Holiday Assignment

3 annotated articles.

• Articles should be an opinion piece. Eg. Articles from Insight, Review, etc
• No particular topic. You can refer to the 'Expectations of MI GP students' for the list of topics to be covered this year.

How to annotate?
Please refer to the Beauty compre pasage or the RJC sample essay.

The following is taken from your notes:

A good way to read actively is to annotate each paragraph of the passage so that you can outline the structure of the argument. Write your annotations along the sides of the paragraphs.

What exactly are you supposed to annotate?

Anything! But the following list might help you out a bit:

· The thesis statement

· The general structure of the paragraph

- Topic Sentence

- Supporting Details

- Relationship between points, etc.

· The author’s stand

· The use of evidence - facts, examples that the author uses; reasons that the author gives to support his points. You can number these within the passage to make it easier for you to refer to them later on.

· The use of fallacies, unconvincing arguments – points that may discredit the author’s argument.

· Whether the author brings up any points that oppose his viewpoint, whether he acknowledges them or tries to refute them by giving counter examples, etc. (You can number these too.)

· Other observations about the paragraph – style, tone (sarcastic, etc), attitude, assumptions, values, beliefs, etc.

You should also annotate:

· The strength of the arguments

· Your responses toward the arguments

· Any alternative interpretations

· Any unwarranted assumptions