Moorpark College Paradoxical Role of Social Capital in the COVID19 Pandemic Essay

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You will summarize in your own words the recent essay by Adam Gopnik, published in the New Yorker Magazine. Summary captures the main ideas in fewer words than the original.

Prepare a one-page essay that summarizes Adam Gopnik, “The Paradoxical Role of Social Capital in the Coronavirus Pandemic” published 8 August 2020 in The New Yorker Magazine.

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Your summary should be succinct, comprehensive, and objective.Include one direct quote from Gopnik’s essay, properly cited and punctuated. Follow MLA Style formatting and documentation. Correctly introduce and cite “The Paradoxical Role of Social Capital in the Coronavirus Pandemic,” which can be found at www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-paradoxical-role-of-social-capital-in-the-coronavirus-pandemic (Links to an external site.)

Your essay should be one-page, double-spaced. Your task is to summarize the content, in your own words. You do not have to agree or disagree with Gopnik. You are demonstrating you understand his argument well enough to put it into your own words, succinctly and objectively.

As always, remember to compose a title (not Gopnik's title, but your own). Your title should NOT be "Summary Assignment."

Be sure to use MLA Style correctly.

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CHAPTER 2 Critical Reading of Written Arguments 52 RESEARCH SKILL Summarizing Strategies for When summarizing long or difficult texts, try some of the following strategies to help you comprehend so you may get the essential points of the text. 1. Reread the introduction and conclusion after you have read the text once or twice. These two sections should complement each other and offer clues to the most significant titles stand as your summary. They likely wo form, but they will provide you with valuable make sense when put together in paragraph ideas regarding the central points of the text. to specific details. Therefore, avoid including attention to overall meanings and not only many specific examples or concrete details from reader know what these examples and details the text you are summarizing, and try to let your add up to. As you write the summary, remember to say about an Not every ques Does the au Does the issues of the text. that it should be shorter than the original 2. For a difficult text, you may want to list all the subheadings (if they are used) or the topic sentence of each paragraph. These significant guideposts will map the piece as a whole: What do they tell you about the central ideas and the main argument the author is be objective instead of stating opinions identify the author and the work spech Does her emotion credible appeal use present tense summarize the main points of the whole work making? 3. Remember that when you summarize, you must put another's words into your own (and cite the original text as well), so do not simply let a list of the subheadings or chapter or passage, not just part of it. (See Chapter 1 for a full discussion of the rhetorical approach.) The follow ing examples are summaries of the article on page 49. Elliott excelle Spirit Her spite Referential (Content) Summary According to Christopher Elliott in his article “A Tale of Two Airlines," both Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines are successful discount carriers, but where Spirit is a “villain," Southwest is a “hero.” Where Spirit has a lot of fees, risque ads, and poor customer service, Southwest does not charge extra for checked bags, is welcoming, and takes pride in its famous customer service, even waiving its own regulations in special circumstances to help a customer. Spirit originated as a trucking line and still treats customers “like cargo." Each airline seems to like the role it plays. A customer can save money flying Spirit because of its low fares , but as long as fliers are willing to be treated like cargo to save money, they will be rewarding the villains instead of the heroes of the travel industry. R Rhetorical (Structure) Summary In his article "A Tale of Two Airlines,” Christopher Elliott contrasti two airlines: Southwest and Spirit. He points out that both are successful air- lines, but then focuses on how the two differ in fees, tone, and customer service Reading for Content and Structure ether in paragraph 53 Strategies for Writing Rhetorical Summaries mary. They likely won't you with valuable points of the teac izing also requires aings and not only bre, avoid including Concrete details from E. and try to let your These approaches are not mutually exclusive, so you may get some repetition in the answers to questions like the following; but overall, the questions provide a means of discovering what to say about an author's rhetorical strategies. Not every question will apply to every reading. Aristotelian Rhetoric Does the author make use of examples? Does he make use of deductive reasoning, showing how a generalization applies to a specific case? Does he make use of logical appeal? emotional appeal? appeal based on his own credibility? a combination of these types of Rogerian Argument Does the author sum up an opposing point of view fairly and accurately? Does she attempt to establish common ground between conflicting positions? Does she present a compromise between the competing positions? mples and details ummary, remember 3 opinions ork The Toulmin Model Does the author support a claim of fact? a claim of value? a claim of policy? Does he support his claim with facts? with statistics? Does he support his claim with appeals to the needs and values of his audience? Does he support his claim with expert opinion? appeal? the whole work h.) The follow- Airlines," both ers, but where of fees, risqué for checked even waiving it originated Elliott provides examples of how Southwest goes out of its way to provide excellent customer service, even waiving its own regulations in exceptional circumstances while Spirit refuses to make exceptions. Elliott explains that Spirit's treatment of its customers reflects its origins as a trucking business. He warns that as long as customers reward Spirit by choosing its low fares in spite of its bad customer service, the villains in the world of commercial airlines will win. ne seems to se of its low money, they try READING ARGUMENT cond ssful air Practice: Summarizing The following article has been annotated to show major rhetorical approaches the author employed. Read it, and then answer the questions that appear at the end of the article. CHAPTER 2 Critical Reading of Written Arguments 52 RESEARCH SKILL Summarizing Strategies for When summarizing long or difficult texts, try some of the following strategies to help you comprehend so you may get the essential points of the text. 1. Reread the introduction and conclusion after you have read the text once or twice. These two sections should complement each other and offer clues to the most significant titles stand as your summary. They likely wo form, but they will provide you with valuable make sense when put together in paragraph ideas regarding the central points of the text. to specific details. Therefore, avoid including attention to overall meanings and not only many specific examples or concrete details from reader know what these examples and details the text you are summarizing, and try to let your add up to. As you write the summary, remember to say about an Not every ques Does the au Does the issues of the text. that it should be shorter than the original 2. For a difficult text, you may want to list all the subheadings (if they are used) or the topic sentence of each paragraph. These significant guideposts will map the piece as a whole: What do they tell you about the central ideas and the main argument the author is be objective instead of stating opinions identify the author and the work spech Does her emotion credible appeal use present tense summarize the main points of the whole work making? 3. Remember that when you summarize, you must put another's words into your own (and cite the original text as well), so do not simply let a list of the subheadings or chapter or passage, not just part of it. (See Chapter 1 for a full discussion of the rhetorical approach.) The follow ing examples are summaries of the article on page 49. Elliott excelle Spirit Her spite Referential (Content) Summary According to Christopher Elliott in his article “A Tale of Two Airlines," both Southwest Airlines and Spirit Airlines are successful discount carriers, but where Spirit is a “villain," Southwest is a “hero.” Where Spirit has a lot of fees, risque ads, and poor customer service, Southwest does not charge extra for checked bags, is welcoming, and takes pride in its famous customer service, even waiving its own regulations in special circumstances to help a customer. Spirit originated as a trucking line and still treats customers “like cargo." Each airline seems to like the role it plays. A customer can save money flying Spirit because of its low fares , but as long as fliers are willing to be treated like cargo to save money, they will be rewarding the villains instead of the heroes of the travel industry. R Rhetorical (Structure) Summary In his article "A Tale of Two Airlines,” Christopher Elliott contrasti two airlines: Southwest and Spirit. He points out that both are successful air- lines, but then focuses on how the two differ in fees, tone, and customer service Reading for Content and Structure ether in paragraph 53 Strategies for Writing Rhetorical Summaries mary. They likely won't you with valuable points of the teac izing also requires aings and not only bre, avoid including Concrete details from E. and try to let your These approaches are not mutually exclusive, so you may get some repetition in the answers to questions like the following; but overall, the questions provide a means of discovering what to say about an author's rhetorical strategies. Not every question will apply to every reading. Aristotelian Rhetoric Does the author make use of examples? Does he make use of deductive reasoning, showing how a generalization applies to a specific case? Does he make use of logical appeal? emotional appeal? appeal based on his own credibility? a combination of these types of Rogerian Argument Does the author sum up an opposing point of view fairly and accurately? Does she attempt to establish common ground between conflicting positions? Does she present a compromise between the competing positions? mples and details ummary, remember 3 opinions ork The Toulmin Model Does the author support a claim of fact? a claim of value? a claim of policy? Does he support his claim with facts? with statistics? Does he support his claim with appeals to the needs and values of his audience? Does he support his claim with expert opinion? appeal? the whole work h.) The follow- Airlines," both ers, but where of fees, risqué for checked even waiving it originated Elliott provides examples of how Southwest goes out of its way to provide excellent customer service, even waiving its own regulations in exceptional circumstances while Spirit refuses to make exceptions. Elliott explains that Spirit's treatment of its customers reflects its origins as a trucking business. He warns that as long as customers reward Spirit by choosing its low fares in spite of its bad customer service, the villains in the world of commercial airlines will win. ne seems to se of its low money, they try READING ARGUMENT cond ssful air Practice: Summarizing The following article has been annotated to show major rhetorical approaches the author employed. Read it, and then answer the questions that appear at the end of the article.
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The Paradoxical Role of Social Capital in the Coronavirus Pandemic
Adam Gopnik discusses the connection between good health and goodwill and how the
two have influenced the spread and containment of Covid-19. Like in St. Luke's gospel, words
made meticulously different can have different meanings altogether (Gopnik & Kormann, np).
The Covid-19 pandemic has ...


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