What are two to four places in the text that support the core idea?

Overview
For this assignment, you will choose the text that will be used as the basis for the project in this course. Then, you will begin working with that text. Doing this will guide you in identifying key aspects of it. Specifically, this assignment will prepare you to identify the topic of the text, describe the writer’s purpose, determine the historical or cultural context, identify the core idea, and identify details of the text that are relevant to the core idea. You will continue to develop these skills in future assignments as you prepare to complete your project.

Directions
First, review the Article Selection section of this week’s resources and choose one to use as the text for this assignment and project. Next, explain why you chose the text. Then, address the prompts related to content, genre, purpose, context, core idea, and details of the text using the template linked in the What to Submit section.

Specifically, you must address the following:

Choose the text you will use for your project. Then, explain why you chose that text.
What attracted you to the text?

Why are you interested in it?
Identify the topic of the text.
What is the text about?
Identify the genre of the text.
What genre do you think the text was written in?
Describe the writer’s purpose.
Why do you think that the writer wrote it?
Determine the historical context of the text.
What do you think is the text’s historical context?
Determine the cultural context of the text.
What do you think is the text’s cultural context?
Identify the core idea of the text.
Identify details of the text that are relevant to the core idea.
What are two to four places in the text that support the core idea?
What to Submit
Submit your completed Module One Reading Response Template for grading. Although you will refer to your selected text in your assignment, you will not refer to any sources from outside this course.