SAMPLE LAYOUT FOR DB1

  

SAMPLE LAYOUT FOR DB1

In any writing, you want to try to create a 3-part-structure: introduction, body, and closing.  This flow helps to make ideas clearer, and it resembles the traditional layout that the world is familiar with.  Furthermore, especially in personal message or emails, it helps to establish niceties and politeness that can go a long way in putting people at ease. 

See the suggested layout for the Discussion Board 1 Introduction/Analysis post below.  You will see that the personal introduction is broken into 3 parts and the analysis section below that is broken into three parts as well.  While you do not have to follow this layout exactly, this is what I will be expecting as a general layout for your DB1 initial post in our classroom discussion. All of the content below will go into one post: the initial post.  Do not make 2 separate posts for this first part of the discussion board assignment.  Once you have made your initial post, you can then begin reviewing what your classmates have posted and attempt to complete the second part of this assignment: the peer response post.

 

Introduction: Hello Class!  My name is ________.   Where you live (state or country only): give details to let us know more.  Family, hobbies/interests, and anything else you want to share about yourself to let us connect with you on a personal level and be able to relate to you as a Christian, person, and student.  Which specific degree you are pursuing and why it is important to you. Your plan after this course (For example: How many courses to graduation? Do you plan to begin a new job as a result of your degree? Do you plan to continue your education towards a higher degree?) Finally, end by letting us know what you would like to learn from this course. Do you struggle with writing or standard English?  Did you attempt the class before but had difficulties in finishing?   I look forward to getting to know each of you!     Analysis: INTRODUCTION PARAGRAPH ·         Identify the purpose, audience, subject, and writer/speaker of the letter. ·         Address the thesis of the letter.   BODY PARAGRAPH ·         Prove your analysis of the letter.   ·         Identify any Aristotelian Appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) being used in the letter.  How are they used?  Why?  How well?    ·         Cite at least three specific examples to support :   o   your ideas about appeal use in the letter and o   your overall analysis of the letter’s purpose and persuasiveness.   CONCLUSION PARAGRAPH ·         Wrap up your analysis of the letter. ·         Leave the reader with something to think about.   REFERENCES/BIBLIOGRAPHY/WORKS CITED SECTION Depending on which documentation style you are using, you will need to format your sources into an alphabetized list to post to the very end of your initial post.  You WILL have at least one source to post into this part of the writing since you were required to use at least one quote from the assigned letter.  Remember, anytime you use content from an outside source (whether paraphrasing, quoting, or summarizing), you must provide proper parenthetical citations within that sentence as well as a related full-source citation in a properly documented section at the end of your writing.

 

NOTE: Simply write up the sections for the analysis without labels.  Do not label them Introduction, body, and conclusion.  You will label the source section at the bottom of the assignment according to which documentation style you are using.