Integrating Scholarly Sources
Fourth Paper
Formal Writing Assignment
Improvisation and Premeditation, Reflective
Purpose of the assignment: Address a controversy that has affected a musician. This paper will focus on the controversy. The fifth paper will focus on the musician.
Choose the extent to which this paper will focus on the musician. Acceptable ranges run from a brief mention of the musician to focusing on how the musician was affected by this controversy.
Recommendation to start with a previous paper in APA style, save it as a new document, and edit it to keep the
Maximum length: 1,500 words (Recommended minimum length: 1,000 words)
To prepare to write this fourth formal paper assignment, please follow these steps.
Through a library database search, identify at least four sources that address a controversy that includes misinformation. This controversy must affect the musician you will focus on in the following paper.
At least two sources should be scholarly, such as peer-reviewed journal articles.
No more than one source may be a documentary (Amy will help you with the APA citation).
Develop notes on all four sources.
Organize your notes based on important concepts you will address in your paper.
Write a working thesis statement that will guide your writing. This initial draft of your thesis statement should be an evaluation of the controversy.
Each body paragraph (after the introductory paragraph and before the concluding paragraph) should have at least one citation. Citing more than one relevant source to support the topic of a paragraph is recommended.
APA-style parenthetical citations follow information paraphrased or summarized from a source.
Example citation for source with one author (Rickard, 2004).
Example citation for source with two authors (Diaz & Eshleman, 2021).
Example citation for source with three or more authors (Bernardi et al., 2009).
Narrative citations name the author (or authors) in the sentence. A narrative citation in the first sentence of a paragraph indicates that all information that follows within that paragraph is gathered from the cited source, until the end of the paragraph or until another source is cited.
Rickard (2004) tested the physiological arousal hypothesis.
In Learning Community 2, Diaz and Eshleman (2021) enthralled students in an engaging discussion of physiological reactions to music.
Salimpoor et al. (2015) explored the relationship between emotional arousal and feelings of reward when listening to music.
APA-style citations for a quote should include the page number.
“Physiological theories suggest that intense emotions are quantitatively different from normal emotions in that their intensity is determined by the person’s level of arousal” (Rickard, 2004, p. 372).
Rickard (2004) reviewed qualitative evidence from Gabrielsson (2001), including research participants reporting the following feelings of tension while listening to music: “charged with some kind of high tension” or “building up an almost insufferable tension” (p. 373).
Use Zotero (or any other method) to create a full list of references for your paper.
Once you have a draft of your paper, evaluate your working thesis statement. Does it apply to every paragraph in your paper? Should you edit your thesis statement to match the paper you have written?
Set aside your completed draft for several hours, then return to it and read it slowly aloud to yourself. Check that your response fulfills the goals listed in the grading criteria.
Make sure your conclusion is placed in the final paragraph of the paper and that no new evidence follows the conclusion.
All formal writing assignments must be typed and double-spaced. Times New Roman, 12-point font is strongly recommended.
Save your full draft as a PDF file and upload it to Moodle (look for Submit Peer-Review Draft of Fourth Paper).
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grading criteria
Grading criteria for final revision of Integrating Scholarly Sources (Fourth Paper)
1. Quality of ideas
Substantial, full and complete response to the assignment; range and depth of support of thesis statement; logic of argument; quality of original thought; appropriate sense of complexity of the topic; clear understanding of the sources
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2. Organization and development
Clarity and quality of the thesis statement; logical and clear arrangement of ideas to support the thesis statement; effective use of transitions; unity and coherence of paragraphs
VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR PROBLEMATIC VERY PROBLEMATIC
3. Development through quality of support
The use of evidence and examples is appropriate to support the thesis statement; neither too many nor too few examples are given; appropriate quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing; sources cited in APA style
VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR PROBLEMATIC VERY PROBLEMATIC
4. Clarity and style of the writing
Ease of readability; appropriate voice, tone, and style for assignment; clarity of sentence structure; gracefulness of sentence structure; appropriate variety and maturity of sentence structure
VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR PROBLEMATIC VERY PROBLEMATIC
5. Sentence structure and mechanics
Grammatically consistent sentences; absence of comma splices, run-ons, fragments; absence of usage errors; accurate spelling; careful proofreading; attractive and appropriate manuscript form; references in APA style
VERY GOOD GOOD FAIR PROBLEMATIC VERY PROBLEMATIC
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