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Thursday, January 24, 2019

Structuring Introductions

Structured INTRODUCTION

Everything You Need to Know about Introductions

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LIBERTY

Getting Started

Academic Writing Basics
Argument in Academic Essays
Understanding an Argument Essay
Crafting an Argument Academic Essay
Analyze Your Audience
What is an Argument?
Conventions of Academic Writing
Content in Academic Writing

Internal Guidelines

What is an Essay?
80/20 Content Rules
Visualizing an 80/20 Argument
Voice: Formal vs Informal
Ethical Reasoning
Content Must Accurately Reflect Sources
In-Text Punctuation

General Content

Title Pages
Abstracts
Setting the Tone
Eliminate Questions
Varying Sentence Structure
Vary Terminology
Formal Writing Voice
Do Not Use 1st Person Pronouns
Transitions
Items in a Series

Titles ARE Important

Essay Titles
How to Capitalize a Title

Outline Content

Empty Outline Sample
Outlining the Content of an Essay
Outline (General Concepts)
Outline: Keep in 3rd Person Voice

Source Content

BASICS
Plagiarism Explained
Paraphrase MORE than Quoting
Using Quotes as Content
Avoid Dropping Quotes
Summary vs Paraphrase
In-Text / Parenthetical
Source Sandwich Turotial
Secondary Sources
Hanging Indent (Directions)
MLA
APA
Turabian

Introduction Content

Introduction Expectations
Type of "Hooks"
Reverse Expectations Introduction Hook
Questions in an Introduction??
Establishing a Clear Thesis

Body-paragraph Content

Understanding Body Paragraphs
Content for Body Paragraphs
Argument in Body Paragraphs
Topic Sentences
Purpose, Structure, & Content
Hamburger Method--Content Organization
Eliminate Errors in Reasoning
Understanding an Emotional Audience
NO Questions in a Body-paragraph
Limit Synonym Usage
Structure and Content of an Academic, Argument Body Paragraph

Argument (Content)

Modes of Persuasion
Ethos
Logos
Pathos
Ethical Standards, Morals, and Ethics

Evidence (Content)

Using Evidence
Primary Sources
Secondary Sources
Source Integration
Annotating Sources
Citing Without Quoting

Conclusion Content

"Perfect Conclusions"
AVOID!!
Questions in a Conclusion
Summarizing the Argument
Eliminate this Content from the Conclusion
Conclusion OVERVIEW

Fallacies and ILLOGICAL Reasoning

Fallacy Illustrations If you would like to start with a visual set of examples of common arguments, click on the Bad Arguments image to ...

FAQs on Writing

· Received an Assignment; Now What??

· How Do I Understand an Assignment??

· What Do I Need to do in a Compare/Contrast Essay??

· How Do I Get From a Question to a THESIS?

· When Should I Include a Title Page

· What is a Thesis??

· Writing for Specific Fields?

· How do you Analyze Research Material?

· How Do I Gather Research?

· How Do I Use Sources?

· What is Essay 'Style'?

· What is the ORDER for an Essay??

· How Do I Use M.O. Word??

· How Do I Draft an Essay??

· What are the Basics for an Introduction?

· Why Do We Need Great Essay Hooks?

· What is Documentation?

· How Do I Set Up HEADERS in MO Word??

· How Do You FORMAT an Essay??

· How Do I Revise an Essay?

· How Do I EDIT?

· How Do I Punctuate Clauses??

· What are the Differences between Ethics and Morals...

Graphic Organizers

Argument Essays: Gathering Content

Liberty Students

Source Sandwich: Introduce, Quote, Evaluate
Questions in Body-Paragraphs
Questions in Conclusions
Questions in an Introduction
Eliminate Contractions
Fallacies
Create Your Title Correctly

Use these links to learn more about eliminating QUESTIONS from your writing.

Questions in an Introduction

Questions in Body-Paragraphs

Questions in Conclusions

CONTENT Guidelines

You must use TRANSITIONS
Body Paragraphs will NEVER have Questions
Questions in Conclusions

Samples (for Introductions)

Reverse Expectations Introduction Hook

Samples (for Body-Paragraphs)

Counter Argument

CounterArgument Layout

APPEALS

Persuasion and Rhetorical Definition
What is an Appeal in Rhetoric?
Using Ethical Appeals
What is Deliberative Rhetoric?
What is Judicial Rhetoric?
What is Epideictic Rhetoric?
Fallacies and Illogical Reasoning

Integrating Source CONTENT

Source Sandwich Method

Samples (for Conclusions)

English Basics

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Preliminary Types of Composition

At the college-level, students will be asked to create scholarly, academic writing that argues a point based on the world, perception, and ethics known as ARGUMENT writing.

Prior to reaching this level, of being able to evaluate and create arguments, students are exposed to narration, exposition, and description writing. These writing styles are simply practiced for what is to come when drafting an argument essay. Various aspects of narration, exposition, and description are used in argument writing. Therefore, if you have not developed these skills, your argument will tend to suffer in clarity, depth, and significance.

See the sections below for these developmental types of essay writing.

ACADEMIC WRITING

An Introduction to Academic Writing
Visual Literacy
English Help
Writing the Summary, Analysis, Response Paper

Research Process: Step by Step

Need help organizing ideas, gathering resources, and structuring your research paper? See the links to outside source materials (below).

Introduction

Step 1: Develop a Topic

Step 2: Locate Information

Step 3: Evaluate Information

Step 4: Write

Step 5: Cite Sources

Step 6: Legal / Ethical Use

NARRATION

A Guide to All Types of Narration

EXPOSITION

Expository Writing (Composition)
Goal of Expository Writing: Describing
Goal of Expository Writing: Defining
How to Write an Expository Essay
Purpose of Expository Writing

DESCRIPTION

Description in Rhetoric and Composition

ARGUMENT

Argument (Rhetoric and Composition)
What Is the Toulmin Model of Argument?
Definition and Examples of Syllogisms
Premise in Arguments
What is Conclusion Argument?
CONTENT of an Argument
Argument Slide-Show
Facts, Opinions, and Reasoned Judgement
Summary, Analysis, Response Writing

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