Class on Wednesday, 15th September

Our homework for tonight is as follows:
1. Reading: JAC pages 102-106 (about locating) secondary sources).
2. Reading: EA Chapter. 20
3. Find 2 secondary sources and create a works cited page for them to bring in Friday.

In class today we Professor Joyce brought in a "good" editorial analysis done by a student in the past, who earned a "B" grade for that particular draft. We discussed some shortcomings in the paper, some of which were, a vague thesis statement, missing in-text citations, and kind of choppy. Professor Joyce explained the importance of in-text citations, and most importantly whether you paraphrase, quote, or summarize, an in-text citation should be present at the end of the sentence, or the author must be mentioned by name in the sentence, in order to give him due credit for the information. The thesis statement should be very precise and clear, and it should tell a general idea of what will be discussed in the body paragraphs of the paper. It is not okay to identify the thesis statement by writing something like "My thesis statement for the essay is.....", it should be written in such a way that it encompasses all the ideas being discussed in the paper in a precise sentence which can easily be identified by the reader without being very direct.
Professor Joyce also explained 3 important things that should be present in the body paragraphs of the paper being written:

1. Claim, the argument being made by the author of the editorial, article, etc.
2. Evidence, which is given by paraphrasing, summarizing, or direct quoting.
3. Analysis, by taking into consideration both the claim, and the evidence and evaluating their effectiveness.

Professor Joyce told us that in the news article analysis we submitted this Friday, in some papers, claim and evidence were present but the analysis was missing, or the claim and analysis were present but there was no evidence. It is important to include all three in the paper, because that is what makes a strong argument. We also submitted the identification of logical fallacies and short write C today. Well that is all what happened in class today and all that we discussed, enjoy studying!!
Ameena Syed