Research Summary Due Mon. 4/6

On Mon. 4/6 Please turn in your Research Summary.

The Research Summary should be a list of all of your sources (including citation) with a Rhetorical Precis of each source. Minimum sources: 10. INCLUDE the sources your have already turned into me and add any new sources you find/have found.

For Example,

1. In "Our Decrepit Food Factories," Michael Pollan argues that the industrial food production system is dangerous and unhealthy. He gives examples of the nation's slaughter houses, he offers testimonials of farmers that can't survive economically in a "corn-mad" world, and finally he assesses the cost, in dollars, of transporting our food from farms (often in other countries) to our tables. His purpose is to highlight the unsusstainable food production system in order to call for a local producers to replace it. His audience in the New York Times Magazine is a general, liberal audeince and he appeals to them by highlighting how much of the food we buy in supermarkets is unsafe.

Pollan, Michael. "Our Decrepit Food Factories." New York Times Magazine (16 Dec.
2007): 25. Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State
abbreviation]. 1 Apr. 2009 search.ebscohost.com.skyline.cudenver.edu/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=28004760
&site=ehost-live>.

2. Wendell Barry, In "Being Kind to the Land" argues that local farmers, or farmers that produce food and distribute it within a 150 mile radius, are the future of farming. He cites the persistent problems with industrial food production, giving examples of how this system treats food as a commodity, but fails to recognize quality, and offers the example of Jon Doe as how local, sustainable farming can and should work. His purpose is to debunk the myth that local farming is "pie in the sky" dreaming in order to call for a change in our food production infrastructure. His audience is liberal leaning and he appeals to them primarily with his use of pathos, in the story of Doe, but many of his claims rely on logos to be persuasive as he points to the inherent flaws that affect everyone.

Berry, Wendell. "Being Kind to the Land." Progressive 73.2 (Feb. 2009): 21-23.
Academic Search Premier. EBSCO. [Library name], [City], [State abbreviation]. 1
Apr. 2009 direct=true&db=aph&AN=36318145&site=ehost-live>.

Continue your list like this until you have summarized all of your source material.