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Introduction to Academic Discourse

Introduction to Academic Discourse. Warm up discussion.

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Introduction to Academic Discourse

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  1. Introduction to Academic Discourse

  2. Warm up discussion • Greene argues that “learning to write a researched argument is a process of learning how to enter conversations that are already going on in written form” (11). What is Greene’s main argument? How does he “enter conversations that are already going on in written form?” • What role does reading play in academic writing? • What does framing allow a writer to do?

  3. Group analysis • Identify: How the author enters the conversation; What the issue is; What the situation is; What the research question is.

  4. Framing • It is a way of having your reader focus on what you believe are the most important parts of the article for them to focus on. • A frame allows the writer to see a topic from a particular angle. • The frame does not give the topic a bias per se. The argument is not presented in a false way. However, the frame allows the writer to focus the reader’s attention in one specific direction. • For example, if one is trying to analyze a situation from a psychological perspective, one would put on the "glasses" of Sigmund Freud and approach said topic from his “psychoanalytical” point of view. After putting on said glasses, you are only looking at a topic from Freud’s point of view. This means that you may be disregarding the socioeconomic, biological, or other lenses from which one could view a particular topic. You are using the one frame of “psychoanalysis” to shape your argument and make an impression on the reader.

  5. Example • Topic: Abortion • Possible frames: religious or feminist.

  6. Let’s practice! • Imagine you are writing a paper based on the article you read. • Write a sentence about the main issue in your article. • Choose a frame and write 3 sentences about the main issue using that frame.

  7. Thesis statement • It is a one- or two-sentence condensation of the argument or analysis that is to follow. • It is an argument that you think you can support with evidence but that may need adjustment along the way. Why Should Your Essay Contain a Thesis Statement? • to test your ideas by distilling them into a sentence or two • to better organize and develop your argument • to provide your reader with a “guide” to your argument

  8. 3 parts of a thesis statement • Topic or subject • Opinion • Reasoning • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HePQWodWiQ

  9. Compare and contrast the reasons why the North and South fought the Civil War. • The North and South fought the Civil War for many reasons, some of which were the same and some different. • It restates the question without providing any additional information. • “What reasons? How are they the same? How are they different?” • While both Northerners and Southerners believed they fought against tyranny and oppression, Northerners focused on the oppression of slaves while Southerners defended their own right to self-government. weak

  10. Let’s practice! • Find the thesis statement in your article! • Based on your framing, draft a thesis statement for your hypothetical paper.

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