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Phil 152 Critical Thinking - Athabasca University
Assignment 1:
Instruction: Choose one of the following three essays from Reader's Choice, and complete questions 1 - 12 in the table below.
"Red Smile" by Edith Iglauer
1. For each set of instructions in this assignment (that is, questions 1-12), identify the direction words.
2. Use one of the two active reading methods to read the essay for this assignment. Submit all your notes. For those steps usually done "in your head" (such as recite), note briefly what you did in the step. If you use a Reading Inventory, when you reach Rereading, only answer the questions from the first three bullets of Rereading listed in the Reading Inventory table (p. 41).
3. In a word or phrase, state the topic of the passage.
4. What is the author's purpose? In a sentence or two, explain what gave you this impression.
5. Is the main idea explicit or implicit? If it is explicit, quote the thesis statement (in quotation marks), and identify the page and paragraph number where it is located. If the idea is implicit, state the main idea clearly, in your own words.
6. Describe the tone of the essay. In a few sentences, explain what impact this tone has on your reactions as a reader, and give an example to illustrate the tone.
7. From your reaction/reflection notes, choose and copy out a comment that triggers a topic idea for you. Then, state the topic. State your purpose. State your main idea. Now, write a brief paragraph (no longer than 200 words) in which you express this main idea, and provide suitable supporting details.
8. Find an example of a coordinate sentence. Give the paragraph and page number where it is located, and write out the sentence. Identify the core parts of the sentence (subject and verb), as well as the conjunction. When identifying the example, keep in mind that not all instances of conjunctions connect two clauses.
9. Repeat the steps in Question 8 for a subordinate sentence.
10. Write out two examples of transitions from the essay. Give the paragraph and page numbers where the examples are located, and if this is a direct quote, put it in quotation marks. Explain what the transition indicates about relationships among ideas.
11. Find an example of comma use. Write out the sentence, identify it with quotation marks, and indicate the paragraph and page number. Highlight the comma(s) you are referring to, and name their use.
12. Repeat the steps in Question 11 for the use of a colon, semicolon, or dash. Identify one of the following in a sentence and explain its use: a colon, a semicolon or a dash.
Assignment 2:
Instructions
Choose one of the following three essays from Reader's Choice, and complete questions 1 - 5 in the table below.
"John Lennon, Michael Jackson: Do Celebrities Die Anymore?" by Katrina Onstad,
Chapter 3
1 Map or outline the essay you are reviewing. If you choose mapping, use Word's. Insert function with text. Be sure to provide references for all specifically paraphrased and quoted material that you use directly from the essay.
2 Note the topic, purpose, and main idea for the essay you have chosen. Using. these notes and the map or outline you produced for Question 1, write a summary of the essay. The paragraph should be no more than 200 words, and any paraphrased material or direct quotations must be properly referenced (refer to essay documentation in the MLA Documentation Skills Module). Be sure to use MLA documentation throughout.
3 Identify the primary rhetorical mode the writer uses to develop the essay. Using
. the appropriate course outline log entries for guidance, discuss in paragraph form how you determined this mode to be dominant, and use examples from the essay to illustrate the mode. Briefly discuss how the mode is appropriate to the topic at hand.
4 Find examples in the essay of two other rhetorical modes used in conjunction
. with the central one. For each, identify which mode it demonstrates, and quote the relevant example. Explain how you determined which mode is demonstrated by each example. Explain how the use of this mode helps to develop and support the ideas presented in the essay and how it helps to further the author's purpose.
5 Demonstrate your understanding of the strategies used to generate ideas by
. doing the following:
a Write a reaction you had to the essay you read.
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b Beginning with the reaction statement or question you wrote for part "a", use
. one of the strategies for generating ideas (refer to Log Entry 16) as a
pre-writing step. Let this beginning idea lead you in as many directions as possible. Follow tangents and make associations. Raise questions. Write out memories. Whichever of the five methods you use, you should strive here to generate a lot of material without worrying about where it is taking you.
c Reread your answer to "b", and look for something that is of interest to you.
. Formulate a main idea statement that could serve as the focus of an essay.
d Now, pretend that you are indeed going to write an essay on the main idea
. you stated in "c". Use an idea generating method but, this time, stay with this main idea, and come up with as many developmental points, examples, and details as you can that might be used in writing an essay with this main idea. You do not have to actually write the essay nor organize the material you generate at this time. Just pursue this idea, and come up with as much material as you can.
Assignment 3:
1. Before you begin this assignment, make sure that you have completed:
Choose one of the following six essays from Reader's Choice, and complete questions 1 - 3 in the table below.
"Seven Criteria for Adoption of New Technology" by Will Braun
1 Use one of the two active reading methods to read the essay for this
. assignment. Submit all your notes. For those steps usually done "in your head" (such as recite), note briefly what you did in the step. If you use a Reading Inventory, when you reach Rereading, only answer the first three questions listed in Reader's Choice, page 41. State the author's purpose and main idea.
2. Complete two outlines for a Critical Review essay (Log Entry 38) that you will write on the article that you have chosen. The first outline must provide a guideline for writing an accurate summary of the author's argument(s). Log Entries 17, 18, 22, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32, and 33 will be particularly useful for completing the first part of the outline as you should identify the parts of the argument, assumptions, and the specific kind of argument that is presented.
The second outline will provide a guideline for writing a critical evaluation of the argument(s) in the article by applying the standards of evaluation you have learned in Part B of the course. The following Log Entries will be useful when developing your critical evaluation in this second part of the outline: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, and 37 and 38. Note: Be certain to employ proper MLA referencing in each outline.
3 Using the proper essay format for a Critical Review essay (Log Entry 38) and. the outline you completed in 2, complete a rough draft (approximately 1000-1250 words) of a critical review essay of the article that you have chosen. Although you will be producing a rough draft only at this stage, include proper referencing for any paraphrased material and direct quotations you use to ensure that you understand how to do this for Assignment 4b. This rough draft will form the basis for Assignment 4b, which is the polished final version of the draft you have produced here - do not submit your final essay for Assignment 4a. As a rough draft, it will require further review, revision, and editing before it is ready to submit as a polished final version. Since this is a rough draft, the General Grading Matrix will only be very loosely applied, and some errors are expected.
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