Paper 1: Analysis of a Newspaper Article



Research-based Analysis 250 pts.

Description: 6-7 pages, double-spaced, plus a separate MLA-format Works Cited page

Skills: Contextualizing analysis; evolving a thesis using representative evidence from multiple sources

Due: RD due Dec. 15 at beginning of class, FD due Dec. 19, by the end of the class

Sources: 2-3 new sources

AND 2-3 sources from the Comparative Analysis paper

Assignment:

Building on the issue discussed in the previous paper, now attempt to further your research in an effort to deepen your understanding, providing a larger context for the analysis of the issue. Synthesize and apply the most useful sources from your Comparative Analysis to support and extend your analysis. Your thesis should evolve throughout your paper, as you put your sources to new use in complicating and expanding your main claim.

Strategies:

• Return to the Comparative Analysis. What ideas/questions/concerns do you still have or are thinking about? Decide on a point of entry that identifies the key issues you intend to unpack.

• You need not account for every detail in your test object or sources. Successful analyses will say more about less (“10 on 1”).

• Use your sources in the service of supporting and expanding your main claim.

• Evolve your thesis (WA 139-145). Remember that your additional sources may align with, highlight, and/or complicate your “reading” of the initial texts.

Criteria for Evaluation:

|Evolved thesis provides a larger context for analysis in terms of an inquiry focus. |50 points |

|Additional synthesized sources support, complicate, and/or extend main claim. |50 |

|Sufficient analysis of details in the service of a larger claim. |70 |

|Organization, paragraph development, and transitions contribute to a logical flow of ideas. |50 |

|Correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and MLA citation. |30 |

|Total: |250 points |

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