Guidelines: Write an essay rough draft (600 words) in which you locate one significant, specific pattern (an image, word, motif) that occurs at least three times in one text, provide specific quotations that prove the existence of the pattern, and then use interpretive strategies to explain how the pattern functions on a plot- level and also it’s larger cultural signifigance.

Some questions to keep in mind: when does the author incorporate the pattern? when does the pattern shift in meaning? Does the pattern have particular significance to a specific character? How does the word or image affect the reader? Is this pattern obvious? Is the pattern deployed through imagery, symbolism, flashback,characterization, figures of speech, dialogue, setting, etc.?

THE BOOK IS GEEK LOVE BY KATHERINE DUNN

Only students with an approved project using a TRADITIONAL RESEARCH METHODOLOGY to complete this course should submit this assignment. If you are not sure about your project’s research methodology, contact your instructor for assistance.

This journal assignment is designed to assist with documenting your research. Since you are entering the data collection and analysis phase of the research, your journal should include answers to the following questions:

• What tasks did you perform this week related to advancing your research project?
• What types of data were collected?
• How was the data analyzed?
• Why did you include or exclude data from the research?
• Did any patterns emerge?
• What improvements were made to previously submitted papers?

The paper must follow the formatting guidelines in The Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (2010), (6th ed., 7th printing). Any supporting material must originate from scholarly or professional sources (excluding blogs, wikis, social media). In addition, the paper will be submitted through the Turnitin originality-checking tool.

Assignment: Annotation of a Qualitative Research Article

Submit: Annotation of a Qualitative Research Article

This week, you will submit the annotation of a
qualitative research article on a topic of your interest. Narrative,
ethnographic, grounded theory, case study, and phenomenology are
examples of types of research designs or approaches used in qualitative
research.

An annotation consists of three separate
paragraphs that cover three respective components: summary, analysis,
and application. These three components convey the relevance and value
of the source. As such, an annotation demonstrates your critical
thinking about, and authority on, the source topic. This week’s
annotation is a precursor to the annotated bibliography assignment due
in Week 10.

An annotated bibliography is a document
containing selected sources accompanied by a respective annotation of
each source. In preparation for your own future research, an annotated
bibliography provides a background for understanding a portion of the
existing literature on a particular topic. It is also a useful first
step in gathering sources in preparation for writing a subsequent
literature review as part of a dissertation.

Please
review the assignment instructions below and click on the underlined
words for information about how to craft each component of an
annotation.

It is recommended that you use the grading rubric as a self-evaluation tool before submitting your assignment.

By Day 7

• Use the Walden library database to search for a qualitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
• Before you read the full article and begin your annotation, locate
  the methodology section in the article to be sure that the article
  describes a qualitative study. Confirm that one of the types of
  qualitative research designs or approaches, such as narrative,
  ethnographic, grounded theory, case study, or phenomenology, was used in
  the study.
• Annotate one qualitative research article from a peer-reviewed journal on a topic of your interest.
• Provide the reference list entry for this article in APA Style followed by a three-paragraph annotation that includes:
  • A summary
  • An analysis
  • An application as illustrated in this example

• Format your annotation in Times New Roman, 12-point font,
  double-spaced. A separate References list page is not needed for this
  assignment.
• Submit your annotation.

Please answer the following question in a 3 page paper (with standard font and margins, double spaced). Two notes:

(a) lay things out as clearly as possible and (b) please do not include biographical or historical information and don’t
begin your paper with ‘Since the dawn of time…’
Explain the true-justified-belief (TBJ) theory of knowledge we discussed in class (i.e. explain whether the
conditions are each necessary, sufficient, sufficient taken together). Then make up your own Gettier case
and explain why it is counter-example to the analysis (i.e. explain if it attacks the sufficiency of the
conditions, their necessity…)
Rubric for paper:
Content (60 pts):
Opening paragraph (10 pts)
1. Clear statement of the thesis of the paper. (10 points)
Description of TBJ: (15 pts)
1. Clear explanation of each condition. (5 pts)
2. Clear evaluation of the necessity/sufficiency of each condition (10 pts.)
Your Gettier Example (25 points):
1. Clear statement of assumed principles (10 pts)
2. Clear description of your example. (5 pts)
3. Clear explanation of what the counterexample shows and how it shows it. (10 pts)
Conclusion: (10 points)
1. Clear recap and summary of the papers content (10 points)
Style (20 pts):
1. The sequence of sentences is coherent and clear. (10 pts)
2. The words are accurate and not used loosely. (10 pts)
Grammar and Spelling (10 pts):
1. The paper’s sentences are grammatical and the words are spelled properly.
Structure: (10 points):
1. The paper should have a clear introduction (3 points), coherent body (4 points) and conclusion (3 points)