This assignment has two parts. This assignment is a prewriting assignment for Writing Assignment 5.
These two assignments are connected.
After reading through the details of Writing Assignment 5, determine your topic choice for this paper.
The topic you pick must be related to your degree and it must be related to technological advancements in your degree field.
For the first part of this assignment, you’ll be doing research to find sources related to the topic you picked.
You will organize these sources in an annotated bibliography (see detailed Part I instructions below).
For the second part of this assignment, you will begin brainstorming and developing ideas for Writing Assignment 5 and compile your ideas into a detailed outline.
In the coming weeks you can use this outline to help you draft Writing Assignment 5 essay (see detailed Part II instructions below).
There are some examples of possible topics listed on the prompt for writing assignment 5, but if you’re struggling to come up with a topic, contact your instructor to brainstorm topic options.
A Few Specifics:
You can use this Word document templateDownload Word document template to fill out for this assignment
An annotated bibliography with 5 APA citations and 5 annotations (one for each source)
A (2-page minimum) detailed outline that illustrates how you will arrange your upcoming Writing Assignment 5
Assignment Resources:
Annotated Bibliographies and Literature Reviews in your textbook (p.190)
How to create an annotated bibliography: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/index.htmlLinks to an external site.
How to cite sources in APA format on your references page: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/05/Links to an external site.
Part I Detailed Instructions:
Once you’ve picked a topic for your paper, begin researching and creating an annotated bibliography, which lists five annotated sources that you’ll use for Writing Assignment 5.
When searching for sources to use, make sure you assess them for credibility and ensure that you’re using sources with valid, relevant information. Try the LMC Library databases, Google Scholar, Wolframalpha and various online news sites (CNN, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, USA Today, etc.) to ensure credibility of the sources you find.
Each of your five sources should be listed in APA format as you’d find them on a references page in an essay. Under each source, should be the annotation, which should be at minimum five sentences long, but the annotation for each source can be as long as two paragraphs. Here are some example annotated bibliographies: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html
Part II Detailed Instructions:
For this part of the assignment, you need to create an outline that includes the following three major sections: 1. Topic Overview 2. Ideas for Body Paragraphs 3. Conclusion.
Here is a template to follow as you create your outline: 102 WA 4 Template-1Download 102 WA 4 Template-1
Topic Overview: In this section, you should brainstorm background information on your topic to provide your readers with context and you should write up your introduction paragraph. This introduction paragraph should include:
General information about the topic
Background/context to help the reader understand both sides of the argument (list both sides of the argument as you see them)
An overview of issues/points of view/ideas surrounding the topic
Your thesis statement
Body paragraphs: In this section, list at minimum 4 body paragraphs. For each body paragraph, provide the information requested: topic sentence, what you will talk about in the paragraph, any sources you might use.
Body Paragraph 1:
Topic Sentence:
Will talk about detail/supporting idea:
Are there any sources from your Annotated Bibliography assignment that would help you make your point in this paragraph? If so, list them here.
Body Paragraph 2:
Topic Sentence:
Will talk about detail/supporting idea:
Are there any sources from your Annotated Bibliography assignment that would help you make your point in this paragraph? If so, list them here.
Body Paragraph 3:
Topic Sentence:
Will talk about detail/supporting idea:
Are there any sources from your Annotated Bibliography assignment that would help you make your point in this paragraph? If so, list them here.
Body Paragraph 4
Topic Sentence:
Will talk about detail/supporting idea:
Are there any sources from your Annotated Bibliography assignment that would help you make your point in this paragraph? If so, list them here.
Conclusion: In this section, you should write up your conclusion paragraph.
Some sort of summary of your main points
Ideas for future research (what still needs to be looked at)
The message or idea you want to leave with your readers
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MORE DETAILS. My major is PHARMACY.
There are many different types of research essays out there and a few include: the persuasive/argumentative research essay, the analytical research essay, and the investigative research report. For this assignment, you will write a persuasive research essay.
To get started, first pick a topic. Select something (person, place, thing) in your field of study (your degree choice) here at LMC (see examples below). In your essay, focus specifically on this something (person, place, thing) you selected and argue whether advances in technology have had a positive or negative effect on your field of study. Writing assignment 4 is a pre-writing assignment for this research essay and will guide you in picking a topic, finding sources for that topic, and outlining your ideas.
Your goal with this assignment is to analyze the impact technology has had on your field. How has it changed things in your field? Have these changes been positive or negative or both? Has a specific something (person, place, thing) added value to your field because of technology’s impact on him/her/it?
Some Examples of Topic Choices:
If you are a photography major, you could explore the effects of digital reproduction of pictures, which has essentially replaced film. Then you could discuss how the invention of digital reproduction has changed the photography field and argue whether this technological change has had a positive or negative effect on the field as whole.
Or if you are a business major you could discuss how the invention of Microsoft Office has changed the way we compose information and process data and argue whether Microsoft Office has dramatically altered our business processes.
If you are Rad-Tech major, you could discuss how the invention of X-ray technology has changed the field positively or negatively.
Or if you are an EMT major, you could discuss how technology has created various tools and processes, which has changed emergency lifesaving and argue how EMTs tools/processes have changed the amount of people saved.