Description
In this week’s readings you learned about critical reading and how to respond in writing. For this assignment, you will be employing all of those skills as you read a recent newspaper article, answer some questions about the article, and submit a summary.
Assignment Objectives:
Employ reading and analytical strategies to interpret literal and figurative language
Employ effective rhetorical strategies in the writing process
Assignment Directions:
Read “An End to Sexism in Gaming Communities” by Sanjana Ramanathan in TSIS, pp. 723-730
Annotate as you read and take note of the ideas/evidence that you find most useful/important
Open a Microsoft Word Page and set up the proper MLA formatted heading/header.
Answer each of the following questions based on the article
Type the full name of the news article and add quotation marks around it. (Quote marks are how we identify titles of articles, essays, and short stories)
Sanjana Ramanathan is listed as the author, but who is she? Can we consider her essay to be credible? Why or Why not?
In a sentence, tell me what you think the purpose and the audience of this article is.
Most of Ramanathan’s credibility in the article comes from citing other sources? What do you believe is her strongest argument? Copy it exactly as it is, place quote marks around it, and add the proper in-text citations. (See page 154 in TLSH for help with in-text citations).
In 3-5 sentences, summarize this article by Sanjana Ramanathan.
In one sentence, tell me your opinion on this topic. Make it an absolute statement, so anyone who reads this sentence will know exactly where you stand on sexism in gaming.
Save this paper using your last name_Gaming (Last_Gaming)
Upload the document prior to Monday at 11:59 PM. Don’t forget to check that you’ve properly submitted it and it can be opened and read.
