My topic was the country of portugal

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1. What is your topic? (Examples-Michael Jackson or Paris, France)

2. What interests you about this topic?

3. What do you already know about this topic? (Hint: it is helpful to select topics that you already know a little something about. This helps you avoid this problem: "I didn't know anything about my topic, so I used quotes and paraphrases for my whole essay.")

4. What else would you like to know about this topic?

5. Read the entire article. Please provide a brief summary of your article. This should be in your own words. Do not copy and paste from the article, though you may include citations.

6. Pick one sentence from the article and put it here in either a quote or paraphrase. Please include a signal phrase and parenthetical citation.

7. Pretend you are going to write an essay about this topic. List three topics that you would like to focus on for your thesis and body paragraphs. (Examples-three places you would like to visit in Paris, such as the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre museum, and Père Lachaise Cemetery OR Michael Jackson's childhood, accomplishments in music, and tragic death)

8. This is how the article I chose would look on a Works Cited page. Use the library cite button! (See example below.) Include the entire URL (not just the doi) in case we want to look at your article.

Below is an example:

I decided to make this week's forum about Portugal. My parents are from Portugal, and I was raised speaking Portuguese with all of my cousins and family. I have only visited Portugal once when I was very small and don't remember much of it, however, I've seen many beautiful pictures and would like to go back to visit someday.

1. My topic was the country of Portugal

2. What interests me about my topic is that my parents are from Portugal, I speak Portuguese, and I've seen many beautiful pictures from there.

3. In Portugal, they speak Portuguese. The country of Portugal borders Spain and the Atlantic Ocean.

4. I would like to know more about the country, cities, and customs and traditions.

5. The article I read has a lot of information on the culture of Portuguese people, ranging from greetings, gift giving, traditions, society, religious views, and sports.

6. The article, Portugal Society & Culture, states "Sports are an important part of Portuguese culture. As far as professional and amateur sports, nothing in the country compares to soccer, more popularly known as football (the Portuguese spelling is futebol)." (14)

7. Three topics to research and write about in my essay would be places to visit and sight-see: Lisbon, the city of Porto, and the islands of Madeira.

8.The Works Cited page of my article would look like:

Portugal Society &Culture . 2nd ed., World Trade Press.

https://apus.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/fulldisplay?docid=alma991002140160505031&context=L&vid=01APUS_INST:01APUS&lang=en&search_scope=MyInst_and_CI&adaptor=Local%20Search%20Engine&tab=Everything&query=any,contains,travel%20Portugal&offset=0

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