Editorials

talking points, precis and outline assignments
PRECIS, OUTLINE and TALKING POINTS

A precis is not a summary or a retelling of the author's story. Explain the author's argument or thesis and the supporting arguments in about a page, double-spaced. Your perspective is not appropriate in a precis. Don't tell the story but focus on the ideas - use language like ' so and so argues...... so and so believes.......he points to such and such evidence.....


 * An outline** of the article does just that, it outlines how the author makes her/his point. An outline starts with main idea or thesis and then indicates the arguments that support and fulfill that thesis. No opinion or analysis on your part of the argument or its effectiveness, just an outline of the author's intent.

**Pick one of the editorials here.**

 * "Boom Town and Bust City: A Tale of two New Yorks"**
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 * "The Seige of Planned Parenthood" Gail Collins, New York Times**
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[] The War on Women’s Future

[] Study on Occupy Wall Street movement, Eugene Robinson

[] Oligarchy American Style, Paul Krugman

[] Milquetoast Radical, David Brooks

[] How Fares the American Dream, Paul Krugman