The academic skill of annotation
This assignment exercises the academic skill of annotation. I will lecture on the aspects of annotating and use class time to model the skill. To prepare for the lecture and modeling sessions beginning next week (Oct. 10), read the articles written by Dwight Schuh and Chuck Adams. Also, read the “Dispositio Presentation” document. (Find these in the attachments). Please note that the articles serve as material for modeling: you will not write your assignment using the Schuh and Adams articles. I will send additional supportive materials that review the writing skills necessary to accomplish an annotation (informative) essay via email.
Use the articles on education provided for the annotation assignment (see earmarked attachments). The authors take various positions on a debatable issue of an educational focus. Write an annotation (informative) essay that presents their respective cases. The annotation essay must follow the guidelines of MLA style and the expected discourse of formal academic voice.
Suggested stylistic guidelines:
In the first sentence or two of the introduction, mention the title of the reading(s), the name of the author(s), and the author’s (s’) enthymeme(s).
Use a neutral tone; be objective and fair. The goal of an annotation is to report the author’s views as accurately as possible.
Write the essay using standard academic, attributive prose: third-person point of view, the present tense, the appropriate documentation and citation (MLA). For example, Tooley argues that . . . [not I thought that or you will see that or Tooley argued that . . .].
Put all or most of the annotations in your own words. If you borrow a phrase or a sentence from the author, put it in quotation marks.
Document and cite accordingly.
Limit yourself to presenting the author’s key points.
Give enough details to present key points suggested as evidence by the author(s).
Edit your draft for weaknesses indicated in your benchmark essay. A good annotation essay is short but informative; every word should count.
Note: This is NOT an annotated bibliography nor a rhetorical precis! This essay must have an introduction, body, and conclusion!
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Education has brought major debates on either the success or failure of people being educated and vice versa. Michael Price’s article, “7 reasons why you shouldn’t go to college and 4 things to do instead” shines a point showing the reasons one shouldn’t be a fun of a college degree or education at all. Conversely, the Pew Research Center’s article “The rising cost of not going to college” brings in a point indicating the importance of one going to get college education and how it will be of great importance in one’s life. According………………….
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