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    This document provides instructions for an assignment requiring students to analyze a primary source document. Students are asked to choose one of two primary sources they previously summarized, and write a 2-3 page focused analysis of that source. The analysis should demonstrate the student's interpretive thinking about how the source can be defined and explained. It should feel like a discussion moving toward a preliminary argument, rather than a list. Students are provided objectives and tips for completing the assignment, such as using specific details to examine patterns and implicit meanings. They are also instructed to end the analysis with 1-2 research questions arising from observations of the source to help guide further research. The assignment is due on Monday at 5pm.

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    This document provides instructions for an assignment requiring students to analyze a primary source document. Students are asked to choose one of two primary sources they previously summarized, and write a 2-3 page focused analysis of that source. The analysis should demonstrate the student's interpretive thinking about how the source can be defined and explained. It should feel like a discussion moving toward a preliminary argument, rather than a list. Students are provided objectives and tips for completing the assignment, such as using specific details to examine patterns and implicit meanings. They are also instructed to end the analysis with 1-2 research questions arising from observations of the source to help guide further research. The assignment is due on Monday at 5pm.

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    English 1110.

    01
    Fall 2015
    Nicole Marie Butler

    STEP 1: Primary Source Analysis


    At this stage, you have already chosen two possible primary sources and written a paragraph
    summarizing each source. Now, your task will be to choose one of these sources (the one you feel
    most interested in or has the most potential for your research project) and write a focused
    analysis.
    Below you will find a list of objectives. Be sure to follow the directions outlined in Completing
    the Assignment carefully and to consult our textbook Writing Analytically. Your work should be
    double-spaced, typed in 12 point font, and set to 1 margins. The objectives of the assignment
    are listed below.
    Objectives:

    Produce a focused analysis, two-three pages in length, of the primary source you have
    chosen.

    Finish the analysis with a paragraph that includes one or two research questions that will
    help guide you toward developing a thesis and finding secondary source materials.

    Create an analysis will serve as the basis for your secondary source assignment, and
    subsequently your first draft of your paper, which will be discussed in your research
    conference.

    Getting Started:

    Make sure you understand the meaning of analysis; according to the authors of Writing
    Analytically, analysis should include the authors interpretive thinking, and analysis is
    concerned with how complex subjects might be defined and explained. Consider it
    your job to attempt to define and explain what you see in your primary source.

    Remember that this analysis should not be a list, but should instead feel like a discussion
    that moves toward a preliminary argument.

    Completing the Assignment:

    1) Revisit the preliminary work you have done during what Writing Analytically calls the
    discovery phaseyour work with The Method and other techniques from the
    analytical toolkitto get started with your analysis.
    2) Peruse the Five Analytical Moves to generate ideas. Brainstorm by describing the source
    in detail, breaking it down into its significant parts, talking about the patterns and
    connections between those parts, and, most importantly, making explicit the possible
    implicit meanings of what you see.

    3) When you begin your analysis, remember to be specific; examine the text image by
    image and word by word. This will more easily allow you to observe patterns or
    connections between elements, and begin working toward a more informed research
    question.
    4) At the close of your analysis, end with one or two research questions (questions that
    arise from observations about the source) that you will use to begin thinking more deeply
    about your topic and to help you find materials for the upcoming Secondary Source
    Assignment. We will go over how to develop a research question in class to aid you with
    this last portion of the assignment.
    This assignment is due in hard copy and in the Carmen dropbox named [Primary Source
    Analysis] by Monday, 10/5 at 5 PM. You can bring the hard copy to class, or bring it to the Eng.
    dept. main office on the 4th floor of Denney Hall.

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