Thursday, April 9, 2015

Here are a couple of hints for 4.1 from some of your emailed questions.

Here's a good way to think about the beginning of the paper:
Introductory paragraph (overview of the paper) which ends with the 
Thesis Statement and is followed by the
Background of the Problem which you will address in your
Supporting Arguments
 
Here's a good way to think about sources:
 
Your 12+ sources should either combine to co-support an argument or form sub-points of the major arguments. 

If your argument was:

Students in this class are excellent students and should do well. 

And you have 7 sources for that argument, which, for instance, are 1-2 "There are students in this class" 3 "Students in classes should do well" 4-5 "Students who are excellent should do well in classes" 6-7 "The students in this class are excellent". All of those sources are slightly different, but would each contribute in part to a single argument.
 

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