Research and Composition

Table of Contents

• • About This Book

• Instructor Resources (Materials available with login)

• Playing the Game: Critical Reading and Writing

• • Connecting Reading & Writing The Voice You Hear Response
  • Relating Text with Citations
  • Use Present Tense When Discussing Texts
  • Not Taking Sides is Like That Beetlejuice Waiting Room Scene. . .
  • Transitions
  • Analyze This
  • Binary Patterns: A Western Obsession
  • Michael Shermer, The Pattern Behind Self-Deception
  • Michael Shermer, Why People Believe Weird Things

• Visual Arguments

• • Photos and Illustrations
  • Video: Visualizing Data
  • Visual Elements: Play, Use, and Design
  • Torie Rose DeGhett, The War Photo No One Would Publish
  • Hanna Rosin, Why Kids Sext

• Determining Audience and Purpose

• • Audience
  • With Analysis, Focus Upon Functions or Effects
  • Analysis is the Breaking Down of a Whole into its Parts
  • With Death, Ethical Issues Abound
  • Heather Pringle, Beyond the Palace Walls

• Prewriting

• • Prewriting Strategies
  • Academic Voice
  • Tips on Academic Voice
  • Finding Your Voice
  • When is it Okay to use I in Academic Essays?

• What is Argument?

• • View The Argument Clinic, by Monty Python's Flying Circus
  • Pro and Con Practice
  • Here are Some Dos and Don'ts Graders Think Through

• Reflective Learning

• Thesis Statements

• • Thesis Hints
  • Formulating a Thesis
  • 5 Ways of Looking at a Thesis
  • Process: Writing a Thesis Statement

• Causal Arguments

• • How to Write a Summary
  • Research and Critical Reading
  • Avoid Relativism (Because I Think So)
  • Cause/Effect Tie in With Most Readings
  • Argue Without Filtering Through the Self
  • What is Academic Writing by L. Lennie Irvin
  • Primary Source: Sustaining Our Commonwealth of Nature and Knowledge
  • Primary Source: The Zombie as Barometer of Capitalist Anxiety
  • Primary Source: Zombies vs. Animals? The Living Dead Wouldn't Stand a Chance
  • Sample Causal Argument
  • Ta-Nehisi Coates, The First White President
  • Robert Kubey, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Television Addiction is no Mere Metaphor
  • Plato, Symposium

• Definition

• • Definition Arguments Walk-Through
  • Definition Structure
  • Defining is a Process of Exposing and Arguing Boundaries
  • Sample Definition Argument
  • Assumptions Impact Definition Arguments
  • For Whatever Reason, People Mess up Quoting Definitions
  • Near-Humans Freak Out Humans
  • Essay 3: Definition
  • Graeme Wood, What ISIS Really Wants
  • Steven Pinker, The Moral Instinct

• Rhetorical Analysis

• • Basic Questions for Rhetorical Analysis
  • Troubleshoot Your Reading
  • Rogerian Argument
  • Sample Rhetorical Analysis Essay
  • Toulmin's Argument Model
  • Toulmin's Schema
  • Persuasion
  • Jonathan Swift, A Modest Proposal
  • Mark Twain, Two Ways of Seeing a River
  • James Gleick, What Defines a Meme?

• The Research Project

• • Essay 4: Persuasion
  • Audiences Know the Topic Well. . . . Alter Their Actions
  • Avoid Oversimplifying in Essays
  • The Qualities of a Good Research Question
  • Assessment: Research Question Task
  • Choosing A Manageable Research Topic
  • Discussion: Potential Topics
  • Diotima's Ladder Video: Check Out the Forms
  • Charles Pierce, Greetings from Idiot America

• Research Proposal

• • Managing Your Research Project
  • Steps in Developing a Research Proposal
  • Persuasive Writing Differs Markedly from Previous Arguments

• What Is Research?

• • What Is Research?
  • How to Read Like a Writer
  • Discussion: What Research Have You Done Lately?
  • Research and Other Types of Source-based Writing
  • What Is Research Writing?
  • Discussion: Was Your Recent Writing Project Research Writing or Source-Based Writing?
  • Reading to Write Effectively

• Evaluating Sources

• • The Seven Steps of the Research Process
  • Understanding Bias
  • Examples for Reading Notebook #4
  • Anatomy of a Journal Article
  • Assessment: Investigating Your Source
  • Library Research as Problem-Solving

• Integrating Sources

• • Quotation Marks
  • Quotations
  • Introduction of Borrowed Material
  • A Typical Body Paragraph Pattern
  • Using Sources Blending Source Material with Your Own Work
  • The Paragraph Body: Supporting Your Ideas
  • Using Sources Creatively
  • Assessment: Practice Quoting
  • When to Quote & When to Paraphrase
  • Discussion: Practice Paraphrasing
  • Signal Phrases
  • Integration Tips in Preparation for Peer Editing or Editing
  • Proper Source Use in Paragraphs

• Citing Sources

• • Citing and Referencing Techniques
  • Academic Integrity Tutorial
  • MLA Checklist
  • Read: Acknowledging Sources and Avoiding Plagiarism
  • When & How To Use MLA In-Text Citation
  • How to Cite YouTube
  • APA in-text citations
  • Assessment: Reading Notebook Entry #3
  • Paragraph Menu Settings Use No Extra Vertical Spaces
  • Avoid Word Templates for Citations
  • Works Cited Entries: What to Include

• Annotated Bibliographies

• • Video: Annotated Bibliographies An Illustrated Guide
  • Discussion: Annotated Bibliography Practice
  • Annotated Bibliographies
  • Annotated Bibliography Assignment

• Structure & Outlining

• • Academic Writing Review
  • Classical Essay Structure
  • Writing for Success: Outlining
  • Introductions
  • Conclusions
  • Discussion: Post-Draft Outline
  • Assessment: Reading Notebook Entry #5
  • Synthesizing and Supporting Refutals
  • Logical Fallacies
  • Logical Fallacies Handlist
  • How does The Witch Sketch Work Logically?

• Revising & Editing

• • Revision Strategies
  • Revising and Editing
  • Peer Editing
  • General Revision Points to Consider
  • Specific Revision Points to Consider
  • "Breaking Up is Hard to Do"
  • Page One in an Essay Abounds in Pitfalls for Errors

• Final Drafts

• • Sample Final Research Essay Drafts
  • Coherence: What do People Mean When They Say My Writing Doesn't Flow
  • Read: Developing Your Final Draft
• • About the Author