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College Writing Strategies
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College-Level Writing Strategies
Professor Henning
ENC 1101
Getting Started
When you begin writing an essay, you should begin by asking yourself, What is my rhetorical situation? Who is my audience? What is my genre? What stance am I taking?
Careful Consideration Of Your Subject
Your answers to these questions will help you carefully consider the subject of your essay and how you should go about addressing it.
Doing Research
Conducting research is an incredibly important part of ENC 1101. This class culminates in a lengthy research paper, after all!
Doing Research
When appropriate for your rhetorical situation, doing research can demonstrate you've thoroughly and seriously considered your subject and the multiple viewpoints on it. Doing research can also help you identify connections among different ideas and allow you to synthesize those ideas with your own thoughts.
What Is A Thesis?
A thesis statement is, quite simply, your main argument distilled into one or two sentences. In most forms of academic writing, you are expected to state your main argument explicitly. For our purposes and in most genres of academic writing, the thesis statement goes at the end of the introductory paragraph.
Clear & Qualified Thesis Statement
Clear thesis statements are important because they help your reader know what you are trying to argue/prove.
Qualifying
Thesis Statements
How To Qualify Thesis Statements
In order for a thesis statement to be effective and arguable, it generally needs to be qualified. Qualifying your thesis shows that you acknowledge exceptions or other perspectives. (There are always at least two sides to every argument, after all!)
Materials
A Response To What Others Have Said
Equipment
References
References
Procedure
Good Reasons Supported By Evidence
Warm-up
activity
Warm-up activity
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