5. Be sure to include the answers to these questions in your summary: a.) How many different types of third parties have existed in the United States? Be sure to list them by name. b.) How many parties have been in support of a “charismatic individual, as opposed to a broader political perspective, as opposed to a single-issue? What are their names? c.) Why haven’t third parties been a larger part of the American political spectrum? d.) What would you say is the future of third parties in the political realm of the United States? 6. After you summarize the information the article contains, it’s time to do some synthesis and critical thinking about the work you’ve been doing for the past couple of weeks (mixing different ideas from different sources together, the essence of writing a researched essay). a. How different is the information contained in this week’s article from that contained in the article from last week (by Moreno)? What is the most striking difference? What is the most striking similarity? b. What are some of the peculiarities of language the article contains? What can account for these turns of phrase or word choices? c. Note what the construction of the article or how the article is organized. What does it do first? Last? What is the longest section? The briefest? How clearly does the article delineate sections? d. Ultimately, how unbiased is the information presented in the article? In other words, how fairly are both sides covered, in your opinion?
