Throughout this course we will use summary, paraphrase, and quotation in our writing to include others’ voices and ideas alongside our own. In order to build a foundation for these skills, this assignment helps you review these three tools for source incorporation and will give you some feedback on your strengths, as well as areas for improvement moving forward.
You will not be writing a paper for this assignment, just showing me that you can summarize, paraphrase, and create a Big Mac in three separate, unrelated paragraphs.
Tasks:
Read and annotate “A Formula for Happiness”Links to an external site. by Arthur C. Brooks. While annotating, include the following: text marking, response, summary, and definition. In case this link doesn’t work for you, here is a pdf copy of the article Download a pdf copy of the article.
Take a picture or scan of two pages from the article with your annotations, and upload these to Canvas. If you use Word or an online annotation tool to annotate, you can upload the file.
In one paragraph, summarize the entire article in 6-8 sentences.
Include only the main points.
Do not quote anything, and use all your own words.
Include a signal phrase at the beginning with writer and article title.
In another paragraph, paraphrase the paragraph beginning, “But today. . .”
Include all details of the paragraph, about same length as paragraph.
Do not quote anything, and use all your own words.
Include a signal phrase at the beginning with writer and article title.
Paraphrase can be difficult. Try to do your best. The first sentence of this paragraph refers to our right to pursue happiness. It is fine to mention what that pronoun “this” refers to. In terms of the actual paraphrasing, do a close reading of the paragraph first and take some notes. What exactly is it saying? What are all the points it is making in terms of those statistics? The first step is to completely understand it. The next step is to then translate it into your words/style of writing.
In another paragraph, create a quotation Big Mac using two quotations of your choice from the article.
Include bread, signal phrases, transitions, introductions to quotations, and analysis.
You can put numbers 3-5 in one Word document. Set up your document using MLA Guidelines for heading, title, spacing, etc. Purdue OWL’s website outlines MLA FormattingLinks to an external site..Save your assignment as a Word document (.doc or .docx). You can then upload it to Canvas by clicking on the “Submit Assignment” button. If any of you need extra help with this, let me know.
NOTE: You do not need in-text (parenthetical) citations for this assignment, as there are no page numbers for an online article. The signal phrases will count for the citation.
