Final answer:
The student's task involves identifying proficient and deficient use of sources by writers, selecting an annoyance related to source usage, and ranking these annoyances from various perspectives, including those of a college professor, newspaper editor, popular blogger, and college student.
Step-by-step explanation:
From the article Annoying Ways People Use Sources, the student is tasked with identifying the use and misuse of sources by writers in various contexts.
- To address part (a) of the question, one would need to choose an annoyance related to source usage and then find two examples of writers who adhered to the guideline well. For example, if an annoyance is the failure to differentiate between the writer's words and ideas and their sources' words and ideas, a good example would be a research paper that clearly cites and acknowledges sources within the text, distinguishing clearly between the original analysis and the sourced content.
- For part (b), we would look for examples of writers who did not follow a guideline, such as using non-authoritative sources like Wikipedia to support claims. Instances where writers use Wikipedia as a primary source rather than a starting point to find more credible sources would be a violation of this guideline.
- For parts (c) and (d), ranking the annoyances would vary depending on the perspective of the evaluator, such as a college professor or a newspaper editor. For example, a college professor might find the lack of credible sourcing more problematic than a blogger, who might be more concerned with biased writing that does not engage readers.