After reading Read: Write a Manifesto [Composition] and Read: Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Summarizing (OWL Purdue), research at least three secondary sources using the CCC library database EBSCOhost that should be incorporated, summarized, cited, quoted and paraphrased. Watch this tutorial for how to navigate EBSCOhost. Please also include one primary source, which could be an interview and/or field research. A climate change manifesto should show climate science research. If you’re advocating free community colleges, you’ll need to research the cost of college as well as the plans of politicians who support this idea. If you’re tackling gun laws, you’ll need to research your state’s policies. If you’re advocating the government provide more funds for outside and/or environmental art, I.e. sculpture gardens, research a neighborhood one like Socrates Sculpture Park. You can also read Laura Zabel’s Guernica (December 14, 2015) piece “Art as Activism.” Community issues could incorporate an interview with a local politician, and art activism could include an interview with an artist. Research can also include your own personal
experiences. To complete this assignment, your document should include:
Secondary Source #1
MLA format citation to identify the source.
Summarize the source’s main points in two to five sentences.
Include a quote that has an introductory phrase before it, and a parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.
End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls “The Bottom Bun.”
Secondary Source #2
MLA format citation to identify the source.
Summarize the source’s main points in two to five sentences.
Include a quote that has an introductory phrase before it, and a parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.
End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls “The Bottom Bun.”
Secondary Source #3
MLA format citation to identify the source.
Summarize the source’s main points in two to five sentences.
Include a quote that has an introductory phrase before it, and a parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.
End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls “The Bottom Bun.”
Primary Source
MLA format citation to identify the source.
Summarize the source’s main points in two to five sentences.
Include a quote that has an introductory phrase before it, and a parenthetical to show the in-text citation after the quote.
End with a sentence that explains how the quote supports a point you are making from your own mind in your manifesto. That sentence is what the Read: MLA Quotation Burger calls “The Bottom Bun.”
Note: when I say “MLA format citation to identify the source,” this is an example of what I mean:
Nordhaus, William D. “After Kyoto: Alternative Mechanisms to Control Global Warming.” American Economic Review, vol. 96, no. 2, 2006, pp. 31-34.
OWL Purdue has other examples on their Creating a Works Cited List page.
Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file in MLA format that answers the meaningful questions above and the think about your audience questions. This assignment will likely be approximately one to two pages long when double-spaced. You may write more than two pages if you need to.
NOTE: Here is a quick note about primary sources as it relates to your manifesto. The primary source can be personal narratives, interviews, and more (click this link). You do not have to use a database. The primary source can be from a friend or relative of yours for example. Maybe they said something that has stayed with in your mind to help shape a value that you share in the manifesto. For instance, I once asked my grandmother where she got her values from while I was visiting her. I could have used that for the manifesto assignment.
