essay

A. Summary. Summarize each article in 1-2 sentences.

1. The authors of the article “Writing from Sources, Writing from Sentences,” argues that instead of educators concentrating on students’ citation sources, it would be more reasonable if they focused on fundamental questions like how well students understand their sources.

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The article “Shitty First Drafts,” advocates for the need to let go and prepare for drafts before making the final copy. According to the author drafts leads to clarity.

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Donald the author of “Learning to Praise,” addresses the issue of distrust of praise especially among American writers. According to a study carried out to support the author’s argument, it appears that college composition teachers find more error attractive compared to excellence.

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Army Tan a novelist as well as an essayist reveals the effect of mother tongue. As an immigrant the author insists on the importance of pre-reading and thinking about an essay in advance.

B. Outline. Outline the order in which you will explore the assigned articles. Give the article title and author(s). Remember you do not need to give the same “weight” to each article, but you need to consider in some way each article.

1. Writing from Sources, Writing from Sentences by Rebecca M., Tricia S., & Tanya R.

2. Shitty First Drafts by Anne Lamott from Bird by Bird

3. Learning to Praise by Donald A. Daiker

4. Mother Tongue by Army Tan

C. thesis:

D. opening paragraph