1. Listening to classical music before going to bed improves health because it calms the nerves of the listener. This may explain why babies who listen to Mozart at a young age are calmer children. Classical music also helps students concentrate on their school work. It helps older people improve their memory. Finally, classical music played in an art gallery encourages wealthy people to purchase expensive art.

 

This is a good detail sentence.

Answer true or false and state why.

3. Listening to classical music before going to bed improves health of children because it calms their nerves. Most adults listen to classical music to impress their bosses at work. It is common to find workers listening to Tchaikovsky or Handel when their bosses walk by. Most workers think that listening to classical music will make them appear smarter or more cultural to their boss.

 The detail sentence supports the topic sentence.

How does a topic sentence, or the first sentence of a main paragraph, relate to the thesis of the paper?

Which of the following are good details sentences? Why?

1. Reality TV shows like Survivor began to be popular at the beginning of the 21st century.

2. I feel that young people who spend a lot of time communicating with people online have a difficult time relating to people face to face.

3. Studies show that the tactile nature of fur is stress-relieving because the nerves of a person’s skin, upon contact with the fur, are triggered to release endorphins (Graham, 2001, p.34).

4. In my opinion, television shows are getting better and better every year.

What sections of the Problem/Solution paper make up the biggest section of the paper?

What does the transition to solution section contain, and what is its purpose?

My Source was Unreliable?

How to Determine Credibility

CARS ModelCredible No author or organization authorship

No date on the document Bad grammar or misspelled words

Accurate Vague or large generalizations Lack of objectivity: does not acknowledge opposing views Old date on information known to change rapidly

Reliable Extreme tone or language ("stupid jerks”)Overclaims ("Thousands of children are murdered every day in the US.”)

Support No identified source of statistics No citations of references when such citations are necessary

Unreliable Examples Reliable Examples

Wikipedia

Blogs

Forums

Sites by unreliable organizations

Sites that provide bias information

Google books

Newspapers

Peer reviewed articles and journals

PhD or MBA dissertations and research

Scholarly articles

Academic research

Educational or other reliable institutions

http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/poverty.html

http://millionsofmouths.com/blog/nfblog/

http://acapella.harmony-central.com/showthread.php?1265217-Solution-for-overpopulation-

http://www.overpopulation.org/

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/?from=stnv1

http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=33105

http://www.animalscam.com/

http://www.iptv.org/exploremore/ge/issues/issue3.cfm

Journal

Answer the following question in your journals.

Pretend that a magazine is interested in buying you paper for $1000 in order to publish it. What would you do to make your paper even better than it is now so that the magazine would be happy to pay that much?