Archive for March, 2007
March 28, 2007 at 7:37 pm
· Filed under Assignments
For this weekend’s blog, I want you to do some serious thinking about your argument, your audience and how these both affect and are affected by the argument you intend to present. To do this, I want you to articulate to me the thoughts you have about these important concepts by answering the following questions in your blog entry. Make sure that these answers are not simply one word or one sentence answers. I am asking these questions so that you can take the time before beginning your writing. I want to see in your blog that these questions have been thoroughly thought out and answered.
******************This blog is due by Midnight Monday April 2nd*********************
- Who is your specific audience?
- Why did you choose them?
- How will your audience affect the argument you intend to present?
- Which fallacies will you need to focus on keeping from your argument? Why are these (individually) important to consider in your argument?
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March 27, 2007 at 6:44 am
· Filed under Course Notes, FYC, Instructions for Students
As I re-read the book pages on fallacies, I came to realize that the book has left a few of the fallacies out and that those that are included are not worded as appropriately as I would have liked. So, this post will create a complete list of fallacies that you need to keep in mind when writing your paper and a few class-created examples. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 22, 2007 at 6:39 pm
· Filed under Assignments, Course Notes, FYC, Weekly Review
As you are certainly aware by now, your prospectus and annotated bibliography are due Tuesday at Midnight. So that means that, as a class, we need to finalize this material in the next few days and prepare to answer all of the final questions you have about the prospectus and annotated bibliography by the end of class on Tuesday. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 9, 2007 at 9:06 pm
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This is our last week of class before everybody vacates the campus in pursuit of fun, sun, and relaxation. As tantalizing as this sounds, you need to also remember that this is the last week of class before you turn in your Annotated Bibliography and Research Prospectus. So we have a lot to cover this week. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 9, 2007 at 8:33 pm
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The format you will use for your annotated bibliography is a highly structured four-sentence paragraph. Each sentence centers on a strong action verb. Avoid “to be” verbs and weak verbs such as “says,” “writes,” “does.” These verbs do not usually express either how the author approached the writing of the article or how the article “works” rhetorically. Follow this paragraph with a judgment paragraph of the essay. Here’s how you will complete these annotations. Read the rest of this entry »
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March 8, 2007 at 12:27 pm
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For your homework this weekend, you have two things to work on.
- First, read and comment on one of the blogs below. Make sure that your comment is not a criticism of what the author has to write, but that it is grounded in the research you have read thus far. Make sure that when you post to the blog you also post a comment to this post that includes your comment and the blog to which you posted it (simply copy and paste). This way if the author decides to delete your comment, you will still receive credit for the assignment. The deadline for this part of the assignment is Midnight Monday. Read the rest of this entry »
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