Background: For this assignment you will be writing a
text comparison in which you will be comparing and contrasting two
articles on the subject of video games and health (obesity
specifically): one scholarly and one popular. The assignment is similar
to our earlier compare/contrast except this time we are going to be
writing in a more formal essay structure, requiring an introduction,
body, and conclusion along with your thesis answering the question: How
do these two articles compare?
For those of you who have not written recently, allow me to share some resources on writing a compare and contrast essay:
Comparing & Contrasting
Links to an external site. from UNC and Comparison and Contrast: https://writingcenter.unc.edu/tips-and-tools/comparing-and-contrasting/
Links to an external site. from U. of Minnesota: https://open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/chapter/10-7-comparison-and-contrast/
Directions:
I have pre-selected two articles on the subject of video games and obesity for you to compare and contrast: “The Health Effects of Too Much Gaming: https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-health-effects-of-too-much-gaming-2020122221645 from Harvard and the scholarly article “Fright but not Fight–Or Flight. The second article is in the attachments.
In writing your essay you will collect evidence in the form of
direct quotations or paraphrasing of ideas from the article. When you
use a direct quotation, mark off the borrowed language with quotation
marks (“like this for example”) and use a citation at the end of the
sentence that includes the author’s name, year, and paragraph or page
number: (Wells et al., 2022, p. 477) for the scholarly source and
(Grinspoon, 2020, para. 7) for the popular source–and yes, just count
the paragraphs.
In the essay you will begin with an introduction in which you will
explain what obesity is, why people may be concerned that there is a
link between obesity and video games, a brief, one sentence description
of each article, and then your thesis on comparing and contrasting the
two articles.
In the body of the essay you will follow either a block format for
comparison (detailed analysis of one article and then the other) or a
point-by-point method in which you discuss aspects of each article
together in one paragraph. Regardless, the body should have multiple
paragraphs. Each time you start a new topic, then you should begin a new
paragraph.
In the conclusion of the essay you will discuss why this topic may
be important to children, parents, and health care givers and how these
articles would be useful to each group.
Requirements:
Word Count: Between 750-1000 words.
At least one direct quotation from each article: make certain not to
excessively use direct quotations however (no more than two per
paragraph).
Following the organizational format above.
Applying our notes on popular and scholarly sources to analyze the two articles.
Please use an APA title page so we can begin practicing! APA Sample Paper
Download APA Sample Paper (don’t copy the notes in the margin) Attached down below
