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Revising the Research Paper

Revising the Research Paper. Go Over Final Week Schedule. Go over extra credit assignment again. Questions?. Four Basic Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism. Make sure all word-for-word quotes have quote marks showing where they begin and end.

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Revising the Research Paper

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  1. Revising the Research Paper

  2. Go Over Final Week Schedule • Go over extra credit assignment again. • Questions?

  3. Four Basic Rules for Avoiding Plagiarism • Make sure all word-for-word quotes have quote marks showing where they begin and end. • Make sure to make the difference between your ideas and your sources’ ideas clear when paraphrasing. • Identify where each quote OR paraphrased idea came from in the body of your paper using in-text citations. • Make sure that each source you quote OR paraphrase in your paper is correctly listed on your Works Cited page. Refer to the Incorporating Sources Handout, the MLA Handout, and the information in The Little Seagull Handbook

  4. Review: Using Sources Right! • ALWAYS enclose words that are not your own in quotes. • ALWAYS make a quote the part of your own sentence. (No “drop-in” quotes!) • ALWAYS have an author or article name and page number in parentheses after the quote. • ALWAYS give credit to authors whose ideas you use, even if you are not quoting them directly. • ALWAYS make sure that the quote is sufficiently introduced and in context.

  5. Review: Tips for effectively presenting evidence • Respect your audience's intelligence. Don't try to manipulate them or twist the evidence to support your claim. • Consider the authority of your sources. Where did the information you are presenting as persuasive come from? Why does this person/organization have the authority to speak on this issue? • Establish your own credibility as an author by presenting your research in a thoughtful, respectful way.

  6. Review: The Rhetorical Triangle • You may be appealing to several different things when you speak to your readers: • LOGOS: You will be appealing to their rational sides using facts. (This is called logos, which is related to the word "logic.") By making sure that your facts are relevant and well-documented, you will increase your credibility as a writer. • ETHOS: You may be appealing to their sense of morality (remember, this means right and wrong) by asserting that you share common values with them. For instance, an in defense of home schooling may appeal to the value that parents place on education and their children's right to learn. • PATHOS: You may also be making an appeal to emotion. This is called pathos. It is related to the word "pathetic," which didn't originally mean what it does now. It originally meant appealing to the emotions without the negative connotation modern English gives it. You are trying to get your audience to really feel for whatever cause you are arguing for.

  7. Develop Your Paragraphs • Page 17—29 of The Little Seagull Handbook • Paragraph Main Point: All sentences in a paragraph should focus on one central (focusing) idea. • Use a topic sentence to tell you reader what that focusing idea is. • Develop that focusing idea with the use of specific examples, outside evidence (quotes/sources), and related claims. • There are different ways to develop your paragraph, and it all depends on the point you are making. Check out examples on page 19-25 of different kinds of paragraph development. • Some kinds you might use in an Argument Research Paper: • Analyze Cause and Effect • Classify or Divide • Compare and Contrast • Define a Concept • Give Specific Examples

  8. Organization • Check out the visual organization flowchart for Arguments on page 47 and 48 of The Little Seagull Handbook • Does your essay follow a logical pattern of organization similar to this? • If not, how might you reorganize your essay so it does?

  9. Break TimeBefore Workshop • Please return in 15 minutes! • We will be doing one-on-one peer workshops with our rough drafts • Please make sure you get your research paper rough draft out and ready when you return.

  10. One-On-One Peer Workshop • Get a new perspective on your essay! • You must find a partner who you did NOT do peer review with. • Please be courteous to others and help the workshop run smoothly. • When you and your first partner finish, come sit in the first row until you find an new partner. • After moving to the first row, look for a new partner. • If there are none, sit in the first row and QUIETLY work on your own essay until someone is available.

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