The Introductory Paragraph will set up the problem or topic as context for the introduction of your chosen text. It will introduce your text with the author’s name, title, context (where and when the article appeared), and the author’s central claim or main idea. The introduction will conclude with a thesis that sets up clear expectations for the direction of your essay and give your reader a sense of the points you want to develop and discuss. Your thesis will express your judgment about the text in terms of rhetorical strategies, successes or problems, or possibly questions it has raised in your mind.
The Summary of the Article (150-250 words) will retain the balance of the original article. You can generally follow the order of the original article, keeping the proportions of the summary roughly equivalent to the proportions of the original text. Also, the summary paragraph will include author tags to distinguish the author’s viewpoints from your own. The summary does not include your opinion.
After the summary, you will have at least three (3) paragraphs that support your thesis. Your response should relate to your thesis. It should address the author’s argument, main points, and/or ideas. It should relate logically to each other, easing your reader through your ideas with transitions. Additionally, it should support your judgments with reasons and concrete evidence from the text (by using examples and direct quotations) or your own experience.
The Conclusion should leave the reader with a clear understanding of your stance toward the text. Consider also pointing your reader toward ideas beyond your own response on the text – for example, to its application, implication, or importance, or how this text contributes to the larger conversation surrounding the topic.
The Works Cited Section will give the citation for your article in MLA format which will look like the following example from Purdue OWL.
Bernstein, Mark. “10 Tips on Writing the Living Web.” A List Apart: For People Who Make Websites, 16 Aug. 2002, alistapart.com/article/writeliving. Accessed 4 May 2009.
(As the example above shows, start with the author name, article name in quotation marks, title of the web magazine in italics, publisher name, publication date, URL, and the date of access.)
Other Important Requirements:
This essay should follow MLA style. See Purdue OWL for a Sample Paper (Links to an external site.) or this Video on MLA Format(Links to an external site.).
12 point Times New Roman font
One-inch margins all around the page
Last name and page numbers in the page header
Heading on first page with your name, my name, the course name, and the due date
Use 850-plus words in the essay. Please provide a word count at the end of your essay. Note that the word count does not include your heading, title and works cited entry.
Your essay should contain at least six major paragraphs. To develop your analysis, you will need to include examples to support your points, whether that might be from the text and/or from your own personal experience.
Write to an audience of your college freshmen and sophomore peers and instructor.
Create a clear thesis. The thesis should be the main point of your essay. Effective papers will have a clear thesis supported by detailed evidence woven into a coherent argument.
the link of the article is here:
https://theconversation.com/love-may-be-timeless-but-the-way-we-talk-about-it-isnt-the-ancient-greeks-ideas-about-desire-challenge-modern-day-readers-lovers-and-even-philosophers-221728
