Terrorism
English 102 ─ Essay and Research
Essay Two: The Topic, Audience and Source Analysis Essay
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Grade Value: 20 percent (200 points) Page Length: A minimum of 1,000 words
Essay Format: Typed, double-spaced, and stapled (refer to MLA style for additional formatting information)
Essay Two informs about Essay Three by exploring the topic, the sub-issues of the topic, the audience, your “vested” interest in the topic, the sources you have examined, and the reliability of the sources and their authors for Essay Three. This Project Two is not a “how-to” write a research paper, but a “what I am doing to write this research paper and what I need to do.”
The first part of this project is basically a Topic Proposal. Here, you need to rationalize and explain the narrowed, focused topic you have chosen for Essay Three. Be sure to include all of the following:
justifying it as a social issue
how you arrived at this topic
the currency and relevancy of the topic
your personal interest in the topic
what you already know about the topic
what you want to learn about the topic
why the topic is important enough for you to research it
what is it that you want to persuade
what kind of emotional appeal you intend to make in your essay
the sub-issues of the topic
and a possible working thesis or what you intend to prove during the course of Essay Three
You also need to do an Audience Analysis, since you aren’t really writing for a sympathetic reader.
Also, you need to analyze those who may oppose you if you are going to persuade, so analyze all sides of the issue (at least one other). Don’t forget to include aspects with which you agree or disagree with this antithetical side, who supports this opinion, etc. You may want to use audience analysis to create this section.
Audience Analysis
What do I have in common (or not) with my reader?
What is my audience’s age?
What is my reader’s gender?
What is my audience’s educational background?
What is my reader’s economic background or goals?
What kind of job does my reader have or want?
What is my audience’s political affiliation?
Does my audience share my media (news, radio, television, movie, magazine, music) interests (or not)?
Will my audience be receptive, apathetic, or hostile toward my topic?
The next part you should include in Essay Two is an Analysis of Your Source Material. You should include what search terms you used, and because you can’t do all of your research via the free Internet, you should include what databases you checked as well as what libraries you “visited” and if you sought advice from a librarian. You are required to include a primary source in your final Works Cited, so discuss the steps you are taking to procure that information.
Since you are required to use at least 6 sources in the final draft of Essay Three, you need to discuss at least 3 of your printed sources in some depth in Essay 2. Provide a complete bibliographical entry for the source. You should also provide a summary of the source as well as specific quotes, statistics, and information you think will be helpful in Essay Three. You also want to include information about the author’s credentials and where you got that information. Analyze the source as it applies to the topic you are writing about. If it doesn’t apply, mention that too. As you transition into the next source discussion, see if you can converse about how the sources agree or disagree with each other or build upon each other, directly or indirectly.
To find something out about your author’s credentials (job titles, degrees, association memberships, awards, areas of expertise, other articles or books written, etc.):
Look in the journal or book you are using. The editors may provide some information.
If not, the ERC houses a number of Who’s Who, Current Biography, as well as other book review publications.
In our library, it is difficult to find Who’ Who information for magazine and other periodical writers. One way to check on these writers without bothering the ERC staff is to enter the author’s name on OhioLINK under periodicals. If other titles come up under the author’s name, then you know what other subjects the author has written about as well as for what other periodicals.
Another way to find such information is to try OhioLINK’s database, Biography Index or Contemporary Authors, which is supposed to reference 100,000 authors
By finding out something about your author or source, you are establishing credibility and reliability for both your author and you. This information can be used to write lead-ins, too.
Finally, you should discuss what you still need to do to finish essay 3, such as,
providing complete bibliographical information for the sources you haven’t yet examined,
questions you still have about your topic, and
what you still need to do or pursue to complete your topic.
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Terrorism is defined as the illegal threat or use of violence against the public or even state to achieve a specific political goal. It has become of the international social challenges since it affects innocent civilians who are not part of political agendas. Terrorism entails a series of political acts which spread pressure……………………………..
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