Process 2
Comparing Source Articles
Freewriting
Activities The
following activities are designed
to help you generate ideas for your Reference Source
Article Comparison paper. Please complete these activities
before (or while) you draft your paper.
- Read for examples and
ideas. Read one of the essays listed on
Process 2 Readings. While you read, look for points of comparison.
Note that this is not an argument essay and you are not taking sides here.
You merely survey the points of structure, the how of your essays.
- Consider the model. At left, there is a model essay.
- Make a "Goodyear
blimp" brainstorm. Decide whether you are going to
make each article into a one or two-paragraph analysis or whether you are
going to take each point on the chart as a paragraph (or two). Then outline
which articles use which points on your "blimp outline". The 'blimp" is just an
oval shape you draw around your title or topic.
Send a freewrite email
message. Once you've selected a topic and a set of
article to analyze for
sturcture, send a message to the class on WEBCT in which
you tell us: how your article search is going, how you decided on a topic, which
model you are using for the analysis (point-by-point or article-by-article).
After completing the above activities, draft your essay!