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Exploratory Writing

Exploratory Writing. and Annotated Bibliographies. What is Exploratory Writing? . Your thoughts? Read sample essays on pages 176-177 What makes one more “exploratory” in your mind?. Characteristics . Resists closure (thesis) Where is the thesis in each sample?

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Exploratory Writing

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  1. Exploratory Writing and Annotated Bibliographies

  2. What is Exploratory Writing? • Your thoughts? • Read sample essays on pages 176-177 • What makes one more “exploratory” in your mind?

  3. Characteristics • Resists closure (thesis) • Where is the thesis in each sample? • Why is it located where it is in each? • Creates a tension (dialectic) between two opposing ideas • Where is this present in each? • tension may or may not be resolved by the end of the writing—process of struggle key

  4. Try it out • How does Essay B do the following (from p. 178) • Sees the assigned question as a genuine problem worth puzzling over • Considers alternative views and plays them off each other • Looks at specific examples • Continues the thinking process in search of a resolution • Incorporates the stages of the process into the essay

  5. Writing an Exploratory Essay • What perplexes you? • Why are you interested in these issues? • Questions in early drafts are good • Mostly resolved by end of process

  6. Research • back up pertinent information • Double entry notes are effective (see pages 182-183) • Connect your own experience to the research • take reader on your journey • Show how it changed thinking (don’t just tell!)

  7. General Structure • Introduction • Body • Section for each source • How source affected thinking • How source works with previous sources • Section can be multiple paragraphs • Conclusion • Where are you now? • What is still perplexing? • What is now resolved?

  8. Annotated Bibliography • Summary—what source is about • Evaluative—summary + researcher’s reflection on the source (150 words max.) • Why? • Requires reading and connection • New researchers to field get a quick overview • Builds ethos

  9. Parts of the Annotated Bibliography • Citation • MLA • APA • Annotation • Rhetorical info—why was source written? • Summary of content • Researcher’s evaluation (for evaluative annotation)

  10. Parts of the Annotated Bibliography • Critical preface • Opens the bibliography • Overview of bibliography—value and significance • Research questions being explored • Dates of research • Overview of number and types of sources See page 196-198 for example

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