Short Writing Exercise #3: Strengthening
Value:
5%
Due Date:
March 26
Topic: Social Media and Privacy
Purpose:
Short writing exercises can be thought of as assignments to help you with your final project. Please consider picking articles/sources that relate to your final project. It may require editing, but you may use your writing in your final project.
Directions:
According to Graff and Birkenstein (2014), your contribution to the academic conversation can be strengthened by incorporating good connections between ideas, addressing the opposing views, repeating your position as metacommentary, and indicating who should be interested in what you have to say and why. Focus on chapters 6, 7, 8, and 10 for ideas as you engage in this exercise/short assignment.
Plan revisions for your draft argument that will strengthen it in the ways described in Graff and Birkenstein. Complete each of the following:
(1) Identify an opposing view and address it. This should be a short paragraph. Support your statements with information from sources and cite them both in text and at the end as references.
(2) Explain who should care about your perspective and why. This should be a short paragraph. Support your statements with information from sources and cite them both in text and at the end as references.
(3) Draft two metacommentaries that could be incorporated into your paper. Each of these could be 1-3 sentences long.
(4) Identify three transitions that will improve the flow of your argument. For each example, provide the new version of the relevant sentences.
Formatting:
Doubled spaced, 12 point Times New Roman in Microsoft Word (doc or docx). Please provide the citation for each quote in APA style (both in text and as a reference at the end; see below for more information on APA citation guidelines).
Information on APA citation guidelines: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
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http://www.apastyle.org/
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