Online Source #4

“Specific Page Title or Article Title”	“Cheerleading is a sport but dance isn’t?”
Primary Contributor to the Website (if given) (author, editor, producer, etc)	None Given
Title of the Entire Website (not www.)	Student.com
Publisher or Sponsoring Organization of the website (if given)	None Given
Date Page was Last Revised	16 February 2012
Date You Read It	15 February 2012
<URL address> (ALL of it)	http://articles.student.com/life/sports/cheerleading-is-a-sport-but-dance-isnt

FIVE FACTS FROM THE SOURCE (Embedded):

People consider cheer and dance to be “an art and not a sport” (Student.com).

Dancers must stay fit and “work out… more than the cheerleaders do” (Student.com).

While trying to be well rounded in the dance field, “most dancers [do more than] one type of dancing” (Student.com).

The author states that she/he has “never had a half time dance for cheerleading that is harder than [his/her] dance team dances” (Student.com).

Unlike cheerleaders, dancers must “take dance classes on top of the dance team practice” (Student.com).

Summary of Source (Three-Four Sentences of the Who, What, Where, Why, and How in your own words. NO OPINION):

The article explains how dance is more difficult than cheerleading.  The author uses personal experience to make the reader understand the way he/she feels about the subject.  The author compares the two in saying that he/she can relate because he/she has taken part in both.

Credibility of Source:
Author or Site: Who is the author? What training have they had? If there is no author, examine the site. What is the purpose of the site? Who funds the site?

The site is for students of all ages to post articles and express their opinions on.  It is a web community center for students.

Attachment: Does the author or site have anything to gain from writing this, or is it simply informative? For example, is it a cigarette business posting an article about the benefit of cigarettes, or is it a scientific community unaffiliated with the cigarette business?

The author attempts to explain the toughness of dance practice and the physical endurance dance takes.  The authors biased opinion leads the reader to believe that he/she has personal connection as well as strong feeling toward the subject.

Bias: Do you detect a bias (a favoring of either side) in the author's writing?

There is a large amount of bias in this article. It is based upon personal experience the author has encountered.  The author expresses frustration through personal experiences of dance and cheer.

References: Does the author cite references in the writing? If so, do these add or take away from the credibility?

The author does not make references to other people or articles. It is purely based on opinion of the author.

Use of Source: How will you use this source in your project?

This article can be used in my project to voice an opinion of others as well as my own.