This slideshow is designed to help students write introductions and conclusions for their formal research papers.
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How to write a Literary Essay Introduction and Thesismissmaryah
Adapted Power Point for English 11 relating to essay writing for the short story Mirror Image by Lena Coakley
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I created these slides to teach a 9th grade lesson on Argument. I embedded comments on how these match the principles outlined by Richard Mayer for multimedia design.
Cascading Workshop of CIE English 1123- Professional Development for TeachersSara Niazi
This presentation is to cascade the entire content learnt at the professional development workshop held in Islamabad in the year 2016, conducted by the Principal Examiner at Cambridge, Helen Reed Bidder.
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Guidelines for Summarizing Sources
Summarizing
Another good skill to help you incorporate research into your writing is summarizing. Summarizing is to take larger selections of text and reduce them to their basic essentials: the gist, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and remembering. Think of a summary as the “general idea in brief form”; it's the distillation, condensation, or reduction of a larger work into its primary notions and main ideas.
As with directly quoting and paraphrasing, summarizing requires you to cite your sources properly to avoid "accidental" plagiarism. moreover, a summary should not change the meaning of the original source. a good summary should be a shortened version that conveys the purpose and main points of the original source.
Components of a Good Summary:
· Write in the present tense.
· Make sure to include the author, the year, and title of the work.
· For Example:
· In Pixar’s 2003 movie, Finding Nemo…
· In Stephen King’s horror book The Shining (1977),…
· In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death (1890),”
· Be concise: a summary should not be equal in length to the original text; it should be about 1/10 as long.
· Include 2–3 main points of the text or work.
· Include the conclusion or the final findings of the work.
· Avoid using quotations. A summary is not a paraphrase or a direct quote. If you must use the author's key words or phrases, always enclose them in quotation marks and cite.
· Don't put your own opinions, ideas, or interpretations into the summary. The purpose of writing a summary is to accurately represent what the author wanted to say, not to provide a critique.
When Is a Summary Useful?
You should summarize when…
· you want to give an overview of a source's main ideas/points;
· you can express a source's ideas or points in fewer words than the original text;
· you need to give a brief synopsis of more than one source; or
· Read through your notes from the third reading, look up the words/phrases that you do not know, and make any appropriate changes to the information you jotted down.
· you want an authority on the topic to support your ideas.
Examples of Good and Bad Summaries
Be careful when you summarize that you avoid stating your opinion or putting a particular bias on what you write. This point is important because the goal of a summary is to be as factual as possible.
For example, here is an example of an inaccurate, opinion-laden summary about Pixar’s popular movie Finding Nemo:
So there's a film where a man's wife is brutally murdered by a serial killer and his son is left physically disabled. In a twist of events, the son is kidnaped and kept in a tank while his father chases the kidnapper thousands of miles with the help of a mentally challenged woman. Finding Nemo is quite the thriller.
This example is a bad summary because it is very vague, and it contains the writer’s opinion as well as twists the events of the story into .
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How to Write a Analytical Essay
Writing an analytical essay can seem daunting, especially if you've never done it before. Don't
worry! Take a deep breath, buy yourself a caffeinated beverage, and follow these steps to create
a well-crafted analytical essay.
What do you want to analyze?
Your analysis must have the following four sections:
Introduction
Summary
Analysis
Conclusion (optional)
Part 1: Prewriting your essay
1. Understand the objective of an analytical essay. An analytical essay means you will
need to present some type of argument, or claim, about what you are analyzing. Most
often you will have to analyze another piece of writing or a film, but you could also be
asked to analyze an issue, or an idea. To do this, you must break the topic down into parts
and provide evidence, either from the text/film or from your own research, that supports
your claim.
For example, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining uses a repeating motif of Native American
culture and art to comment on America's history of colonizing Native Americans' lands" is an
analytical thesis. It is analyzing a particular text and setting forth an argument about it in the
form of a thesis statement.
2. Decide what to write about. If you are writing this for a class, your teacher will
generally assign you a topic (or topics) to write about. Read the prompt carefully. What is
the prompt asking you to do? However, sometimes you will have to come up with your
own topic.
If you're writing an analytical essay about a work of fiction, you could focus your
argument on what motivates a specific character or group of characters. Or, you could
argue why a certain line or paragraph is central to the work as a whole. For example:
Explore the concept of vengeance in the epic poem Beowulf.
If you're writing about a historical event, try focusing on the forces that contributed to
what happened.
If you're writing about scientific research or findings, analyze your results.
2
3. Brainstorm. You may not immediately know what your thesis statement should be, even
once you've chosen your topic. That's okay! Doing some brainstorming can help you
discover what you think about your topic. Consider it from as many angles as you can.
[2]
Look for repeated imagery, metaphors, phrases, or ideas. Things that repeat are often
important. See if you can decipher why these things are so crucial. Do they repeat in the
same way each time, or differently?
How does the text work? If you're writing a rhetorical analysis, for example, you might
analyze how the author uses logical appeals to support her argument and decide whether
you think the argument is effective. If you're analyzing a creative work, consider things
like imagery, visuals in a film, etc. If you're analyzing research, you may want to
consider the methods and results and analyze whether the experiment is a good design.
A mind map can be hel ...
I created these slides to teach a 9th grade lesson on Argument. I embedded comments on how these match the principles outlined by Richard Mayer for multimedia design.
Cascading Workshop of CIE English 1123- Professional Development for TeachersSara Niazi
This presentation is to cascade the entire content learnt at the professional development workshop held in Islamabad in the year 2016, conducted by the Principal Examiner at Cambridge, Helen Reed Bidder.
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Guidelines for Summarizing Sources
Summarizing
Another good skill to help you incorporate research into your writing is summarizing. Summarizing is to take larger selections of text and reduce them to their basic essentials: the gist, the key ideas, the main points that are worth noting and remembering. Think of a summary as the “general idea in brief form”; it's the distillation, condensation, or reduction of a larger work into its primary notions and main ideas.
As with directly quoting and paraphrasing, summarizing requires you to cite your sources properly to avoid "accidental" plagiarism. moreover, a summary should not change the meaning of the original source. a good summary should be a shortened version that conveys the purpose and main points of the original source.
Components of a Good Summary:
· Write in the present tense.
· Make sure to include the author, the year, and title of the work.
· For Example:
· In Pixar’s 2003 movie, Finding Nemo…
· In Stephen King’s horror book The Shining (1977),…
· In Emily Dickinson’s poem “Because I Could Not Stop for Death (1890),”
· Be concise: a summary should not be equal in length to the original text; it should be about 1/10 as long.
· Include 2–3 main points of the text or work.
· Include the conclusion or the final findings of the work.
· Avoid using quotations. A summary is not a paraphrase or a direct quote. If you must use the author's key words or phrases, always enclose them in quotation marks and cite.
· Don't put your own opinions, ideas, or interpretations into the summary. The purpose of writing a summary is to accurately represent what the author wanted to say, not to provide a critique.
When Is a Summary Useful?
You should summarize when…
· you want to give an overview of a source's main ideas/points;
· you can express a source's ideas or points in fewer words than the original text;
· you need to give a brief synopsis of more than one source; or
· Read through your notes from the third reading, look up the words/phrases that you do not know, and make any appropriate changes to the information you jotted down.
· you want an authority on the topic to support your ideas.
Examples of Good and Bad Summaries
Be careful when you summarize that you avoid stating your opinion or putting a particular bias on what you write. This point is important because the goal of a summary is to be as factual as possible.
For example, here is an example of an inaccurate, opinion-laden summary about Pixar’s popular movie Finding Nemo:
So there's a film where a man's wife is brutally murdered by a serial killer and his son is left physically disabled. In a twist of events, the son is kidnaped and kept in a tank while his father chases the kidnapper thousands of miles with the help of a mentally challenged woman. Finding Nemo is quite the thriller.
This example is a bad summary because it is very vague, and it contains the writer’s opinion as well as twists the events of the story into .
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1
How to Write a Analytical Essay
Writing an analytical essay can seem daunting, especially if you've never done it before. Don't
worry! Take a deep breath, buy yourself a caffeinated beverage, and follow these steps to create
a well-crafted analytical essay.
What do you want to analyze?
Your analysis must have the following four sections:
Introduction
Summary
Analysis
Conclusion (optional)
Part 1: Prewriting your essay
1. Understand the objective of an analytical essay. An analytical essay means you will
need to present some type of argument, or claim, about what you are analyzing. Most
often you will have to analyze another piece of writing or a film, but you could also be
asked to analyze an issue, or an idea. To do this, you must break the topic down into parts
and provide evidence, either from the text/film or from your own research, that supports
your claim.
For example, "Stanley Kubrick's The Shining uses a repeating motif of Native American
culture and art to comment on America's history of colonizing Native Americans' lands" is an
analytical thesis. It is analyzing a particular text and setting forth an argument about it in the
form of a thesis statement.
2. Decide what to write about. If you are writing this for a class, your teacher will
generally assign you a topic (or topics) to write about. Read the prompt carefully. What is
the prompt asking you to do? However, sometimes you will have to come up with your
own topic.
If you're writing an analytical essay about a work of fiction, you could focus your
argument on what motivates a specific character or group of characters. Or, you could
argue why a certain line or paragraph is central to the work as a whole. For example:
Explore the concept of vengeance in the epic poem Beowulf.
If you're writing about a historical event, try focusing on the forces that contributed to
what happened.
If you're writing about scientific research or findings, analyze your results.
2
3. Brainstorm. You may not immediately know what your thesis statement should be, even
once you've chosen your topic. That's okay! Doing some brainstorming can help you
discover what you think about your topic. Consider it from as many angles as you can.
[2]
Look for repeated imagery, metaphors, phrases, or ideas. Things that repeat are often
important. See if you can decipher why these things are so crucial. Do they repeat in the
same way each time, or differently?
How does the text work? If you're writing a rhetorical analysis, for example, you might
analyze how the author uses logical appeals to support her argument and decide whether
you think the argument is effective. If you're analyzing a creative work, consider things
like imagery, visuals in a film, etc. If you're analyzing research, you may want to
consider the methods and results and analyze whether the experiment is a good design.
A mind map can be hel ...
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My Subject is Aviation from 1865 to 1915
5 Pages: 1375
The paper, without work's cited or footnotes, should be between 1200 – 1800 words. (roughly 5 - 6 pages) I will automatically deduct 1 point for every 5 words short of 1200.
The paper must include at least FIVE reputable sources. This can consist of books, journal articles, newspapers, advertisements, and even your textbook, but at least two of them should be the primary sources you provided for approval by Prof. Degges or Mr. Harris.
Please footnote your paper with the correct source to avoid plagiarism. All sources can be cited in MLA, APA, or Chicago Manual of Style.
Possible Outline
Below is a general outline that should help to improve your paper.
I. Introduction
A. Introduce the topic in a way that will catch the reader's attention.
B. State your thesis. In many cases, the thesis is the last sentence of the introductory paragraph, but you may place it anywhere in the paragraph for reasons of style.
C. Review the main points of evidence you will cover later in the paper to support your thesis.
II. Background
This should give an overview of what previous secondary sources have said about your topic.
III. Supporting Evidence
This is where you should delve into the primary sources you have and what they say about the topic. Each should be related back to how it answers your research question and support your thesis. Do not forget to answer the who, what, when, and where of your source. This section should account for the bulk of your paper.
IV. Contrary Evidence
As you are searching for the relevant information related to your topic, you can't escape coming across controversial evidence to your subject. Do not neglect it. If you do, your paper will be incomplete or rather one-sided. Concentrate on the most significant counterarguments. Do not allocate too much time to controversial issues. Recognize them and elaborate on them focusing on their weak points.
V. Conclusion
Your conclusion should not be a rephrasing of your introductory paragraph. Although you should briefly summarize how the evidence supports your thesis and how it outweighs the contradictory evidence, you should also use the conclusion to consider the broader implications of your topic.
Essential Tips for Writing History Papers
As you write, keep in mind the following list of writing tips that can improve your paper.
Write in the simple past tense. By definition, history is concerned with the past, and since you're writing about the past, you need to write in the past tense.
CORRECT EXAMPLE: Roosevelt ordered the banks closed until auditors verified that they were solvent.
INCORRECT EXAMPLE: Roosevelt orders the banks closed until auditors verify that they are solvent.
Avoid the use of the pronoun "I." You should avoid the use of "I" in college writing, as it is too informal. Structure your essay so that your ideas come across clearly without having to state that they are your ideas.
CORRECT EXAMPLE: The WPA was one .
My Subject is Aviation from 1865 to 19155 Pages 1375The paper.docxroushhsiu
My Subject is Aviation from 1865 to 1915
5 Pages: 1375
The paper, without work's cited or footnotes, should be between 1200 – 1800 words. (roughly 5 - 6 pages) I will automatically deduct 1 point for every 5 words short of 1200.
The paper must include at least FIVE reputable sources. This can consist of books, journal articles, newspapers, advertisements, and even your textbook, but at least two of them should be the primary sources you provided for approval by Prof. Degges or Mr. Harris.
Please footnote your paper with the correct source to avoid plagiarism. All sources can be cited in MLA, APA, or Chicago Manual of Style.
Possible Outline
Below is a general outline that should help to improve your paper.
I. Introduction
A. Introduce the topic in a way that will catch the reader's attention.
B. State your thesis. In many cases, the thesis is the last sentence of the introductory paragraph, but you may place it anywhere in the paragraph for reasons of style.
C. Review the main points of evidence you will cover later in the paper to support your thesis.
II. Background
This should give an overview of what previous secondary sources have said about your topic.
III. Supporting Evidence
This is where you should delve into the primary sources you have and what they say about the topic. Each should be related back to how it answers your research question and support your thesis. Do not forget to answer the who, what, when, and where of your source. This section should account for the bulk of your paper.
IV. Contrary Evidence
As you are searching for the relevant information related to your topic, you can't escape coming across controversial evidence to your subject. Do not neglect it. If you do, your paper will be incomplete or rather one-sided. Concentrate on the most significant counterarguments. Do not allocate too much time to controversial issues. Recognize them and elaborate on them focusing on their weak points.
V. Conclusion
Your conclusion should not be a rephrasing of your introductory paragraph. Although you should briefly summarize how the evidence supports your thesis and how it outweighs the contradictory evidence, you should also use the conclusion to consider the broader implications of your topic.
Essential Tips for Writing History Papers
As you write, keep in mind the following list of writing tips that can improve your paper.
Write in the simple past tense. By definition, history is concerned with the past, and since you're writing about the past, you need to write in the past tense.
CORRECT EXAMPLE: Roosevelt ordered the banks closed until auditors verified that they were solvent.
INCORRECT EXAMPLE: Roosevelt orders the banks closed until auditors verify that they are solvent.
Avoid the use of the pronoun "I." You should avoid the use of "I" in college writing, as it is too informal. Structure your essay so that your ideas come across clearly without having to state that they are your ideas.
CORRECT EXAMPLE: The WPA was one ...
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English 202 Research Paper Assignment
Text: The research paper is a documented prose work resulting from an organized analysis of a subject. Your paper will examine a particular writer’s work. The short stories you have chosen to read will be the focus of your research paper. It is not a biographical sketch of the writer; however, you may include biographical information if it relates to your thesis. It is not a plot summary; I can read the book or play for that. Primarily, you are going to take a position about the works and use specific events or quotes from the work to support and explain that position. Your thesis statement will be based upon this position. In addition, you are going to examine what literary critics have to say concerning the works. You must read the works prior to beginning your research.
Format: Research papers must be typed and formatted according to MLA documentation style. This includes using Times New Roman, 12 point font. You will be expected to list each of your sources in proper MLA format on the Works Cited page at the end of your research paper. You will also use proper MLA parenthetical internal documentation throughout your paper. The New McGraw-HillHandbook or an MLA guidebook is an absolute necessity. You cannot pass the research paper if your format is wrong!
Length: A minimum of five full pages of text (double-spaced). In addition, you will include a Works Cited page.
Sources: A minimum of six (6) sources is required. You must have four (4) secondary sources quoted directly in the body paragraphs (there should be at least 1 secondary source per main point). You cannot pass the research paper without including four secondary sources. The literary works you have chosen (short stories) will count as a fifth and sixth source, the primary sources. There are many sources available for literary research, and I expect you to use a variety of sources. You should use at least one article as a source, and you can have only one Internet source. Masterplots, Cliffs Notes, Spark Notes, eNotes, Grade Saver, Wikipedia, and Classic Notes DO NOT count as a source.
Process: You will be expected to follow a guided process in your research and writing. I have designed the course to make it easier for you to write a research paper step by step. On the course syllabus, I have indicated dates when topics, annotated bibliographies, thesis statements and outlines, and rough drafts are due. I will be maintaining a file which will indicate whether or not you have completed these steps. Any student who fails to follow these steps in a timely manner and does not indicate a work in progress will not be allowed to turn in a research paper.
Other guidelines to consider:
1 DO NOT WATCH THE MOVIE and expect to do well on the research paper without having read the short stories.
2 Ultimately, your paper will focus on the themes within the short stories. It will not be a biographical study or a summary of the ...
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BIOL 3251 Writing Assignment 2 – Introduction and Hypothesis
The entirety of the assignment is to help you construct polished and professional text for the introduction and hypothesis (red rectange] that you can use for your poster. You will get feedback from peers and your instructor. All parts of this assignment should be uploaded to the Writing Assignment 2 Dropbox on D2L.
Initial Draft
· This should be about 1 typed page, not including Literature Cited or any figures (diagrams or graphs).
· Your initial draft is due at Sunday June 15 at 9:00PM . Submit it to 2 places:
D2L dropbox for writing assignment 2
and
Discussion – Poster Introductions You will have to post your intro before you can review other’s.
· A rubric for this assignment is available on the Dropbox folder and the Grades section.
1. Begin by taking out a sheet of paper and brainstorming for 90 seconds. Scribble down everything you can think of about the gene, topic, treatment you’ve chosen – write down everything you can think of!!!
If you are struggling for ideas, in your initial NCBI search for your gene of interest, under the results by database, you may have seen “OMIM” This is the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database, and may link your gene of interest to human disease or conditions.
2. Now take a look at your brainstorm. Use circles or highlighter colors to group the words/concepts into broad groups. What broad concept or topic group could you use to get other people (your audience) interested in your topic? Begin with a 2-3 sentences about that broader topic or concept.
This section, and those that follow, also need references for any facts or concepts that are not common knowledge. If you have to look it up, it needs a reference. If a paper can be referenced in a journal, use that. Only use web addresses when there is no other source. Make sure you use “in text” citations AND a Literature Cited section according to the CSE style (name-year). Remember, you can visit the Writing Center for help on style and/or writing!
Example of “In text” citation for an introductory document:
F. psychrophilum is a pathogenic organism responsible for causing severe diseases in Oncorhynchus mykiss, rainbow trout (Rochat et al. 2017). This pathogen causes detrimental effects, including skin and muscle degeneration, to rainbow trout populations (Henriksen et al. 2014).
Literature Cited
Henriksen MMM, Madsen L, Dalsgaard I. 2013. Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on Immersion Challenge of Rainbow Trout Fry with Flavobacterium psychrophilum. PLoS ONE 8(4):35-42.
Rochat T, Fujiwara-Nagata E, Calvez S, Dalsgaard I, Madsen L, Calteau A, Lunazzi A, Nicolas P, Wiklund T, Bernardet J-F, et al. 2017. Genomic Characterization of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Serotypes and Development of a Multiplex PCR-Based Serotyping Scheme. Frontiers in Microbiology 8(2):236-238.
3. Use the next 4-5 sentences to bring in some relevant, but more scientific facts and details that y.
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BIOL 3251 Writing Assignment 2 – Introduction and Hypothesis
The entirety of the assignment is to help you construct polished and professional text for the introduction and hypothesis (red rectange] that you can use for your poster. You will get feedback from peers and your instructor. All parts of this assignment should be uploaded to the Writing Assignment 2 Dropbox on D2L.
Initial Draft
· This should be about 1 typed page, not including Literature Cited or any figures (diagrams or graphs).
· Your initial draft is due at Sunday June 15 at 9:00PM . Submit it to 2 places:
D2L dropbox for writing assignment 2
and
Discussion – Poster Introductions You will have to post your intro before you can review other’s.
· A rubric for this assignment is available on the Dropbox folder and the Grades section.
1. Begin by taking out a sheet of paper and brainstorming for 90 seconds. Scribble down everything you can think of about the gene, topic, treatment you’ve chosen – write down everything you can think of!!!
If you are struggling for ideas, in your initial NCBI search for your gene of interest, under the results by database, you may have seen “OMIM” This is the Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man database, and may link your gene of interest to human disease or conditions.
2. Now take a look at your brainstorm. Use circles or highlighter colors to group the words/concepts into broad groups. What broad concept or topic group could you use to get other people (your audience) interested in your topic? Begin with a 2-3 sentences about that broader topic or concept.
This section, and those that follow, also need references for any facts or concepts that are not common knowledge. If you have to look it up, it needs a reference. If a paper can be referenced in a journal, use that. Only use web addresses when there is no other source. Make sure you use “in text” citations AND a Literature Cited section according to the CSE style (name-year). Remember, you can visit the Writing Center for help on style and/or writing!
Example of “In text” citation for an introductory document:
F. psychrophilum is a pathogenic organism responsible for causing severe diseases in Oncorhynchus mykiss, rainbow trout (Rochat et al. 2017). This pathogen causes detrimental effects, including skin and muscle degeneration, to rainbow trout populations (Henriksen et al. 2014).
Literature Cited
Henriksen MMM, Madsen L, Dalsgaard I. 2013. Effect of Hydrogen Peroxide on Immersion Challenge of Rainbow Trout Fry with Flavobacterium psychrophilum. PLoS ONE 8(4):35-42.
Rochat T, Fujiwara-Nagata E, Calvez S, Dalsgaard I, Madsen L, Calteau A, Lunazzi A, Nicolas P, Wiklund T, Bernardet J-F, et al. 2017. Genomic Characterization of Flavobacterium psychrophilum Serotypes and Development of a Multiplex PCR-Based Serotyping Scheme. Frontiers in Microbiology 8(2):236-238.
3. Use the next 4-5 sentences to bring in some relevant, but more scientific facts and details that y.
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PROBLEM: Suppose a manager for X Corporation is having a hard time keeping employees. The company is striving to be an industry leader in consumer products and packaging, appealing to the millennial consumer, across the globe. As a UD intern, you suggest X Corporation implements an assessment of ability and/or personality to screen applicants better. Your manager sets your to work, exploring different ability assessments tied in with the job application process.
For this one-page paper, you will explore the hiring practice of multinational corporation Procter and Gamble (which we will say is a competitor to X Corporation!)
1. Go to the website: http://us.pgcareers.com/ Explore opportunities. What internship or co-op might be appropriate for you? Select a specific opportunity.
2. Then, explore their hiring process: http://pgcareers.com/apply/our-hiring-process/
3. What are their assessments?
4.Take the reasoning practice test. Make sure you time yourself, and truly test yourself. How did you do? What are your strengths and weaknesses?
4. Explore ways in which you can improve your score. What options are available on the internet?
5. (Consider actually applying to an internship at P&G. If you do an complete any assessments, please share your results.)
6. Do you think these are fair assessments of one's ability to work at that environment? Why? Why not? Prepare a one-page report for your "supervisor" where you share your results, and persuade him/her to/not to implement an applicant screening process.
Again, this should be a ONE PAGE paper, single spaced, with sources cited and electronically linked.
20% of your grade will be howprofessionallyyou present your paper, with visual interest.
Department of Philosophy
Florida Atlantic University
Rev. 7-17
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Essay Writing for this Course
Classes in the Humanities all plan, in some way, to help you develop your writing skills. Many careers you might pursue are heavily
dependent upon your ability to argue your point of view.
We all know everyone has a point of view and has the right to express that view in a socially recognizable manner, and many important
issues on which we have an opinion require far more than 140 characters to be expressed effectively. That is why we still study the
essay form of writing in Humanities courses. The essay is a form of writing that reaches back to 1580, when French philosopher
Michele de Montaigne first published his Essays on topics such as “Of the Custom of Wearing Clothes,” “Of Cannibals,” and “Of the
Inconvenience of Greatness.” Montaigne’s object was to express himself to people he would never meet through his writing. When
you can express yourself in a way that any person who might pick up your paper will easily understand you, writing can make you
influential among colleagues and fellow members of your community.
We all ‘know how to write,’ but there is a mile of difference between being able to write a 5-sentence profile de.
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Writing the Rough Draft
The purpose of this assignment is three-fold.
1. First, almost every piece of writing that you complete at the college level will involve arguing for a specific viewpoint. Even essays that simply are informative are trying to convince the reader of the validity of the information. This essay will allow you to demonstrate that you understand how to compose an effective piece of persuasive writing.
2. Second, you will be required to write many research papers as you complete your academic career. This essay allows you to demonstrate that you understand how to effectively cite the information you gather from completing the research assignments that led up to writing this essay.
3. Finally, this essay gives you the chance to discuss something you feel is important, either for your own information or for the general population, and you get a guaranteed audience.
General Guidelines for Writing the Essay & Tips for Putting it Together
· Write a 6-8 page essay that discusses your research topic. Begin with a catchy first sentence and interesting first paragraph that explains why you chose this topic and why someone should read about this topic. If you wrote a good story for your Research Proposal, that story can become the introduction for your research essay.
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2. Overview
Writers can really struggle to write an introduction and conclusion for
their paper. If they feel they must write exactly along the paper’s order by
starting with the introduction, it can give writer’s block.
First, you do not have to write in the paper’s order
Second, there are some techniques to consider in writing both an
introduction and conclusion that will make both processes much easier.
This slideshow is designed to help make the process easier when you are
ready to begin.
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4. Introductions are sometimes
taught conceptually as upside
down triangles. You begin with
very broad concepts (commonly a
hook or brief overview) and bridge
them to your more specific thesis
statement.
If you want to Google it, another
term for it is called the funnel
method.
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5. Consider your paper:
A camera where during the introduction, you
enlist a wide lens, during the body of the
paper you zoom in to a more narrow lens, and
then during the conclusion of the paper, you
return to the wide lens.
A canvas where you select a wide tipped
paintbrush for the introduction, finer tipped
brushes to detail the body of the paper, and
then back to broad strokes for the conclusion.
A theatrical stage where the stage is set
during the introduction, the dramatic
production occurs during the body of the
paper, and the resolution of the production is
your conclusion.
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Analogies
6. To continue the triangle
or funnel concept:
The triangle is upside down for the
introduction of the paper.
It leads you to a rectangle for the body of
the paper where all of the content has
specific focus.
Finally, you reach a right-side-up triangle
for the conclusion where it begins more
specific and ends more broad and general.
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In 3-6 sentences, draft a brief overview of your topic in broad terms and
sophisticated language that you can copy/paste into your introduction.
Remember that your audience does not know (a) what you will be writing about
or (b) why it is important, so it will be important to state both.
The brief overview is to “set the stage” for your paper so you want to set the
tone as to whether it is a topic of concern or one of promise, etc.
You may notice later that I used none of my keywords for my main points within
my thesis statement in the writing of my brief overview. I did mention the
keyword for my topic because my audience needs to know what I am writing
about in a general sense.
9. Example:
Don’t forget to refer
back to the
worksheet when
drafting your paper
Make a copy to edit
your own work
The more
sophisticated your
work the more
“ready” it will be for
the rough draft
Feel free to use
this worksheet!
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Example #1: America may have the honor of being number one for many positive
achievements, but on the flip side, it also has the shame of holding the number one spot
in unfavorable realms, as well. America leads the world in hosting the highest number of
persons who are incarcerated. While taking a closer look at these numbers, various
concerns become glaringly apparent.
Example #2: Most expectant parents envision bringing their newborn into a world that is
as safe as the one that they encountered as a child. This expectation can be unrealistic,
especially in a rapidly changing world. Climate change is a term many are familiar with but
it does not “hit home” until one considers the impact it can have from generation to
generation.
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Your instructor may have had you do some pre-writing (such as a topic proposal) where you
stated why you wanted to write about this topic. If so, some of that writing may be able to be
translated into your brief overview.
If you accidentally wrote one sentence about each main point of your thesis statement to use
as your brief overview, don’t discard them. You can use those sentences in the conclusion of
your paper.
If, when you drafted a thesis statement, you accidentally wrote a paragraph instead of a
sentence, you may have been writing content that would be good for your overview. You can
refer back to those drafts and check (yes, alarm bells should be ringing if your thesis
statement is still a paragraph and it is warning you that you should fix that.)
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To return to the theatrical production or artwork analogies:
If you need to get an audience interested in coming to your theatrical production,
you have to advertise the event to get them to buy tickets.
If you need to sell tickets to your art show, they have to want to attend.
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You want your audience to engage enough to want to read the paper. You already care
about your topic but they may not. Your topic probably hasn’t even been on their radar.
A hook helps them to become interested. The following slides suggest possible hooks.
While you would want to choose one, we encourage our students to draft each type and
select the strongest. Often, they do not have to trash the work that they did for the other
types because they can be incorporated elsewhere in the paper (even sometimes the
conclusion!)
Consider looking to higher quality articles or publications and model some hooks they
use.
14. Hook option:The famous quote
Locate one powerful famous quote surrounding your topic. This is not a “direct quote” from
within a good article; instead, this is something profound a person (usually a leader) has said
about your topic.
Write this as you would in your paper by naming the person associated with it along with their
credentials (as long as it is not a household name) followed by the famous quote. Remember
to place the quote into quotation marks since it is a direct quote. The introduction of the
person who is being quoted serves as an “in-text” citation and will not need to be followed by a
parenthetical citation. Try to avoid using an anonymous quote.
Check with your instructor to see if they want this citation included within your Works Cited.
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15. Example:
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Example #1: Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist, and journalist formerly sentenced to
death and currently imprisoned, stated, “Prison is a second-by-second assault on the
soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that
transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.”
Example #2: “The climate crisis has already been solved. We already have all the facts
and solutions. All we have to do is wake up and change” was aptly stated by seventeen-
year-old, environmental activist, Greta Thunberg.
16. Hook option:The narrative story
Identify one story about a person, community, animal, etc. whose life has been directly
influenced by your topic. You can easily do this by searching for your topic along with
the term stories (for example prisoner stories within a regular internet search).
Identify the main details of their story in a few brief sentences that you can copy and
paste into your introduction. Please recognize that only a brief synopsis is appropriate
for the introduction portion of your paper. You can feel free to continue their story in
greater detail within the body of your paper.
Be sure to include the proper parenthetical citation.
Tip: now would be a great time to also paste the URL link of the article into
Noodletools!
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17. Example:
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Example: Kalief Browder was accused of robbery when he was sixteen. As a result, he
was thrown into New York’s Rikers Island prison all the while insisting he did not
commit the crime. While he awaited trial for nearly three years, he was tortured and
starved. Soon the psychological effects of this abuse were glaringly apparent. He
continued to serve his time for a crime he was never convicted of. Following his release
from prison, Kalief ultimately resorted to suicide (Gonnerman). A story such as Kalief’s,
unfortunately, exemplifies the all too harsh realities within a cruel and broken system
that exists within the United States.
Here is an example of the writing you may use if you choose to revisit your story in more detail
later in the paper: To revisit Kalief Browder’s story, which was presented within the
introduction of this paper, we find that...
18. Hook option:The statistic
Locate 1-2 general statistics about your topic. Your statistics may address how large
your topic is on the global scale, how large is it in the U.S., a significant change in
statistics over the years...
This statistic must cover the overall concept and not surround/support one specific
subtopic. (1.) Provide the statistic below in sentence form which can, then, be copied and
pasted into your introduction and (2.) follow it with a sentence explaining its significance.
Be sure to include the proper parenthetical citation. Tip: now would be a great time to
also paste the URL link of the article into Noodletools!
For the body of the paper, your statistics should be given further detail and attention as
described within this slideshow. They can also surround more specific focuses.
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19. Example:
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Example: “According to a 2018 report from the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), nearly
2.2 million adults were held in America's prisons and jails at the end of 2016. That means
for every 100,000 people residing in the United States, approximately 655 of them were
behind bars” (Kann). While reduced from 754 out of every 100,000 in 2008, this alarming
statistic requires researchers to look at why the United States retains the highest rate in
the world (“Prisoners in 2008”). Additionally, they must question what makes the United
States different from other large countries and determine what the current root causes
may exist for this epidemic.
20. Hook option:
The question
Generally, instructors do not like questioning in formal research papers. They often lower the level of
sophistication of the paper.
For an introduction, the question should be:
๏ An overarching question (also known as an essential question) to your research as a whole. Avoid
“How might one feel if…?” and only use strong questions that would lead a great debate or
discourse (my example is usually, “Is torture ever justified?”)
๏ Since your paper is not a research study where you seek to gather data to answer such
questions, you want to answer the question for your reader and lead them on the path of your
thought progress during the body of the paper with evidence from experts to support your answer.
Remember, questions are risky. Your instructor might respond less favorably to your paper if they do
not like questioning techniques or if you have failed to present a sophisticated question.
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The final sentence of the introduction within a formal research paper is always a
thesis statement. At our school, most instructors like when you underline the
thesis statement for easy identification.
23. Formula for an introduction
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Option 1:
hook
brief overview
thesis statement
Option 2:
brief overview
hook
thesis statement
How long should it be?
A well developed introduction that fills up almost an
entire page would be appropriate for a 7 or more
page paper. The hook might be 3 sentences (there
may even be 2 hooks), the overview 5-7 sentences,
and the thesis statement 1.
An introduction for a 4-6 page paper may fill about
three-quarters of a page. The hook may be 2
sentences and the overview 3-5 and the thesis
statement 1 sentence
An introduction for a 1-3 page paper may fill about
one-quarter to one-third of a page. The hook may
be 1-2 sentences, the overview 2 sentences and
the thesis statement 1.
25. Example:
Kalief Browder was accused of robbery when he was sixteen. As a result, he was
thrown into New York’s Rikers Island prison all the while insisting he did not commit
the crime. While he awaited trial for nearly three years, he was tortured and starved.
Soon the psychological effects of this abuse were glaringly apparent. He continued to
serve his time for a crime he was never convicted of. Following his release from
prison, Kalief ultimately resorted to suicide (Gonnerman). A story such as Kalief’s,
unfortunately, exemplifies the all too harsh realities within a cruel and broken system
that exists within the United States. America may have the honor of being number
one for many positive achievements, but on the flip side, it also has the shame of
holding the number one spot in unfavorable realms, as well. America leads the world
in hosting the highest number of persons who are incarcerated. While taking a closer
look at these numbers, various concerns become glaringly apparent. The United
States, who incarcerates the greatest number of people worldwide, raises serious
social concerns with regards to unbalanced prison populations and the protection of
human rights and dignity; these concerns make the nation ripe for solutions that
address and catalyze real and immediate change.
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28. Remember that you are now going specific to broad with your focus (the
triangle is now right-side-up). A summary of information/brief review will
remind your audience of the main ideas for each main topic. Typically one
strong sentence for each main topic will do. While it feels redundant/repetitive,
your job is to remind your reader of the content that you developed.
Especially, if it is a long paper, they may need help “zooming out” back to a
broad conceptual focus. You may take your reader on a backwards path since
they will begin with what is most fresh in their memory.
Remember to check if your brief overview within your introduction is not
accidentally is a summary of information. If it is, pull it into your conclusion and
work on a new brief overview for the introduction section.
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29. Example:
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Example:
The United States prison populations are severely unbalanced regarding race and gender.
Human rights for the mentally ill in the United States often fall short within the prison
system, stripping the dignity of prisoners who suffer with mental illness.
Stakeholders must analyze the successes and failures of the existing efforts to reduce
incarceration rates and make any necessary adjustments in order to negate the horrible
injustices that remain.
31. Discover from your instructor whether they prefer the thesis statement in the
conclusion to be reworded or duplicated using the exact same words.
If they prefer reworded, this is where you will paste one of your draft thesis
statements that you created or write a new one. If you write a new one now,
assess it to see if it is better than the original. You may want to swap them.
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32. Example:
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Example: Alarmingly, the United States leads the world in imprisoning the greatest
number of people; concerns related to unbalanced prisoner populations and upholding
human rights each scream for immediate change to the current system.
34. Sometimes a history instructor will want the correlation to be a synthesis.
They will want you to explain how the topic aligns with historical context and
impacts the world today or how it impacted the world shortly after an event.
Another example of correlation is an identification of the relationship your topic
has with other topics also impacting the world.
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35. Example:
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Example #1: Incarceration issues can be alleviated if, as a nation, racism is greatly
reduced and improvements to treat those who are mentally ill are significant.
Example #2 (student example:Ike Aherne): For most decisions, downsides can be brought
to light and weighed against the upsides; in the end, all that matters is that the better
choice was made. In Truman’s case, he chose correctly. The positive effects of the atomic
bomb favored America placing the nation in a position of power that would be enjoyed for
decades to come. Therefore, the American government was not a fault for making a
decision that benefited their citizens. Victory on the battlefield takes sacrifice, and the
bomb was used with intentions to stop violence and loss of life, not to seize land or
resources.
37. Often educated predictions can be made. They can be made for the near or
distant future. They can also be made in relationship to anticipated statistics,
laws, events, or anticipated changes in feelings and beliefs.
This prediction can be a nice closure for your paper.
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38. Example:
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Example #1: Since there has been a significant decline in the incarceration rate since
2008, there is potential for hope that efforts will continue to reduce this epidemic that may
even take the United States from being the leading nation with the highest number of
incarcerated citizens to be replaced by another country.
39. Formula for a conclusion
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Option 1:
Thesis statement
Review
Correlation
Prediction
Option 2:
Review
Thesis statement
Correlation
Prediction
How long should it be?
No matter the length of the paper, a conclusion is
most likely to fill out about one-third of a page. The
thesis statement 1 sentence, with the
review/summary of information 3 sentences, the
correlation 1 sentence and/or the prediction 1
sentence.
Additional conclusion notes:
You never want to introduce new points in your conclusion. Be sure
not to “amp up” the emotional appeal. Be very brief in the
presentation since you don’t want to peak your reader’s interest in
wanting to read a whole new paper. You want them to feel satisfied
in tying up the information for now.
41. Example:
Mumia Abu-Jamal, a political activist, and journalist formerly sentenced to death and currently
imprisoned, stated, “Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation
of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours
into days.” Alarmingly, the United States leads the world in imprisoning the greatest number of
people; concerns related to unbalanced prisoner populations and upholding human rights each
scream for immediate change to the current system. The United States prison populations are
severely unbalanced regarding race and gender. Human rights for the mentally ill in the United
States often fall short within the prison system, stripping the dignity of prisoners who suffer
with mental illness. Stakeholders must analyze the successes and failures of the existing efforts
to reduce incarceration rates and make any necessary adjustments in order to negate the
horrible injustices that remain. Since there has been a significant decline in the incarceration
rate since 2008, there is potential for hope that efforts will continue to reduce this epidemic that
may even take the United States from leading nation with the highest number of incarcerated
citizens to be replaced by another country.
You may have noticed that I added an element into the conclusion draft from the introduction portion of this worksheet. I was able to since I
had selected not to use it within the draft introduction. You may like to do this, too!!! Oftentimes, this works well because of the broad and
general nature of each section.
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43. Credits
Special thanks to all the people who made and released
these awesome resources for free:
๏ Presentation template by SlidesCarnival
๏ Photographs by Unsplash
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