Composition & Rhetoric

Description
Be sure you have completed and submitted the Thesis Statement and Outline Assignment before completing this one. That assignment had you create an outline with your plan to write your introduction, body, and conclusion paragraphs for your Space/Place Analysis.

Assignment Resources:
• Space Place Analysis Assignment Sheet.pdf 0 Remember, for this project you are analyzing the connections between your chosen topic (Identity, Access, Culture, Diversity, Inclusion, or Community) and the spaces/places you occupy.

Assignment Instructions:
1. Using Methodist’s Davis Memorial Library website, find one source you can use in your Writing Project #1 to provide support for your topic. This source can be a book, article, periodical, video, etc. The Using Library Resources webpage will help you find sources.

2. In a Word document, start with your APA-style title page for this assignment. Include your title, name, course name, instructor name, and date. (See the Research and APA Style Powerpoint slide 18).

3. Read/view your library source, take any notes, then answer the following questions on the second page of your document:

  • • Explain what your TOPIC is in your own words and WHY you chose to research it for writing project 1.
  • • What kind of information related to your topic and spaces/places will you need for Project 1?
  • • Where did you locate this particular source?
  • • How do you know this source is credible and appropriate to use for your paper?

4. Refer to your Thesis Statement and Outline Assignment and choose one of your main topics in which you can incorporate your source. Next, you will write ONE BODY PARAGRAPH from your space/place analysis (due M 11/7). (You are not writing the entire essay, just one paragraph.)
– Your paragraph must use textual evidence or information from the library SOURCE. In your paragraph, you must provide 2 DIRECT QUOTES from the source. (Remember the ICE Method when using quotations. – Introduce, “insert quote”, Cite, & Explain. (See Applying Information From Sources for more information on using sources.)
– Remember, overall, each body paragraph of your final paper should discuss 1 MAIN POINT related to your topic (Identity, Access, Culture, Diversity, Inclusion, or Community). As in my example 1, my topic is DIVERSITY and my 3 main points are virtual spaces, physical artifacts, and personal interactions. When writing my body paragraph, I should only talk about one of those main points. When writing the rest of my essay, I will create separate paragraphs for the other 2 main points.

5. After typing your body paragraph, create your APA Reference page. On this page, list the correct APA entry for your library source. (See the Research and APA Style 7th Edition Powerpoint, slides 21, 33 for more information.) Other Requirements: • Your submitted Word document must be in APA format to include font style, font size, margins, page numbers, etc. Refer to Research Powerpoint.