Introduction
Identify Tannen’s main thesis.
Conclude the paragraph with your own, which should either affirm the thesis and expand upon it or refute it and offer substantive reasons why.
Body
Assess Tannen’s arguments and the evidence she uses to validate them in subsequent paragraphs in relation to this week’s textbook readings.
Analyze the implications of the context-dependent nature of language on public areas such as those Tannen discusses including in terms of gender, fashion, business and law, biology, and other areas of public and private intersection that affect markedness.
Explain whether you agree with Tannen’s assessment on gendered talk and why or why not in no more than one to two paragraphs.
Use personal life examples and/or information from external sources.
Use at least two specific references to conversations or events described by Tannen.
Use at least two specific and explicit references to concepts, terms, and/or ideas from this week’s textbook readings in your analysis and critique of Tannen’s arguments on gender, language, and society.
Incorporate information from at least one Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources in addition to the textbook.
Paraphrase information most of the time; quotes, including conversation transcripts from the chapter, should not be more than 15% of the entire paper.
Conclusion
Sample Solution
