{"id":514,"date":"2018-03-02T22:11:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T22:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/writehere\/?post_type=chapter&p=514"},"modified":"2018-07-19T20:12:17","modified_gmt":"2018-07-19T20:12:17","slug":"the-authors-subject-is-not-your-subject","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/writehere\/chapter\/the-authors-subject-is-not-your-subject\/","title":{"raw":"The Author\u2019s Subject is Not Your Subject","rendered":"The Author\u2019s Subject is Not Your Subject"},"content":{"raw":"In the process of analyzing an article there is often a tricky moment where the subject of the article threatens to become indistinguishable from the subject of the analytical essay. Remember that the author\u2019s subject is not your subject; the author\u2019s text is your subject. Maintain a critical distance and always make it clear that these are another author\u2019s claims that you are analyzing.\r\n
Do not present the author\u2019s claims as if they are facts!<\/strong><\/div>\r\nMake a note of the language we use in this passage from Paragraph 4.\r\n
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Example<\/h3>\r\nJustice notes that sometimes such differences, even when expressed, still lead to divisions that may seem insurmountable. \u201cWe parcel up land into properties,\u201d Justice writes, marking our divisions from one another. In more extreme cases, we are \u201cseparated permanently by mountains or water barriers\u201d which seem to end definitively any sense or hope of unity: \u201cbecause of our success in outgrowing our original environment we ceased to have a common place and identity.\u201d This insurmountable division seems an unavoidable result of human evolution and prosperity, Justice implies\u2014as the earliest groups of humans thrived in their shared landscape, \u201ceventually, as population grew over generations, a new band would split off.\u201d\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nThey may not seem like much, but phrases such as \u00a0\u201cJustice notes,\u201d \u201cJustice writes,\u201d and \u201cJustice implies\u201d are pivotal parts of any paragraph that incorporates cited passages. It is important to continually remind your reader and yourself that you are analyzing another author\u2019s argument<\/strong> and not repeating irrefutable truths. Always be examining how the author\u2019s text works, and use citations to examine specific aspects of the argument, not present \u00a0the argument as true. Without that angle of investigation, you will get caught summarizing an argument rather than analyzing it.\r\n\r\nNow let\u2019s watch how we use claim, evidence, and warrant, topic sentences, and cited passages, to create our final two body paragraphs. Watch Video 5.3<\/strong> on the inner workings of a body paragraph.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/5rDyRhZYlgg","rendered":"

In the process of analyzing an article there is often a tricky moment where the subject of the article threatens to become indistinguishable from the subject of the analytical essay. Remember that the author\u2019s subject is not your subject; the author\u2019s text is your subject. Maintain a critical distance and always make it clear that these are another author\u2019s claims that you are analyzing.<\/p>\n

Do not present the author\u2019s claims as if they are facts!<\/strong><\/div>\n

Make a note of the language we use in this passage from Paragraph 4.<\/p>\n

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Example<\/h3>\n

Justice notes that sometimes such differences, even when expressed, still lead to divisions that may seem insurmountable. \u201cWe parcel up land into properties,\u201d Justice writes, marking our divisions from one another. In more extreme cases, we are \u201cseparated permanently by mountains or water barriers\u201d which seem to end definitively any sense or hope of unity: \u201cbecause of our success in outgrowing our original environment we ceased to have a common place and identity.\u201d This insurmountable division seems an unavoidable result of human evolution and prosperity, Justice implies\u2014as the earliest groups of humans thrived in their shared landscape, \u201ceventually, as population grew over generations, a new band would split off.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

They may not seem like much, but phrases such as \u00a0\u201cJustice notes,\u201d \u201cJustice writes,\u201d and \u201cJustice implies\u201d are pivotal parts of any paragraph that incorporates cited passages. It is important to continually remind your reader and yourself that you are analyzing another author\u2019s argument<\/strong> and not repeating irrefutable truths. Always be examining how the author\u2019s text works, and use citations to examine specific aspects of the argument, not present \u00a0the argument as true. Without that angle of investigation, you will get caught summarizing an argument rather than analyzing it.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s watch how we use claim, evidence, and warrant, topic sentences, and cited passages, to create our final two body paragraphs. Watch Video 5.3<\/strong> on the inner workings of a body paragraph.<\/p>\n