Write it down: Would you

rather…

Find true love

or

find $1 million?

Open Tutoring Session Tonight!!

(BA4)

5-7 pm in English 352

More…Critical Reading

Shall we review?

Reading 6 (Wed)

One thesis statement

(Wed)

BA4 (2/23)

Quiz 5

1. Chapter 3a in the ehandbook mentions 8 ways to explore a topic. Name one and explain how you might use it for your draft.

2. Chapter 3c defines the thesis. What is the definition?

3. Chapter 10h and 15a talk about your hypothesis and working thesis.

True or False – after researching your hypothesis, you can change your working thesis.

Week 2: Reading Rhetorically

• What is rhetoric? • The 8 questions on page 11• When to summarize and when to paraphrase

Week 3: Summary and Paraphrase

• Audience• Purpose• Annotation• Summary• Paraphrase

What is a summary?A condense version of the main idea and important details of a piece of writing or another work.

*Chapter 12 f 3 in ehandbook *Page 127-128 in book

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• Supports• Background• Familiarize• Condense

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• Opinion• Forget to cite• Lose

meaning

What is a paraphrase?A restatement of the original passage’s points by putting someone else’s thoughts in your words.

*Chapter 12 f 2 in ehandbook *Page 58-59 in book

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• Main points and details

• Clarify complex ideas

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• Replace• Mimic • Forget to cite

Week 4: Rhetorical Choices

Vs.

Appeals Devices

Vs.

Choices

Week 5: Topics and Thesis

• Exploring a topic• Narrowing a topic• Drafting a working thesis• Moving from hypothesis to working thesis• Refining your plans

The qualities of a strong thesis statement are:

“A thesis states the main idea of a piece of writing”

The current health care crisis arises from three major causes.

Topic Comment

Ehandbook ch. 3

Interesting Specific Manageable

What does a working thesis look like?

[Jones] effectively convinces his audience that ---- through the use of statistics and surveys paired with emotional stories.

[Steele] successfully/unsuccessfully  persuades/criticizes/calls on _audience_  to _purpose__   through the use of __rhetorical choices_____.

So, we read a lot.

Dewey Steele Emerson

Context in rhetoric is important.

1890s (Dewey): Panic of 1893. Rise in Pragmatism (practical education).

1990s (Steele): Only ~20 years earlier, President Ford was the first to consider cutting the budgets for entitlement programs.

1830s (Emerson): Declaration of Independence is only ~60 years old and philosophy was entering in “Modern” thought.

Example of Context

Group Activity:

1. BRIEFLY identify the purpose and audience.

2. Make a master list of all the rhetorical choices you found as a group.

3. Rate them by viability/tiers

Example:

Great Viability/Top Tier Rhetorical choices:• Anecdotes• Organization• Tonal shift, etc.

Good viability/ Mid-Tier Rhetorical choices:• Repetition • Humorous word choice

Homework

1. Reading 6 (Wed)

• St. Martin's Handbook: Chapters 8 and 13• First-Year Writing: Chapter 6 pp. 114-146

2. Write a working thesis statement (Wed)**Bring to class!

3. Brief Assignment 4 (2/23)