The Primary Source Analysis Paper is designed to help you meet three objectives:
1. Describe and cite a complex primary source (commercial, billboard, magazine cover, a scene from a movie or TV show, a movie poster, or a trailer, a speech, debate, social media post, slogan on a t-shirt, a person’s non-verbal action or inaction, video game, op-ed, short story, or any other medium you can think of).
2. Practice and apply the analytical moves described in our textbook
3. Practice developing open-ended research questions
Requirements
In 2-3 double-spaced pages using MLA format:
Briefly describe the primary source, identifying who made it, why they made it, and where you found it.
Thoroughly analyze the primary source, focusing on patterns of detail or meaning as you develop an interpretive claim about the primary source.
Support your interpretive claim by defining and explaining the specific details you found significant in your analysis of the primary source.
Connect your analysis to two or three open-ended questions that you could research further for your Annotated Bibliography, Secondary Source Integration, and Analytical Research Paper assignments.
