04 Oct secondary source analysis
Order Instructions
Based on the two articles “Taking Sides” what is Adrian Goldsworthy’s argument?
What is Peter Heather’s argument?
Which argument did you find more persuasive?
This is a SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS
these are the requirements/grading specs of assignment please follow carefully, as the professor will give a zero on assignment if not followed to each detail…..
SECONDARY SOURCE ANALYSIS SHOULD INCLUDE:
Summary of first article: Analysis identifies the article’s thesis, the argument made in support of that thesis, and the
evidence used to prove that argument.
The thesis must be explained in your own words, not quoted from the article.
Summary must focus on the author’s argument – what the author is trying to prove – rather than on topics mentioned in
the article.
Summary of second article: Same criteria as for summary of first article.
Evaluation: Analysis must provide at least one for reason why you found one article more persuasive, and at least one
reason for why you found the other article less persuasive.
Your evaluation must focus on central elements of the author’s
argument and use of evidence rather than anything related to writing style or word choice.
Your reason why Article X is
weaker than Article Y cannot be that Article X did not do the thing that you already said made Article Y stronger.
Citations: ********Analysis must contain at least 8 parenthetical citations!!!!!!!!!!
^^^ The only thing that goes in these parentheses is the
number printed on the page that you cited; do not include the author’s name or things like “page” or “p.” Each citation
must be to a different page. If you want to cite the same page more than once, you must include more than 8 citations
so that at least 8 different pages are cited. Each citation may cite only one page.
Structure: Your analysis must be exactly three paragraphs long; these three paragraphs are to be of roughly equal
length.
The first paragraph summarizes the argument of the first article; its first sentence must identify the author’s thesis
in your own words.
The second paragraph summarizes the argument of the second article; its first sentence must identify
the author’s thesis in your own words.
The third paragraph gives your evaluation of the two articles; its first sentence must
explain which article you found most persuasive. Your name must appear on the top of page 1.
The first line of each
paragraph must be indented, and the text must be left justified (Google this if you do not know what it means).
Style: Analysis conveys the appropriate language and tone for a formal academic audience familiar with European history.
Analysis contains no examples of first-person (I, me, my, we, us, our) and second person (you, your),
and does not address questions or commands to the reader. Writer does not narrate the process of
researching and writing the paper. Sentences are well-constructed and sound natural, avoiding
repeated errors in word choice and verb tense.
Historical conventions: Do not make a connection between the assigned text and the modern world or
say that something has always existed or has been true throughout time.
Do not pass value judgements
(e.g. saying something was good, bad, unfair, or an improvement). The first time that you refer to a
modern scholar, use both the scholar’s first name and last name, without any title such as “professor” or
“doctor.” All subsequent references to the author must use only their last name.
Never refer to a
scholar using only their first name. Authors’ names, along with the names of people discussed in the
article, must be spelled correctly throughout.
