Identify the Claim

Identify the Claim

Read: “99.9% of Proper Grammar is Obsolete” by David Wertheimer (from Digital

Web Magazine)here:http://www.digital-web.com/articles/999_of_proper_grammar_is_obsolete/

The case assignment asks you to read and identify claims made by the author.

The idea is for you to practice finding claims or arguments that the author

makes. To prepare you to make your own claims it is imperative to experience

reading how authors make their claims. Likewise, you want to use third person

throughout the response. In other words, you want to serve as a reporter of the

information in the article. Pretend you are working for a news station and just

reporting what the article says. Consider reviewing paraphrasing and summarizing

in the reading material. When writing research, you will want to show that you

are unbiased in your explanations of sources. Using third person can increase

your ethos (ethical credibility) and show audiences that you have done your

homework (your research) on the topic. To practice citing in APA style, please

provide a reference list that contains the article you have read (cite

parenthetically in the text and include the article on a reference list using

APA format). There will be only one “source” on your reference list because we

have not asked you to do further research for this assignment.

Expectations

Read the essay thoroughly

• Write two-three pages that identifies and expresses the claims made by the

  author

• Use the additional readings to learn about summarizing and paraphrasing
• Use third person writing throughout
• Cite the article in a reference list (you will only have one article on your

  reference list)