Objectives
In successfully
completing this assignment, you will be able to:
- Write a brief persuasive paragraph
- Conduct
and transcribe an interview
- Choose relevant and effective material to use as support for your
paragraph
- Direct quote with proper documentation
Directions
On page
91of Writing from Sources, there are three different questions
which can be answered in a single paragraph:
1. "Should
Children Be Spanked?"
2. "Do Teenagers Benefit from Single-Sex High Schools?"
3. "What is the Best Way to Deal with Sibling Rivalry?"
Choose
one of these questions and answer it in a single
paragraph that is no less than 5 setences and no more than
10 sentences, integrating at least one direct quotation
from your source. This paragraph will be persuasive, and must contain
a statement of argument.
Your source will consist of one person you interview about your chosen
question. You must limit the length of your quotations to no more
than one sentence each, and there is a maximum of two quotations total
in the paragraph.
Helpful
Hints
- Before
deciding on a topic, think of what your reasoning is
- Interview
someone who has personal experience with the issue
- Give
that person written pointed questions, and have him/her write down
answers. This can be your "transcription."
- MLA
Interview citation consists of three things: Name of the person
interviewed. Personal Interview. Date of Interview.
Ex: Bush, George. Personal Interview. 22 Jan. 2003.
- Decide
on your statement of argument first (in this case, it will turn
into a topic sentence for your paragraph). The topic sentence does
not have to go first, however. It just has to be there in a logical
oganization.
- Make
sure each reason has at least once sentence of support
- From your source, pick
out a phrase or two you want to quote DIRECTLY
- Place
the quotation with the reason it supports and connect the two with
logic
- Make sure you introduce your quotation with the full name of the
person you have interviewed, as well as some information that demonstrates
his/her authority on the issue
- Make sure you do not use the quotation to state your argument,
but to support it.
Assignment
Requirements
How
well you meet these requirements determines your grade. A good persuasive
paragraph containing a quotation will:
- Have
a clearly stated opinion
- Have no more than two reasons for that opinion
- Briefly explain why your reasons support your opinion
- Include a relevant direct quotation from the interview you conducted
- Integrate the quotation smoothly in the text by transitioning
into it
- Give information as to the authority of the source
- Logically connect the quotation to the reason it supports
- Have a clear, logical organization
- Be focused
- Include a "Works Cited" that lists the interview as
the source
- Attach a transcript of the interview
Maximum
Score: 20 pts.
Due
Date: Wednesday, January 29th