The thing i want to annotated is INTERNET, which need to narrow, and need one primary source and contain with memoir theme
Overview:
For this assignment, I want you to think large. You will investigate a person, concept, idea, company, or product that has significantly affected how we can or do see things today. That last word is important—you must be able to show contemporary impact. Your essay should:
1. give your readers an engaging and challenging presentation about your topic
2. be built around a thesis—a unique contribution; it can’t be simply an encyclopedic report;
3. contribute to an academic conversation (i.e. establish what other scholars have said and written about and around the topic, respond to them, argue with them or agree with them (or both), and use their words and ideas in the service of your unique thesis)
In order to help you see how you can avoid writing a simple encyclopedic report, here are some broad ideas:
• Argue for a new application of a product or idea
• Argue that a person has made a significant contribution in ways that were not originally foreseen
• Show us a person/concept/product in a fresh context
You need not argue that your topic’s effect on how we see things is positive. In fact, you could help us to see how the topic has been overrated or oversimplified.
The Fine Print:
• To meet the requirement of contributing to an academic conversation, you must cite at least six academically acceptable sources in the essay – that’s just a minimum, though. You’ll probably consult many more than that in the course of educating yourself. Because our course carries the theme: memoirs (thus, a primary source), please make sure that one of your sources is “primary,” whether it be a memoir, autobiography, diary entry, etc.
Bottom line requirement for a topic choice: Find something challenging that you can sink your teeth into. If you’re not truly curious about it and invested in it, it will show.
About audience:
As with the previous assignments, you’re writing for intelligent and curious readers. They want to learn from you and be engaged by you. Keep in mind the needs of that audience. Ultimately, ask yourself “So what?” and “Who Cares?”
Thesis:
Your essay should be built around a worthwhile thesis—your unique contribution to the topic. Your statement of thesis should use organic language and logic to convey to readers your main point.
Structure (again, echoing the previous assignments)—these things are important:
• relevant and engaging title
• a catchy opener
• providing enough context and background information for readers to understand your thesis (remembering that you’re not giving them a history lesson or a Wikipedia education)
• sentences and paragraphs that are linked and logically organized; using transitions and meta-commentary
• creative and coherent organizational elements: line breaks, subheadings, visual aids, addressing the reader directly
• a satisfying conclusion that isn’t boring
Learning Outcomes:
The most important composition skills we’re working on here: identifying a significant and academically viable topic, critical analysis, contribution to a significant academic conversation (including the effective integration of sources), audience awareness, and MLA formatting.
Academically Acceptable Sources:
— Primary Sources such as original government documents, original letters, survey data, scientific experiment results, interviews conducted by you, anything that is right up close to the topic and not filtered through someone else,
— Books by reputable authors, from established publishers,
— Academic Journals: The Journal of American History, The American Historical Review, American Quarterly, Harvard Law Review, etc.
— Reputable Magazines (News or Cultural Critique): U.S. News & World Report, The Nation, New York Times Book Review, The New Republic, etc.
— Trade Publications: Library Journal, The Booklist, Publishers Weekly, ABA Journal, etc.,
— Newspapers: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The Washington Times, Chicago Sun-Times, etc.,
—Sites with evidence of strict editorial standards
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