Professor Kathleen Merrow, HON 101, Explication: Analyzing Primary and Secondary Sources PDF

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Professor Kathleen Merrow, how to do an explication of an author's sources. The difference between an author's primary and secondary sources, the difference between a thesis and an argument in explication. ...

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don’t single space times new roman 12 the d’amore article need to look every footnote up sources: sort them into primary and secondary sources primary: the actual object of study secondary: about thoreau himself need to look at the citation in context of the paper -dont need to read just search ~work of urban history the disciplinary location of the source what kind of feel (sometimes identify at end of article) not assessing whether her argument is credible -identify her thesis and structure of her argument *going to graph with quantity and type types of sources you’ve identified horizontal quantity on vertical axis write a paragraph that tells her what the graph shows directive introduction -right to the point -in this article i am reviewing this and in my paper i am going to do the following things: summarize her argument her evidences her training identify what i think her thesis is -maps out the main body of the paper retrospective conclusion

in the hale article he identifies himself as an urban historian, he’s saying pictures aren’t neutral or transparent. a study using the world columbian exposition and jackson to answer this question theres a difference between a thesis and a argument. a thesis can be stated in a sentence or two. an argument explains what the author does and why have to analyze sources next when looking at a source want to pay attention in hale harold m. mayer and wade source number 1 is primary so is number 2 what is the author actually doing with this thing number 3 is so old its primary all 3 identify authors who have turned to photographs for evidence source 4 is about how to use photographs as evidence: secondary secondary: i know my field i know what i’m talking about work in their own field by scholars who are their rough contemporaries the distinction is its work in a same field or related field thats being used as support or one that is itself being studied as defense for someones argument clear and accurate categories. not mysterious.

hes trying to prove that those 1st sources are wrong.

next terms writing assignment will be on an expocation....