Your New York Times Analysis assignment task description is featured above.
This assignment (double-spaced with an MLA heading) is due on December 18. Early submissions (printed and received by 12/13) earn five bonus points.
Remember to include your annotated article and SOAPStone chart (25 of the 100 points).
USE YOUR NOTES FROM YOUR FIRST NYT ANALYSIS PIECE!
You can recommend an opinion article from the New York Times that features interesting stylistic choices. If I select this to add to our choices, you can earn an additional 3 pts.
REMEMBER TO USE EVIDENCE FROM THE ARTICLE YOU ANALYZE.
INTEGRATE THE TEXT SEAMLESSLY WITH YOUR WORDS USING I.C.E (Introduce, Cite, Explain).
REVIEW THE RULES FOR PUNCTUATION AND QUOTATION MARKS. GENERALLY SPEAKING, DO NOT BEGIN A SENTENCE WITH QUOTATION MARKS.
YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR INTEGRATING THE RULES OF PUNCTUATION, MECHANICS AND GRAMMAR COVERED IN OUR EDIT LESSONS.
Here are the articles you can select from for your analysis paper:
"At This Memorial, the Monuments Bleed" by Jesse Wegman
"Most Hackers Aren't Criminals" by Charles Henderson
"What Changed in Charlottesville?" by Karen L.Cox
"Save Our Food. Free the Seed" by Dan Barber
"Genetically Modified People are Walking Among Us" by Carl Zimmer
"Trump is Doing Exactly What He Was Elected to Do" by Daniel McCarthy
"The Cancellation of Colin Kaepernick" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
"A Better Social Media World is Waiting for Us" by Annalee Newitz
"How to Survive as a Woman at a Chinese Banquet" by Yan Ge
"Tearing Down Statues of Columbus Also Tears Down My History" by John Viola
"Why You Should Give Your Money Away Today" by Patricia Snell Herzog
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