Cassie Lyne
English 11 A12
11/29/2009
Project 5: Annotating A Scholarly Article
2nd Draft
Jouriles, Ernest N., Cora Platt, and Renee McDonald. “Violence in adolescent dating relationships.” The Prevention Researcher 16.1 (2009): 3+ Academic OneFile. Web. 18 Nov. 2009.
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In this article Ernest, and others analyze the violence in adolescent dating relationships. They define the measures adolescent dating, and dating violence. Ernest explains two types of dating violence as physical, and psychological. Also providing much statistics to support the argument, and gives a vivid explanation on the prevalence of violence. It concludes with the prevention, and intervention of violence in adolescent teen relationships.
Ernest is a professor in the Department of Psychology, and Co-Director of the Family Research Center at Southern Methodist University. Another author Cora Platt is a doctoral student in the Department of Psychology at Southern Methodist University. Renee Mcdonald Ph.D is an Associate professor in the Department of Psychology and Co-Director of the Family Research Center at Southern Methodist University. These authors had the purpose to simply inform with there many supporting statistics. There use of ads, and charts prove to provide rock hard evidence in this piece. They completely avoided any bias statements, and left out any personal opinions. It was published less than a year ago in February 2009. It is obvious these authors worked hard and put much thought, and effort into the article, and construction of it
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You seem to be following MLA well in your citation--no need to give URL,however.
Your summary is clear and informative. However, I suspect that the second to last sentence might better belong in the second paragraph, no?
Your second paragraph reads well, too, needing only some occasional rephrasing.
This needs a subject, no? Also providing much statistics to support the argument, and gives a vivid explanation on the prevalence of violence.
punctuate? Another author Cora Platt i
rephrase? the sentence seems to be stating the obvious? These authors had the purpose to simply inform with there[note spelling error and in the next sentence?] many supporting statistics.
need the adjective form, no? bias statements,
rephrase ["and its construction")? into the article, and construction of it