Primary or Secondary Journal Article:

Baum, Seth D. (2012). Climate Change: Evidence of Human Causes and Arguments for Emissions Reduction. Journal of Science & Engineering Ethics, 18(issue number), 393-410.  (“Retrieved from http://web.b.ebscohost.com.erl.lib.byu.edu/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a0a1c7bc-7a13-41b9-813c-27ce22df1b8e%40sessionmgr111&vid=6&hid=118 address”)

Supporting points:

·        The article comes from a peer reviewed, reliable journal

·        The author Seth Baum has a doctorate degree from a credible university, and is currently on staff of Pennsylvania State University

·        The document is well cited, with a reference page showing other credible sources

·        The article has been recently published, and has up to date information

Reliable website

United States Environmental Protection Agency. (2014). Causes of Climate Change. Retrieved from http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/science/causes.html address

Supporting points:

·        This website has a .gov domain, showing that it’s a website provide by the government

·        The information provided is balanced, showing both sides of the issue.

·        The information on the site is cited properly and has credible references from peer-reviewed journals

·        Contributing authors to the article are accredited scholars who are leading in their field of study

Unreliable website:

National Wildlife Federation. (2014). Global Warming is Human Caused. Retrieved from http://www.nwf.org/Wildlife/Threats-to-Wildlife/Global-Warming/Global-Warming-is-Human-Caused.aspx address

Supporting points:

·        The website is owned by a commercial company that is directed towards preserving wildlife, which means they have an agenda to prove

·        The article is poorly written by only showing one very small cause of global warming, attributing it to humans

·        There are ads, places to donate, and pop-ups trying to get you to sign up for their cause

·        No sources or supporting facts are given for the information presented

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Place verbs in the vicinity of subjects, and use active voice

Keep sentence complements clear and uncluttered

Subjects

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Avoid complex nominalizations as subjects

Verbs

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Intransitive verb - does not require direct action

Complements

Parallelism

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Avoid dangling modifiers

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