English1302 Response Essay - Part 1&2

English 1302 Response Essay

In this unit you will be asked to call on skills necessary for successful written and oral rhetoric. The first part of this assignment asks that you choose an essay or short story from the Race file located under your Readings in Course Information. You are then asked to respond to your reading using the following format:

Link of an article/essay

https://www.vqronline.org/essays-articles/2014/10/price-black-ambition

Part I – Summarize the Work. Introduce the article, briefly summarize it and then present your primary claim regarding the writing. Remember to:

· Identify the author and title of the work. Include in parentheses the publisher and publication date.

· Summarize the material so that the reader gets a general sense of all key aspects of the original work and keep the summary objective and factual. Include important elements and don’t focus too exclusively on any one aspect.

· Do not include in the first part of the paper your personal reaction to the work; your subjective impression will form the basis of the second part of your paper.

· Use textual evidence from the work to help prove your claim.

· Part II – Respond to the Work – Consider questions like the following:

· How is the material related to your life, experiences, feelings and ideas? For instance, what emotions did the work arouse in you?

· Did the work increase your understanding of a particular issue? Did it change your perspective in any way?

· Evaluate the merit of the work: the importance of its points, its accuracy, completeness, organization, and so on.

Conclusion. Return to the beginning, say why you think your point is proved or disproved, and reiterate the most important points.

Format: 600-750 words Font Times New Roman 10 point Single-spaced