W07 Writing Practice: Evaluating Sources

Name: Dicmary Zambrano

Instructions
Review the W07 Writing Lesson: Evaluating Sources in your course. Then identify one
credible source you can use in your Informative Essay and answer the following
questions.

1. What prompt question are you going to answer in your informative essay
due in Week 10? Check ONE.

☐ What are the primary differences between top, mid, and lower-level goals?
☒ What are three things people can do to start changing bad habits?
☐ What are two of the benefits of holding regular family councils?
☐ What are three steps people can take to avoid debt?
☐ What are two things people can do to eliminate debt?
☐ What are three steps people can take to invest in their future?
☐ What is the difference between fixed and variable costs?

2. What is the source you identified?

Provide at least two of the following:
 Author(if no author, who published the source?)
 Publication date
 Location of the source (website, book, magazine, newspaper, etc.)
 URL (if the source is from the internet)

Autor: Charles Duhigg, Publication date: February 28, 2012, Book: The power of habit:
why we do what we do in life and business
3. How is the source relevant to your writing topic?

In “The power of habit” Charles Duhigg explains the nature of habits. How and in what
part of the brain they are formed, why we develop habits, and how his information can
help us mold our brain and change bad habits for new ones. The information is presented
in a non-biased informative way. My writing topic talks about what steps we can take to
change bad habits, so this source is relevant to my topic.

4. What qualifications does the author have that make this source credible?

Charles Duhigg is the author of “The Power of Habit” and “Smarter Faster Better”. He is a
writer for The New Yorker Magazine, and a former reporter for the New York Times. He
studied history at Yale University and received an MBA from Harvard Business School.

5. Is the source accurate, meaning it is well-supported by evidence?

☒ Yes
☐ No