Supporting Your Ideas: Testimony

• Types of testimony
• Examples of testimony
• Analysis: "An Oral History of the Integration of College Sports"
• Find 3 examples of testimony and answer the following questions:
• Quote your testimony
• Which type is it?
• Is it a direct quote or paraphrased?  Is the choice the author made between the two a good one?
• Is the testimony cited in any way?  (Is there a name, a date, a publication, or other credentials listed?)
• Find 1 example of a fact or stat and answer the following questions:
• Is it general or specific?
• What is its context of interpretation?
• Does it follow the use guidelines? (Refer to the four Rs on your previous handout.)

• Homework:
• Project due tomorrow