GUIDE TO WRITING

The Writing Assignment

Your instructor may ask you to compose all or part of the following multi-stage project:

  1. Summarize one or more sources on a controversial topic.

  2. Compile an annotated bibliography on the topic.

  3. Synthesize information from the articles you have read to write an informative report introducing the topic to your audience.

  4. Analyze two (or more) articles that take conflicting positions on the topic, comparing and contrasting the values underlying the opposing positions.

This Guide to Writing is designed to help you compose your own summaries, annotated bibliography, report, and analysis, applying what you have learned from reading an example of each of these genres. This Starting Points chart will help you find answers to composing questions you might have. Use the chart to find the guidance you need, when you need it.

STARTING POINTS: COMPOSING A SUMMARY, ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY, REPORT, OR ANALYSIS

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Appropriate Explanatory Strategies What kinds of explanatory strategies are appropriate in a report and an analysis?
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