five Kinds of Rich
People." Moneybox.
Exercise: The
Consumption Conundrum | |