Analyze Academic Research

Instructions

Step 1: Choose and Review Research Sources

Review the articles below, which are all about misinformation, disinformation, and critical thinking. Choose 13 to serve as your source material for this assignment.

Step 2: Select Three Analytical Strategies

Choose three of the six analytical strategies listed below, for a total of three paragraphs.

• Analogy: Making the Unfamiliar Familiar
• Cause and Effect: Connecting Events and Outcomes
• Classification and Division: Breaking It Down
• Compare and Contrast: Highlighting Similarities and Differences
• Problem and Solution: Addressing Challenges
• Definition: Explaining What You Mean

Review the tutorial for more details on how to use these strategies or paragraph frames.

Step 3: Write One Paragraph for Each Analytical Strategy You Selected

Each paragraph should:

• Include a label with the strategy you are using in that paragraph.
• Begin with a clear topic sentence that is aligned with the strategy you are using in that paragraph. Remember, this is a claim that you are making and should not be a factual statement.
• Have a topic sentence that reflects the kind of analysis you are creating for the frame you chose.
• Incorporate evidence from the sources provided (you can use the same source for all three paragraphs, a different source for each paragraph, or any combination).
• Provide analysis that supports the paragraphs purpose.
• Include in-text citations in APA format for each paragraph.
• Be approximately 150200 words in length (which includes any in-text citations).

Step 4: Edit, Revise, and Submit

• Proofread your paragraphs.
• Confirm that each paragraph uses a different frame/strategy and follows APA guidelines. Include the name of the strategy with the paragraph that uses that frame.
• Submit your work as a single .doc or .docx file.

Youre almost there! This practice will sharpen your revision and critical writing skills and better prepare you for your final argumentative essay.