Reading Journal
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| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Author(s). “Title of Article.” Title of Journal, Volume, Issue, Year, pages.
warrington , kate. Writing Spaces 3, Parlor Press, 2020, wac.colostate.edu/docs/books/writingspaces3/warrington.pdf. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | Assessing Source Credibility for Crafting a Well-Informed Argument was written by Kate Warrington, Natasha Kovalyova, and Cindy King and discusses how to use critical reading strategies to help students better understand their assignments and figure out which sources are credible to use in their works. There were a few main points in the article which were Establishing credibility, which is having an understanding for the author, assessing source bias, which is understanding the author’s perspective, and evaluating an argument, and finding sources. All of these points are important when it comes to perfecting any work of writing. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | Source bias is helpful in understanding the author’s main point and can be used to appeal to the reader’s emotion. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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This connects to other reading and articles we read in class because it discusses tips on how to make one’s writing skills improve better and identifies new concepts that can be very useful. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Which concept did you find the most interesting that was addressed in the reading? |