WRIT 120: Process Analysis (15%) /45For this assignment you will use yourreading and paraphrasing skillsas well

as your understanding oforganizational patternsto complete the following:a detailed point-formoutlinethat lists the steps for the technology to

achieve its operational goals /15

an accurate sentence-developedparagraphthat informs a non- specialist audience about how the technology works /30

To maintain academic integrity, your paragraph needs to be written in sentences thatdo not use the same structures and ordering of words as David Szondy's sentences in the source article. To ensure that you paraphrase effectively,focus on how the relevant content uses organizational patterns, particularly chronological order, process or sequence order, classification and division, and cause/effect.

Developing the process analysis outline and paragraph:

1. Activelyread"GizmagGoesInsidetheWorld'sLargestTunnelBoring Machine" by David Szondyto understand the technology ofBertha the tunnel boring machine (TBM).

Your active reading should involve notetaking (paper or digital) that answers these process-focused questions:

What are Bertha's two operational goals?

What are the steps that occur to achieve these goals?

How do the steps relate to each other through cause and effect? In other

words, how do inputs become outputs?

What are the two groups of steps (or two stages of the process) for

Bertha's two operational goals?

When do these two groups of repeating steps occur in relation to each

other? In other words, do the groups of steps occur consecutively or concurrently?

Use the following link for the complete version of the article in order to view its additional online content (images and video):

https://newatlas.com/worlds-largest-drilling-machine-bertha/28311/

2. Basedonyournotesgeneratedfromyourcarefulreadingofthearticle,create a detailed point-formoutlinethat liststhe steps for Bertha's

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operation innumberedformat. Ensure that your numbered outline features the following process details:

when the processes occur (before, during, or after other processes)

what groups of processes occur (the two stages of steps for Bertha

to complete its two tasks)

how and why the processes occur (the inputs that become outputs

for Bertha to achieve its operational goals)

3. UsingyournotesandoutlinebasedonSzondy'sarticle,writeaparagraph(fully paraphrased,approximately 300 words) thatexplains how Bertha operates to complete its tasks. Remember toedit your sentencesto avoidcomma splice,run-on,fragment, andsubject-verb agreement errors.

Your grade out of a total of 45 marks for this assignment will be based on the following criteria:

Process Analysis Outline (15 marks):

Uses a point-form style (formats the outline as anumbered sequence of

stepswithout using complete sentences)

Features only the details about the sequence of events that lead to the

completion of Bertha's two operational goals or tasks (leaves out spatial and

descriptive information about Bertha's parts)

Represents appropriate patterns of organization, such as chronological order,

process/sequence order, classification/division, and cause/effect

Lists all task-specific steps, as specified in Szondy's article

Process Analysis Paragraph (30 marks):

Includes a meaningful topic sentence (overview statement) that previews your paragraph's focus on sequential reasoning: how Bertha the TBM works

Develops information about the processes for completing Bertha's two tasks in logical sequential order

Uses appropriate signal phrasing when explaining Bertha's processes, based on chronological order, process/sequence order, classification/division, and cause/effect

In relation to your paragraph having a different purpose and audience than Szondy's article, avoids using phrasing and/or sentence patterns from the source (maintains academic integrity)

Avoids the following grammar errors: comma splices, run-ons, fragments, and a lack of subject-verb agreement.