Instructions: Read both essays, employing active reading techniques such as print the article and making notes in the margins or filling out an...

Instructions: Read both essays, employing active reading techniques such as print the article and making notes in the margins or filling out an active reading log. Choose one essay, and write a 2 page summary and response . In your summary, restate the author’s thesis (main idea) and his/her key points. Your summary should be mostly in your own word and phrases. If you wish to quote from the article, do so sparingly and place the author’s exact words in quotation marks. In your response, share your own reactions to the article and draw connections between the author’s ideas and those that you have encountered in other course readings or through your own experiences.Submit your summary and response as a Word document At the bottom of your paper, include a Work Cited entry, formatted in MLA style. (Links to an external site.) The essays:“The Rise of the New Groupthink. (Links to an external site.)” This opinion piece by Susan Cain, author of the book Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, discusses some of the advantages of individualism and solitude.The Joys of Solitude (Links to an external site.). This essay by journalist Phil Daoust extols the virtues of “a life less shared.”