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Academic English Skills Coursework 1 (a): Source Evaluation and Essay Outline

Name:

Class:

Date:

Title:

Advantages and disadvantages of Electric cars

Part 1: Sources

List a minimum of SIX sources which you have found to be reliable and appropriate for academic use which are relevant to your essay title.

Part 2: Source Evaluation [Explanation of why you have selected the sources for use.]

Complete the table below for FOUR of the sources you have found.

EVALUATION 1

Reference:

Why have you chosen this source? Refer to the currency, authority, purpose, reliability of evidence or data, objectivity, use of expected academic conventions.

How is the source relevant to your title? What are the useful points / arguments made in the text?

EVALUATION 2

Reference:

Why have you chosen this source? Refer to the currency, authority, purpose, reliability of evidence or data, objectivity, use of expected academic conventions.

How is the source relevant to your title? What are the useful points / arguments made in the text?

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EVALUATION 3

Reference:

Why have you chosen this source? Refer to the currency, authority, purpose, reliability of evidence or data, objectivity, use of expected academic conventions.

How is the source relevant to your title? What are the useful points / arguments made in the text?

EVALUATION 4

Reference:

Why have you chosen this source? Refer to the currency, authority, purpose, reliability of evidence or data, objectivity, use of expected academic conventions.

How is the source relevant to your title? What are the useful points / arguments made in the text?

Part 3: Essay Outline

Title:

Electric Cars

Introduction:

Your position / thesis statement :

Paragraph 1: Purpose

Topic sentence:

Main Point /Supporting points / Evidence, example or data / in-text citation [information prominent]

Paragraph 2: Purpose

Topic sentence:

Main Point /Supporting points / Evidence, example or data / in-text citation [information prominent]

Paragraph 3: Purpose

Topic sentence:

Main Point /Supporting points / Evidence, example or data / in-text citation [information prominent]

Paragraph 4: Purpose

Topic sentence:

Main Point /Supporting points / Evidence, example or data / in-text citation [information prominent]

Paragraph 5: Purpose

Topic sentence:

Main Point /Supporting points / Evidence, example or data / in-text citation [information prominent]

Paragraph 6: Purpose

Topic sentence:

Main Point /Supporting points / Evidence, example or data / in-text citation [information prominent]

[Add additional paragraphs as required]

Conclusion:

Summary of main points: