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Chapter 9 1. Commentaries are used to express opinions on current issues and events, offering new and interesting perspectives that help readers understand the world in which they live. 2. Introduction, Explain the current event or issue, Support for your argument, Clarification of your argument, Conclusion 3. Begin by listening, good topic – a topic you care about and is interesting to you 4. Online sources, Print sources, Empirical Sources 5. Below: a. Introduction: State your purpose, state your main point or thesis statement b. Explain your Current Event or Issue: Explain what has happened already and summarize the ongoing conversation about the event. Provide enough background information to help the readers understand the event or issue. c. Support your Position: Present support for your side of the argument. Identify the strongest two to five major reasons why you believe you are right about this issue. Pick your best reasons and devote your time to explaining them. d. Clarify your Position: Show your readers that you are aware of the complexities of the issue. You do this by pointing out new information or events that might alter your ideas and approaches to the topic. e. The Conclusion: Your final words should leave readers with a clear statement of your purpose and a sense of commitment to it. Restate your main point or thesis, in stronger terms than you used in the introduction. Reemphasize the importance of the topic and offer a look to the future. 6. Get into character, imagine yourself in the role as an actor; Imitate a well know writer, try imitating the style of a well-known critic or commentator whose work you like to read; Match your tone to your readers expectations, know the context for your document, here your commentary will appear and who your potential readers are. 7. Writers often turn to analogies, similes, and metaphors to make the unfamiliar seem more familiar. These have the benefit of adding a visual element to an argument. 8. Photography & Quotes 9. I do not know anyone that undermines the conversation. f. Could purposely argue every point you make, whether it is their point of view or not g. Not pay attention to what is being discussed and when you ask a question they talk about random topic h. A person that does not let you voice your opinion or side of the topic, and only talks about their side of the argument i. Attempts to change the topic while you are in the middle of your argument j. Does not pay attention during the conversation, possibly texting or talking to someone else.
Chapter # 15 1. Below: a. Define a research question and hypothesis b. Develop a method for answering the research question c. Gather results d. Discuss those results e. Draw conclusions and/or recommendations 2. Is to set “context” for the body of the document. 3. Presents the “context” of the document. Essentially the body provides the facts, reasoning, examples, quotations, data and anything else needed to support or prove your document’s thesis statement and achieve its purpose. 4. It reestablishes the context of the document by restating your main point or thesis. Restating why your topic is important to your readers, and offering a look to the future. 5. When creating a basic outline you first need to decide which genre you are using. Then type or write “I. Introduction”, at the top, then type “X. Conclusion” at the bottom. 6. Writers Block is a situation when a writer is unable to come up with a topic or subject to write about. You can overcome it by finishing the sentence “What I really mean is….”, lower your standards while drafting, take it out, change how and where you write, use both sides of your brain, write an e-mail, talk to your professors, go to the writing center, stop procrastinating, 7. I always wait until close to the last minute to write a paper for my classes, and I am a straight A student. I believe I did well because I followed the assignment outlines and meet those requirements and sometimes did more than what was expected of me.
Chapter # 21 1. The key features of a narrative are set the scene, introduce the complication, evaluate the complication, resolve the complication, and state the point. The features are organized into different genres such as proposal, commentary, review, literary analysis, and report. 2. The key feature of a descriptive paper relies on the five senses – seeing, hearing, touching, smelling, and tasting. The features are organized by: a. What does it look like? b. What sound does it make? c. What does it feel like? d. How does it smell? e. How does it taste? 3. Writers use figurative language such as metaphors and onomatopoeias. They use a combination of senses and tropes to create a vivid picture of the scene they are trying to create. 4. Takes a term and explains it in detail 5. Allows you to divide objects and people into groups, so they can be discussed in greater depth. f. Step 1: List everything that fits into the whole class g. Step 2: Decide on a principle of classification h. Step 3: Sort into major and minor groups 6. You explain something by telling what it is not 7. You divide the subject into parts, which are then defined separately 8. It is a way to discuss many topics. 9. Allows you to explore the similarities and differences between two or more people, objects, places, or ideas. A common use is to describe something by comparing it to something else, or you can use it to show how two or more things measure up against each other. 10. Health Care Reform is broken. i. Causes: i. President Obama ii. The website iii. Under Funding iv. Loss of employment due to health care requirements j. Effects: v. Website is broken vi. Citizens are losing their jobs. vii. Frustration k. I believe that Yes, everyone would agree with this cause-effect analysis and I imagine there are others who would analyze it another way how they see it.