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Question: Select a primary source on a topic that interests you from the American Yawp Reader, chapters 24
Carefully read the primary source you selected.
Take notes and follow the steps/tips below in developing your paragraph.
The most important part of this assignment is to connect your source to the bigger picture.

Writing an analysis paragraph with a primary source text:

Read carefully, highlight or underline important text, take notes, look up unfamiliar words, ask questions, etc. in order to ensure you understand the source text. These are important pre-steps to being able to summarize (succinctly) what the source is about.
Some basic identifying questions you might answer as you are taking notes and writing your paragraph:
Who wrote the document and what are his/her cultural biases? What is the author's background (you can look this up!)? When and Where was it written?
When or Where is the document describing (if different from where written)?
Summarizing questions include:
What is the document's purpose or argument? What are the key points of evidence used to support that argument? Are there specific lines you can identify to help demonstrate the point through brief "quotations"?
Some even more important questions that help explain why the ideas expressed are important within the context of what we've been learning in class:
What else was going on when and where it was written? Why is this document significant? How docs it relate to what we've studied in class so far?
Don't assume knowledge on the part of the reader. Be thorough in your explanation.
Address the 5 Ws & H of Journalism (Who? What? When? Where? Why? & How?).