MbShea@PWP@English@UMCP

Sentences and paragraph-parts bank for the coffee cup memo: 

Having described both our office problem and reviewed the way we use and dispose of hot beverage cups, let's turn now to life cycle analysis (LCA).  LCA is.......The EPA provides this useful definition  THREE OR FOUR SUMMARY SENTENCES THAT YOU PARAPHRASE.....then, (EPA, n.d.)

Hocking's work, though dated, is strong support for the styrofoam cup choice.  We should, however, acknowledge that if you weight the fate of ocean plastic as more important than climate change, you would reach another recommendation. Oceanographer Charles Moore.......

Moore's work as a science advocate requires that we use his peer reviewed, co-authored work as a primary and trusted source.  This ocean plastic problem is emerging in both understanding and seriousness......ADD SOURCE IF YOU WANT?  Referral link? 

Overall, I recommend paper cups for our office.  I based my analysis on two criteria:

fate of ocean plastic as the primary environmental problem, and,

LCA to examine the existing peer-reviewed evidence.  (climate change/energy efficiency)

Now, some humility sentences for closing up your recommendation (science is HUMBLE before truth) that address fairly the counter-argument, for the last part of the memo:

I want to acknowledge the reasonableness of the other recommendation.

Clearly, this recommendation is limited in several ways. First, we begin with the environmental problem in our analysis.  

The problems of the fate of ocean plastic and climate change are incommensurate, or without common measure.  

These two problems resist a direct and definitive comparison. In other words, you cannot declare which environmental problem is worse.  Both problems pose serious sustainability problems for us.

Citation conventions for using Hocking and Moore work (formal, in-text parenthetical citations):

You will need to use signal phases as way to be professional, ethical, precise, and careful in your citation. Read this brief guide, noting carefully the table of words and phrases at the end. The signal phrase ANNOUNCES where your cited information begins.  Then, you complete the announcement by placing the author, date--parenthetical cite.  Example,

According to Hocking's 1994 analysis (INSERT, SAY FIVE SENTENCES). . . . . . THEN (Hocking, 1994)

RECALL this bottom line:  When you place a cite in a paragraph, the location can be ambiguous in at least three ways:

1. do you mean to cite on the information in THAT ONE SENTENCE?
2. do you mean the cite to encompass or surround all the information that PRECEDES the citation?
   1. to the beginning of the paragraph?
   2. just select sentences?
3. if you place the citation at end of paragraph, do you mean to cite
   1. ONLY THE LAST SENTENCE?
   2. the ENTIRE PARAGRAPH?