Read the document that is posted for this week and answer the following questions. Use specific examples from the text as evidence to support your assertions, and use complete sentences. This is NOT an essay; answer each question by numbering the questions. Please type up your answers and either submit an accepted file type or copy and paste it into the textbox. [50 points total]
SOME TIPS:
connect evidence (quotes) to assertions (explain how your evidence supports what you’re saying, don’t just list quotations);
use quotation marks for your quotes;
maximum points cannot be achieved with meeting minimums: if you want the highest points, shoot for more than the minimum required;
most times, more than one piece of evidence is better;
sometimes we can only assert what is NOT true (reasonably connected to the context & evidence), rather than what is true about the speaker or time/place, etc
you can use a quotation more than once (sometimes a quote can tell you multiple things)
Speaker: What do we know about the speaker or author of this source? What are some things you can speculate about the speaker/author from the source? (you may not know his/her name, but you can draw conclusions about him/her and his/her position). What specific examples from within the source provide evidence to support your assertion(s)? [5 pts]
Occasion: When and where was the source created (what kind of historical context can you determine)? Make a guess based on the context or clues within the source (you do not need to guess a year; you can estimate a time period or context). What specific examples from within the source provide evidence to support your assertion(s)? HINT: names, places, technologies, etc can help us place things historically [5 pts]
Audience: Whom do you think is the intended audience of this source (to whom is the source speaking)? What specific examples from within the source provide evidence to support your assertion(s)? [4 pts]
Purpose: FIRST: What kind of source is it? (i.e., a speech, inscription, religious text, legal text, law code, proclamation, letter, treaty, etc [these are NOT the only things the source can be]) What specific examples from within the source provide evidence to support your assertion(s)? [3 pts]
SECOND: Why do you think this source was created? What is its purpose? What specific examples from within the source provide evidence to support your assertion(s)? [5 pts]
[8 pts total]
Subject: IN YOUR OWN WORDS, summarize the source (what is it about?). A good summary will give an overview of the content, breadth, and organization of the source. Your reader should have a good idea of what the source is about by reading your summary. Think about a summary as spoiling the movie plot for your friend who hasn’t seen it. Spoil this source for me! You do not need to quote from the source in your summary, but you should give enough detail to give the gist of what is happening within the source. HINT: a good summary will probably need a few sentences. [8 pts]
Tone: What is the attitude or tone of the speaker and/or source? Are there any emotions that can be detected in this source? What specific examples from within the source provide evidence to support your assertion(s)? [4 pts]
Digging Deeper: What does this source tell us about the people or time in which it was created? Give at least two examples supported by specific evidence from within the source of what we can know about their culture, religion, beliefs, politics, or social structure, etc. What specific examples from within the source provide evidence to support your assertion(s)? Two examples are the minimum. More examples and evidence mean more points. [12 pts]
Making Connections: Give one specific example of how our own society is similar to this one. Give one specific example of how our own society is different from this one. [4 pts]
I am more than happy to look over what you have or meet face-to-face beforehand, but we must do it before noon on Saturday the weekend it is due. This will allow me time to give better feedback and you enough time to make adjustments, if necessary.
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