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Evolution of the Military
This assignment is a first draft on the interviewee responses on my topic i attached the interview below.. My topic is THE EVOLUTION OF THE MILITARY. Guidelines below Your draft should be at least two pages…. One older subject interview must be completed for this draft. Devote most of this paper to discussion of that interview. Format: double-spaced, Times New Roman font, 1” margins, paginated, and 12 pt font. Please do not submit recordings. They are due with the final paper. Evolution of the military, a Comparative Study between an Older and Younger Cohort or Title You Choose. Underline title or put it in bold. Don’t do both. CENTER THIS TITLE. Introduction [EITHER UNDERLINE EACH HEADING OR PUT IT IN BOLD FONT] [BE SURE TO USE THE TAB KEY AT THE BEGINNING OF EACH PARAGRAPH TO INDENT EVEN THOUGH THIS BLOG DOES NOT.] This pilot study argues that there are similarities/differences (you don’t know yet what your findings are so just leave as is for now) between a younger cohort and an older cohort with regard to __________________(your topic). My interviewees include Name, age, of City, State; Name, age, of City, State; Name, age, of City, State: and myself, Name, age, City, State. [PLEASE FILL IN THE NAMES, AGES, and LOCATIONS of your interviewees. Please spell out all abbreviations: write New York not NY. Thank you.] Findings Under no circumstances should this be a list of questions and answers. This should be series of flowing paragraphs telling us a the story of this person’s involvement with the topic. Summarize the older subject interview. Start with a brief description of the person you interviewed (use data about their name, approximate age, and location from the earlier assignment where you described your people). Also describe the person physically. This usually works best if you include three parts: 1. Start with a long view, is this person large- or small-scaled? (Use respectful language. Calling someone a runt or an elephant is not, for example, respectful; whereas, saying they have a large frame or they are petite may be. Use good judgment.) So, start with scale, and perhaps ethnicity. 2. Include a detail or two about their dress (include type and color). 3. Include a detail you observe that is unique to them. For example, “Sheila [a pseudonym] is a petite and pretty Japanese-American woman, wearing a fitted yellow T-shirt and jeans. When she talks, she keeps her entire body still.” For people using pseudonyms, ask how they would prefer to be described, or make something up. Tell the reader if you use pseudonym. Next, tell their history. AGAIN, DO NOT USE INTERVIEW FORMAT. Make flowing sentences and paragraphs. If you followed the Schedule of Questions handout, you asked questions in a chronological order and can tell the person’s story from beginning to end. That takes several paragraphs. Make sentences as lean as possible while still telling the story of their involvement with your subject. For the most part, do not quote. Paraphrase the person’s history as it involves your topic. Use plain language. Use good grammar and write in an academically correct way. Have someone else proofread your paper, so it’s error free. Quote the person ONLY when they said something in an interesting way–with rich language–or when it seemed moving or meaningful. For brief quotations, less than two sentences, use quotation marks. For longer quotations, if they are telling something in a way that is particularly interesting or unique, indent the paragraph and use 11pt font. You should not have probably more than four of these in each interview. You may have none. If they continue for more than about six sentences, you should probably be paraphrasing. Use your best judgment. We’ll also work on this for the next draft. When you quote someone, use language they used. No one talks in grammatically perfect ways. Part of what makes this paper interesting is contrasting formal language you use as a scholar, and the colorful language of everyday life. When transcribing the interview, cut “filler sounds” people use: “umm”s, “uhh”s, “like”s, and “you know”s… Leave the rest the way it was said. It’s part of the power of storytelling. To quote something they said, then skip part of what was said, then quote again, use a three-dot ellipsis. For example, Aunt Ann said, “I started trading horses in 1954… First foal was born in 1956.” If you leave out part of what they said, make sure not to change the meaning of what they said.
