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 This assignment is much closer to a traditional argumentative essay. You will be evaluated on how well you explain your own ideas, and how well you support your ideas with concrete information from a primary source.
-You are not required to research your topic by finding scholarly sources (or secondary sources) on your topic. Your argument will be stronger if you explain your own interpretation fully, rather than relying on other people’s ideas. You can, if you want, discuss readings from our class or other scholarly works, but it should not be the main part of your essay. If you do use other sources, you should [[https://anthro.rschram.org/the_quest/citing_sources|cite them appropriately]] as you have in your other assignments.
+You are not required to research your topic by finding scholarly sources (or secondary sources) on your topic. Your argument will be stronger if you explain your own interpretation fully, rather than relying on other people’s ideas. You can, if you want, discuss readings from our class or other scholarly works, but it should not be the main part of your essay. If you do use other sources, you should [[:the_quest:citing_sources|cite them appropriately]] as you have in your other assignments.
 Otherwise, your essay will be evaluated based on how it measures up in several specific ways:
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   * Do you have a **single, clear claim** about what you conclude from your primary source about the **larger cultural context** in which you live?
   * Do you use information from your source as **evidence** to support a point you make, and your overall claim?
-  * Do you explain the **reasons** why specific information you learned in your birth interview leads you to a larger conclusion?
+  * Do you explain the **reasons** why specific information you have found leads you to a larger conclusion?
-  * Do you describe your birth story in **enough descriptive detail** for your reader to understand how you arrive at your conclusion?
+  * Do you describe your evidence in **enough descriptive detail** for your reader to understand how you arrive at your conclusion?
   * Is your prose **clear and readable**?
   * Are your paragraphs **coherent**, that is, does each focus on one main point or topic?