College Composition / Unit 17 CMP 0409 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Evidence Needs Analysis
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The idea
Evidence does not speak for itself; the writer's analysis explains what it shows and why it matters.
In practice
After citing a survey, a writer explains what the numbers mean for the argument, in the writer's own words.
Where people slip
A paragraph of stacked quotations with no analysis hands the reader the writer's job.
Your place on the trail
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