Arguing & Persuading (2013)
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This document provides guidance on developing an argumentative thesis statement for a research paper. It explains that an argumentative paper makes a claim and provides evidence to support that claim. The goal is to convince the audience that the claim is true. A good thesis statement is specific, clear, takes a stance, and appears at the end of the first paragraph. It should not be a question, list, or vague. An effective thesis must also be debatable and narrow in scope. Different types of claims include claims of fact, claims of cause and effect, claims about values, and claims about solutions or policies.
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Week 1-2
Focus and define topic
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Problem Statement
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your refined topic and
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Assignment 2.1: Refining a Topic
1. Read guidance on refining a research topic.
2. Conduct preliminary research on your topic
3. Conduct research and narrow or broaden your topic
4. Repeat until you reach a manageable number
Instructions List Keywords used in search Number of
Results
Search using your original Topic
Add additional focused keywords
based on the guidance for narrowing
or broadening
Add additional focused keywords
based on the guidance for narrowing
or broadening
Add additional focused keywords
based on the guidance for narrowing
or broadening
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Research Tips
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Leverage your HU Library resources (and help!)
Remember full text and peer reviewed are your friends
Use advanced search options when available
Remember your Boolean logic: AND, OR and NOT
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Look for recommendations for future research in conclusion
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Bibliography
Evaluation of those works including a
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Purpose?
Approach?
Methods?
Conclusions?
Implications?
Analyze
Meaning of conclusions?
Accuracy?
Credibility?
Timely?
Comparison to others?
Reflect
Impact on PM?
Relevancy/fit to your
topic?
Reshaped your topic?
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Ehrenreich, B. (2001). Nickel and dimed: On (not) getting by in America. New York, NY: Henry Holt
and Company.
In this book of nonfiction based on the journalist's experiential research, Ehrenreich attempts to
ascertain whether it is currently possible for an individual to live on a minimum-wage in America. Taking
jobs as a waitress, a maid in a cleaning service, and a Walmart sales employee, the author summarizes
and reflects on her work, her relationships with fellow workers, and her financial struggles.
An experienced journalist, Ehrenreich is aware of the limitations of her experiment and the ethical ...ANES 1501 PPT - M3: Creating an Academic Argument
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Peer review sheet: Paper 1Writers name: Siyuan
Reviewers name: Wendy
Directions: Put a check mark below if the statement is accurate for your peers paper. Then write a letter on this page or a page that you printed out giving some more suggestions for the paper.
_______ Introduction presents Rebekah Nathan (using her full name), the title of her book, her profession, and an explanation of her project.
(I would take out the very general first sentence. It doesnt seem to belong with the rest of your paper. You can introduce Nathan right away.)
_____ Introduction states the one or two points from Chapter Four that the student writer is going to discuss and elaborates enough so the reader understands them.
(I dont yet see a place in the introduction where you clearly state the points in Nathan that seemed interesting to you and that your paper will explore. I have to read the whole paper to see what points you cover.)
_____At the end of the introduction, the reader finds a thesis statement which expresses the writers main point for the whole paper.
(I dont yet see a sentence that states your topic and your point of view on that topic.)
___?__ The body paragraphs each have just one main point, and that main point supports/relates to the thesis.
(I have a little hard time understanding what your main point is in some paragraphs. For example, on page 2, I dont get a key point in the paragraph beginning with On their side You write that American students ask lots of questions, though the students in Nathan said Americans are usually not curious about other countries. Do you want to say that your experience is different? But give examples, too.
That same paragraph ends with the idea of using computers, which I didnt understand. How does it belong in the paragraph?)
? The conclusion is more than a summary of what the writer already wrote in his/her paper.
(Your conclusion does offer a new idea, but it is so optimistic (Americans and international students each continue to learn about each others cultures and their own), that is does not seem to match your paper. Your paper suggested, like Nathans chapter, that Americans dont care so much about countries outside the U.S., that they dont want to learn about other cultures! So I wonder which you really believethe body of your paper or the conclusion?)
Siyuan,
You have a good beginning that introduces Nathan and tells the reader about her student interviews. But I still would like your intro to name which 1 or 2 points from Nathan you are going to address in your paper and what you want to say about those points. A thesis statement is useful for telling the reader these things. One student in our class did it this way: she wrote, Like Nathans students, I was shocked at how little American students know about other cultures and disappointed to realize that they didnt care much about learning. (So now we know her opinion: she was shocked and disappoin.
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- Use transition words like "however, "while," or "nevertheless" to show you are addressing the counterargument before returning to your thesis.Lesson 3 Text and Context Connections.pptx
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Results
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based on the guidance for narrowing
or broadening
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or broadening
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or broadening
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Critical Analysis
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Directions: Put a check mark below if the statement is accurate for your peers paper. Then write a letter on this page or a page that you printed out giving some more suggestions for the paper.
_______ Introduction presents Rebekah Nathan (using her full name), the title of her book, her profession, and an explanation of her project.
(I would take out the very general first sentence. It doesnt seem to belong with the rest of your paper. You can introduce Nathan right away.)
_____ Introduction states the one or two points from Chapter Four that the student writer is going to discuss and elaborates enough so the reader understands them.
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- 1. Arguing & Persuading What you need to know as you write your research paper.
- 2. Its not exactly an argument. An argumentative paper makes a claim about a topic and justifies this claim with specific evidence. The claim could be an opinion or interpretation a cause & effect statement an evaluation a policy proposal
- 3. But it does have a goal. The goal of the argumentative paper is to convince the audience that the claim is true based on the evidence provided.
- 4. Thesis should do some things. A thesis statement should be specific & clear. A thesis statement should take a stance. A thesis should appear at the end of the first paragraph of a paper. Note: A thesis may need revision as the paper.
- 5. A thesis shouldnt do certain things. A thesis is never a question. A thesis is never a list. A thesis should never be vague, combative, or confrontational.
- 6. owl.english.purdue.edu The thesis must be debatable. Pollution is bad for the environment. At least twenty- five percent of the federal budget should be spent on limiting pollution. America's anti- pollution efforts should focus on privately owned cars.
- 7. ow.english.purdue.edu The thesis needs to be narrow. Drug use is detrimental to society. Illegal drug use is detrimental because it encourages gang violence.
- 8. ow.english.purdue.edu A good thesis needs to be both. Example of a narrow thesis: At least twenty- five percent of the federal budget should be spent on limiting pollution. Narrowed debatable thesis: At least twenty-five percent of the federal budget should be spent on helping upgrade business to clean technologies, researching renewable energy sources, and planting more trees in order to control or eliminate pollution.
- 9. ow.english.purdue.edu A good thesis needs to be both. Example of a narrow thesis: America's anti- pollution efforts should focus on privately owned cars. Narrowed debatable thesis: America's anti- pollution efforts should focus on privately owned cars because it would allow most citizens to contribute to national efforts and care about the outcome.
- 10. Approach your paper with a claim. Claims typically fall into one of four categories. 1. Claim of fact or definition 2. Claim of cause and effect 3. Claim about value 4. Claim about solution or policy
- 11. ow.english.purdue.edu Claims of fact or definition These claims argue about what the definition of something is or whether something is a settled fact. What some people refer to as global warming is actually nothing more than normal, long-term cycles of climate change.
- 12. ow.english.purdue.edu Claims of cause and effect These claims argue that one person, thing, or event caused another thing or event to occur. The popularity of SUV's in America has caused pollution to increase.
- 13. ow.english.purdue.edu Claims about value These are claims made about what something is worth, whether we value it or not, how we would rate or categorize something. Global warming is the most pressing challenge facing the world today; governments needs to acknowledge this and take steps to minimize it.
- 14. ow.english.purdue.edu Claims about solution or policies These are claims that argue for or against a certain solution or policy approach to a problem. Instead of drilling for oil in Alaska, we should be focusing on ways to reduce oil consumption, such as researching renewable energy sources.