English: Genre Comparison

I want to use the popular article and Scholarly article, also the format should be in APA styles.

Topic  In your first essay, you’ll compare two articles on the same topic, one from a scholarly journal article and one from a popular source.  Make sure your scholarly journal article comes from ProQuest Research Library, JSTOR, or Science Direct (because I want you to demonstrate the ability to use the databases available at Durham Tech).  As for how you complete the assignment, you have two options.  The first option is for you to pick out both of your articles.  This means that you find a popular article on the internet and a scholarly article in the databases to use.  The articles need to be on the same topic for you to be able to compare them.  The second option is to use one of the popular articles in the back of your TS/IS book.  If you use this option, choose an article from the back of TS/IS that most closely lines up with your academic and career field of interest.  You can choose between one of the following three articles: Gerald Graff’s “Hidden Intellectualism,” Michael Littman’s “’Rise of the Machines’ Is Not a Likely Future,” or Michelle Alexander’s “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness.”  Graff focuses on education; Littman on the technology and AI; and Alexander on the race and incarceration rates from a social sciences perspective.  If you use the second option, your scholarly article would need to be on the same subject as your popular article to allow for clear comparison.  Regardless of which option you choose, your task is the same.  You should look at the two articles and address the similarities and differences in the following areas:

• What are the claims of each article?
• Who is the audience and what is the purpose of each article?
• How do the articles use Rhetorical Appeals (Logos, Pathos, and Ethos)?
• How do the articles use sources?

Purpose  The purpose of this assignment is to strengthen students’ understandings of genre conventions.  Strengthen skills in critical reading and analysis, strengthen writing skills, essay organization, process approach.

Format  Your comparison will take the form of an academic essay of 4 – 6 pages.  You will need to cite both sources at least three times, and document your use of your sources using APA Style.

 

Deadlines                                                                                             

Prewriting and Comparison Grid                                                       8/22 (760); 8/23 (762 & 761)

Outline and References Page                                                            8/27 (760); 8/28 (762 & 761)

Peer Review                                                                                         8/29 (760); 8/30 (762 & 761)

Final Draft Submission Window Opens                                            9/5 (760); 9/4 (762 & 761)

Final Draft Submission Window Closes                                            9/12 (760); 9/11 (762 & 761)

Grading  This essay will count 15% of your total course grade.

A Paper                  In a thorough and interesting manner, fully explores similarities and differences in the two articles, fully covering all the required aspects:  purpose, audience, use of rhetorical appeals (logos, pathos, and ethos), mode and media, elements of the genre they represent, style, design, use of sources.  Demonstrates a thorough understanding of what the texts say, how they express their ideas, and how the author has made rhetorical choices based on purpose and audience.

Offers sufficient specific examples, including quotations, to support all assertions about the articles.

Correctly uses APA format for quotations and references page.

Organizes ideas effectively, including a well-developed introduction with clear thesis statement, body paragraphs with strong topic sentences, and a thoughtful, interesting conclusion.  All topic sentences are ideas.

Avoids grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

B Paper                  Accomplishes all the above to a lesser extent.

C Paper                  Contains one or more of the following problems:

Comparison is weak or fails to cover some of the required criteria.

Lacks sufficient examples, including quotations, to support assertions about the articles.  Quotations are not introduced or cited correctly.

Fails to use APA format for references page and parenthetical citations.

Organization is weak.  Paper lacks a clear thesis statement, well developed introduction, topic sentences for body paragraphs, or conclusion.  Topic sentences are statements of fact rather than ideas.

Contains many grammar, spelling, or punctuation errors.

D or F Paper          Has two or more of the problems listed for a C Paper.