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The Cultural Critique

The Cultural Critique. Observations While Grading. Things done generally well:. Good job finding credible sources. Most papers had clear stances and many good points. Most papers avoided logical fallacies. Works Cited:.

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The Cultural Critique

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  1. The Cultural Critique Observations While Grading

  2. Things done generally well: • Good job finding credible sources. • Most papers had clear stances and many good points. • Most papers avoided logical fallacies.

  3. Works Cited: • A works cited page should be arranged alphabetically based on the first letter of each entry. • A works cited should be double-spaced and all lines after the first line should be indented (hanging indent). • All sources on your WC should be in your paper. All sources in your paper should be on your WC.

  4. Example: Works Cited Adams, Carol. “Viking Influence on America’s Identity.” The Norton Reader. Eds. Linda Peterson and John Brereton. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. 150-7. Print. Knox, E.L. Skip. “The Tenth Century: The Vikings.” 16 October 2005. History of Western Civilization. BoiseState University. Web. 28 April 2009. Koeller, David W. “The Vikings.” 16 October 2005. University of Houston . Web. 28 April 2009. “Nordic Traditions Still Alive in Maine.” 14 August 2008. The New York Times. Web. 28 April 2009. Stevenson, Richard. “Rurik and the Vikings.” 1997. Celsius Centre for Scandinavian Studies. Web. 28 April 2009.

  5. Example of in-text citations:the ( ) always contains simply the first word of your WC entry Works Cited Adams, Carol. “Viking Influence on America’s Identity.” The Norton Reader. Eds. Linda Peterson and John Brereton. New York: W.W. Norton & Company, 2008. 150-7. Print. Knox, E.L. Skip. “The Tenth Century: The Vikings.” 16 October 2005. History of Western Civilization. BoiseState University. Web. 28 April 2009. Koeller, David W. “The Vikings.” 16 October 2005. University of Houston . Web. 28 April 2009. “Nordic Traditions Still Alive in Maine.” 14 August 2008. The New York Times. Web. 28 April 2009. (Adams 151) (Knox) (Koeller) (“Nordic”)

  6. Ellipses • Uses an ellipse (…) when you have taken some words out of the MIDDLE of a quote • Do NOT use an ellipse at the beginning or end of a quote. Examples: • Don’t: The article said, “…advocates of greater police powers in Britain counter that some personal freedoms must inevitably be curtailed” (“Britain”). • Do: The article said, “advocates of greater police powers in Britain counter that some personal freedoms must inevitably be curtailed” (“Britain”). • Do: The article said, “advocates of greater police powers …counter that some personal freedoms must inevitably be curtailed” (“Britain”).

  7. Organization of body paragraphs: • Never start a body paragraph with a quote. Instead, write a topic sentence in your own words that says what the general point of the paragraph will be. • Similarly, never end a body paragraph with a quote. End with your commentary that sums up the main point of that body paragraph. • Lastly, never put quotes back-to-back without your commentary in between. You need to explain the quotes and information for the reader.

  8. Example: The increase in video games have sky rocketed over the past decade. New and exciting creations such as PlayStation,Nintendo, Xbox, and Xbox 360, have opened the door to thousands of video games.This has increased the number of violent video games on the market today. Reagor found in a study that: The two most preferred categories were games that involved fantasy violence, preferred by almost 32% of subjects; and sports games, some of which contained violent sub themes, which were preferred by more than 29%. The most popular are the martial art games, from which there are hundreds to choose from. The violence in these video games can desensitize children to violence and alter their perception of reality. It can give them the idea that violence is an acceptable way to deal with problems and conflict. (Reagor 4) The high number of video games purchased with violent themes, show how children have an increasing desire to play games which reward violent behavior. The games give points to shooting or beating someone up. To win each level, the child has to go through rigorous tasks such as stealing cars, shooting soldiers, and capturing weapons. By rewarding these actions, we are not teaching children that such behavior is unacceptable. Blue sentence=topic sentence Red sentence=commentary Green sentence=lead-in to quote that gives context

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