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Preface
Chapter Overview
Introduction to Close Reading
Gathering Evidence
Reading Slowly
Example
Your Turn!
What Now?
Thinking Ahead...
Drafting the Blueprint
Turning Your Lists Into Your Blueprint
Why Construct an Essay Blueprint?
Constructing Your Essay Blueprint
Constructing Your Two-Storey Opening, Part 1
Constructing Your Two-Storey Opening, Part 2
Your Turn! (Part 1)
Your Turn! (Part 2)
Watch This!
Thinking Ahead…
Revising Your Two-Storey Thesis
Self-Evaluation of Your Two-Storey Thesis
Revising Towards A Second Draft of Your Two-Storey Thesis
Adding the Third Storey
An Example Third Storey
Putting it all Together
Returning to the text
The Full Three-Storey Thesis
Additional Practice
Editing the Three-Storey Thesis
Self-Evaluation of Your Three-Storey Thesis
Editing and Rewriting for Precise and Muscular Language
The Three-Storey Thesis as a Roadmap
Introduction
First Storey
Second storey
Third Storey
Conclusion
Writing the Essay
Big Beefy Building Blocks: Filling Those Body Paragraphs
Keep Your Thesis Close
Body Paragraphs
It’s More Than Cut and Paste: The Parts of a Paragraph
Claim, Evidence and Warrant
Topic Sentences and Transitions
Incorporating Cited Passages into Your Own Writing
The Author’s Subject is Not Your Subject
Exit Strategy: Composing the Final Body Paragraphs
You Cannot Live on Hamburger Alone: Moving Beyond the Five-Paragraph Essay Form
Top Bun
Meat Patties
Bottom Bun
Writing Your Conclusion
Three-Storey Thesis: Introduction
In Conclusion
Supporting Your Claim
Putting it All Together
Moving From a Close Reading to Making Your Own Argument
Try This!
Choosing and Analyzing Your Central Document
Answers to Your Turn!
Analyzing a Central Document
Better Understanding the Medium of Your Central Document
Analyzing a Specific Central Document
Building an Initial Two-Storey Thesis for Your Own Argument
Introduction to Research
How Information is Produced
Types of Information
Scholarly Peer-Reviewed Sources
General “Popular” Sources
When to Use Popular Sources
Evaluate What You Find With the “CRAAP Test”
Where to Find Authoritative Research Documents
Search Strategies: Plan, Refine, and Modify
Boolean Operators
OR Operator
AND Operator
NOT Operator
Putting Together All of Your Search Concepts Using Boolean Operators AND, OR, NOT
Smart Searches
Understanding a Search Result
When Your Results are Limited or Inappropriate
Reviewing and Applying What You’ve Learned
Editing Your Two-Storey Thesis
Complete the Essay Self-Evaluation of Your Two-Storey Thesis Below.
Adding a Third Storey
The Three-Storey Thesis: The Importance of Outlining
Body
Second Storey
Full Outline
Research: First Steps
Research Types
Corroborate, Contrast, Contextualize
Definitions
Data and Statistics
"Factual" Material
Analysis
Engaging With Research
The Scholarly Concept
Questions to Ask
Application
Looking Ahead...
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Using Your Essay to Look Forward
Finding Our Scholarly Conversation Partners: Primary and Secondary Sources
Scholarly Articles
Joining the Scholarly Conversation: Using Your Primary and Secondary Evidence
Dominating the Conversation
Passive Conduit
Purposeful Conversation
Setting the Stage: Getting the Primary and Secondary Sources into Your Introduction
Revisiting Body Paragraphs
Effectiveness of Your Sources
Article
Starting a Conversation with Your Sources
Transitioning Between Ideas
Thinking ahead...
Revising Your Thesis and Body Paragraphs
Potential Questions to Ask
Concluding Your Argument
Revising and Editing for the Last Time
Self-Evaluation
The Last Edit
YOU'RE DONE!
Introduction to Citations
Scholarship is a Conversation
What is Bibliographic Information?
What is a Bibliography?
Citation Styles
Citation Tip!
MLA Citation Style
How to Cite and Reference with MLA
MLA Citation for the Same Article
Document Your Research As You Go! (or, How Not to Cry When Creating a Bibliography)
Summary
Answers to Try This!
Recommended Reading
Chapter 1: Time is on Your Side
Chapter 2: Evidence
Chapter 3: The Full Three-Storey Thesis
Chapter 4: Getting From Your Thesis To Your Essay
Chapter 5: Maintaining Focus and Purpose: The Body Paragraphs
Chapter 6: One Last Time Before You Go: The Conclusion and Final Review
Chapter 7: Making Your Own Argument
Chapter 8: Gathering Research and Establishing Evidence
Chapter 9: Towards the Well-Researched Paper
Chapter 10: Joining the Conversation: Primary Sources, Secondary Sources, and You
Chapter 11: Editing and Evolving the Thesis and Outline
Chapter 12: What Have I Accomplished? Conclusion and Final Assessment
Chapter 13: Works Cited
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