Bright Sided Chapter 7 American Paradox Discussion Hello, the directions are attached below. Will send the reading to the assigned tutor. Thanks.The respon

Bright Sided Chapter 7 American Paradox Discussion Hello, the directions are attached below. Will send the reading to the assigned tutor. Thanks.The response is one paragraph long. Please read directions. English 124
Reading Response
5 points, per response
Due: multiple dates: see course schedule
Reading responses are designed to develop our reading and writing skills and give us a purpose for
reading the assigned readings (or texts). As you read a text, underline key ideas and areas where you have
a personal reaction. Personal reactions are points where you agree, disagree, or do a little of both. Space
permitting, jot down notes in the margins to help you locate where you agree and/or disagree as well as
other ideas you wish to find later. This active reading strategy will save you time and help you
remember the text’s key points better.
Once you have finished reading the text, in an MLA formatted paper, type your response in a paragraph
that includes the following:
1. Start with an introduction of the author by full name (first, middle, last names) and the text’s
title. Be sure to put titles of short works in quotes and long works in italics (see table below).
2. Contextualize the point you agree/disagree by offering a brief summary of the text and the
point/subpoint being discussed in 1 – 3 sentences. Be careful not to over summarize the text,
where you offer a detailed account of all major and minor points. Summaries should be focused
to your response.
3. This brings me to your personal response where you will cite or paraphrase the passage or idea
that you agree or disagree with. After you directly or indirectly quote the passage, explain why
this point had some impact on you. This explanation should take up the majority of your
paragraph.
An example of how to format your paper and cite a source in MLA and how to write a reading response is
on the back of this page.
Titles: depending on the type of text, titles of works will be in quotes or in italics. Some exceptions apply
where titles of historical documents, for instance, or in neither italics or in quotes. Below are common
texts you will use in college.
Shorter Works (put their titles in quotes)
article or speech titles, e.g. “I Have a Dream”
Longer Works (put their titles in italics)
newspaper, magazine, anthology, and/or journal titles, e.g.
Signs of Life in the USA: Readings on Popular Culture for
Writers
book titles, e.g. White Noise
book titles, e.g. The Story of My Life by Helen Keller
chapters (if titled), e.g. “Consuming Passions: The
Culture of American Consumption”
book excerpt titles, e.g. “The Day Language Came into
My Life”
titles of poems
titles of a book of poetry
Titles of a book of short stories
TV series titles
short story titles
TV episode titles
Song titles
web page titles
CD or album titles
website titles
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Professor
English 124
14 June 2016
Reading Response: Signs of Life Introduction
Sign of Life in the USA chapter introduction, “Popular Signs: Or, Everything You Always
Knew about American Culture (but Nobody Asked),” Sonia Maasik and Jack Solomon present a
conceptual framework of studying signs within our popular culture called semiotics. Under the
heading “From Folk to For-Profit,” they explain how the entertainment culture “are linked by a
common imperative to entertain” (6). I agree with this statement, yet disagree with their
“imperative” is solely to entertain. Take TV news, whether cable or local, for instance. The
platform is to entertain, with their invited guests to speak on one issue or another. Yet these news
corporations also have an agenda; for example, Fox news pushes conservative values while CNN
promotes a liberal agenda. Though viewers are entertained by their programming, they are also
being manipulated into accepting ideologies pushed by the news corporations, consequently,
stereotypes are perpetuated and assumptions about others go unchallenged.
Points
Grading Criteria
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Reading Response turned in on-time, paper is MLA formatted, and includes all three response elements:
an introduction of the text, a brief summary, and a personal response with an explanation
Reading Response either turned in late, or paper not in MLA format, or response is missing one
element: introduction of the text, summary or personal response
Reading Response either turned in late and is missing one of the following: paper not MLA formatted
or response is missing an element, or the assignment is missing more than one element for the response
and/or has major MLA formatting issues
Response is not addressing what is asked on this assignment or most or parts of the response found
plagiarized from another source (with notification to the Dean of Student Affairs)
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