Sources as Evidence

Instructions
Week 6 Instructions
In the Week 6 Learning Materials, you reviewed the importance of efficiency in using sources to support your academic writing but also the importance of listening to sources. For this discussion, describe how and why it is important to listen to your sources and to review the arguments within your sources before establishing your own main claim or thesis for your Research Essay.

What does it mean to listen to your sources?
How can sources serve to help you clarify an essay’s main claim or thesis?
What specific excerpts or segments from the readings or videos furthered your understanding of sources as evidence to support a claim?
What types of library sources may persuade your audience to accept your claim?
Week 7 Instructions
In Week 6, your initial post reflects on listening to sources and efficiently using them within your academic writing. If you have not done so in Week 6, please thoughtfully reply to two of your peers posts by the end of Week 7.

Due
Initial post is due by the end of Week 6.
Replies to peers are due no later than the end of Week 7.
Assessment Guidelines and Rubric
Your initial post should be approximately 250 300 words long and follow APA (American Psychological Association) format. Response posts should be approximately 100150 words.
Respond to two peers by the end of Week 7.
To see how your posts will be assessed, please refer to the Discussion Board Rubric.
This assignment is worth 5 points.

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