- Dopesick by Beth Macy has various sociological concepts and issues, you will submit a (typed, double-spaced) paper that is 6 to 7 pages in length.
Introduction (~1 page, 20%)
- Provide a brief summary of the book you chose to read.
- Make sure to identify the thesis statement and explain whether you think the author successfully defended this thesis with the evidence they presented in the book.
- Reflect on what you learned from the book and how it helps you to integrate the material from the course.
Body (~4-5 pages, 40%)
- Choose two “fact claims” from the book Dopesick by Beth Macy that you want to investigate further and learn more about.
- Visit the UT Library website to access the SOCINDEX research database. For each fact-claim, find one relevant “peer reviewed” sociological research article.
- Briefly summarize each article and describe how the article supports and/or c-ontradicts your book’s claim. Reflect on the comparison between the researc-h articles and your book.Choose two “fact claims” from the book Dopesick by Beth Macy that you want to investigate further and learn more about.
Conclusion (~1 page; 10%)
- Summarize what you learned from your reading and from this exercise.
- Discuss differences between scientific, peer-reviewed literature and other types of writing
(opinion essays, newspaper and magazine articles, etc.).Conclusion (~1 page; 10%)
References (15%)
- Create an alphabetized listing of all sources used (in ASA or APA style format).Ref-erences (15%)
ASA or APA Style (5%)
- Your references and in-text citations must be in ASA or APA style format.
- You do not need a cover page, abstract, running head, or footnotes.
- If you do not include a References section, you will lose points from both References and Style, meaning you will automatically forfeit 20% of your grade for this assignment.ASA or APA Style (5%)
College-Level Spelling, Grammar, Syntax (10%)
- If you have not yet had a college-level writing class, or writing is not your strength, you should plan to finish your paper early and take it to the writing center or a trusted person for proof-reading.College-Level Spelling, Grammar, Syntax (10%)