Writing Assignment:
ANALYZE, EVALUATE, and EXPLAIN a scholarly peer-reviewed journal article about music within an urban city center •
ARGUE one viewpoint • ANALYZE, EVALUATE, and EXPLAIN: PRACTICE “LISTENING on the ‘sheerly’ musical plane.”
ANALYZE the focus of the article and DESCRIBE it. SUMMARIZE your thoughts in 100 to 120 words (think of it as your abstract of the article). USE direct quotes to underline your point and CITE them within the text (a minimum of one direct quote).
DETERMINE what makes it a sociohistorical article and EXPLAIN why. SUMMARIZE your thoughts in 100 to 120 words. PARAPHRASE parts of the author’s work to underline your point and CITE them within the text (a minimum of one paraphrase).
ARGUE for or against one of the author’s views. EXPOUND on it within 80 to 150 words. Find another scholarly source that supports your view or is against it and incorporate it in the discourse. CITE these sources in-text and in the “Works-Cited” page. (Avoid writing in the first person.)
SELECT one piece of music connected to your OBE to PRACTICE “LISTENING on the ‘sheerly’ musical plane.” In 80 to 200 words, WRITE about the following in full sentences: SYNTHESIZE the KNOWLEDGE (i.e., music jargon) you have acquired to ANALYZE and EVALUATE your piece. USE music jargon when you organically IDENTIFY, POINT OUT where in the composition, and EXPLAIN the music elements—for most of the terms. (One obvious item that does not require an explanation or for you to point it out while listening to the music is the artifact’s release date or era.) Cite the song or piece in your Works Cited too.
• release date or era, accordingly (i.e., for sheet music: release year, classical music: era, etc.)
• meter
• medium (state the name of the performing ensemble [e.g., choir, chorus, concert band, orchestra, salsa band, etc.], or IDENTIFY the instruments [including voice: soprano, tenor, etc.])
• texture(s)
• form
• CHOOSE another music term from “Chapter One–Eleven” and APPLY it
Write in formal style (i.e., avoid the first person, contractions, colloquialisms, etc.).
ASSIGNMENT DELIVERY: USE the MLA ninth-edition style guide to format your Microsoft Word DOCX (USE the MLA template). CONSTRUCT a Works-Cited page where you CITE the article you have chosen, other sources you use, and the composition you analyze (the Works Cited should list a minimum of three sources).
NOTE:
I’ve included the article that is required for this assignment
Also included an example of what the assignment might look like