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Expository Writing 9.2: Duffett and Fandom / Research Papers

Today’s plan: Duffett’s Intro to Understanding Fandom Research Query Homework

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Expository Writing 8.2: Designing Research Projects

Today’s plan: The “default” final paper Review Jenkins questions in Canvas Time to write about Jenkins Writing research with Wayne Booth Homework

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Expository Writing 4.2: Working with Sources

Today’s plan: Looking at Writing Handling Sources Workshopping Tim’s piece As I was working through your writing this week, I found a couple of things that everyone should keep in mind. Let’s start with those. I want to look at … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 3.2: Summary, Logical Development, and Concision

Today’s plan: A Quick intro to Logical Development Summary Exercise Concision: from sentences to characters Homework Logical Development and the Period To start off today, I want to talk a bit about logical development by talking about the most basic … Continue reading

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Summarizing an Academic Article

While most of you have chosen to pursue a public project, a few of you chose the academic research option. I wanted to put together a quick heuristic to help guide your research. What am I looking for in your … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 2.1: The Proposal

Today’s plans: Some Twitter stuff The Proposal Show me some research Twitter I want to make sure everyone has their accounts set up. I’ll ask you all to favorite a particular post, and then to follow everyone who has favorited … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 1.2 / Twitter, Fandom Topics

On today’s agenda: Talking about potential topics Setting up Twitter accounts Potential Fandom Topics A few things up front: let me be clear–I don’t have an exact idea for what a good project in this course looks like. This course … Continue reading

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Expository Writing 1.1: Welcome.

On today’s agenda: Canvas write Cover the syllabus. What is rhetoric? Homework: In Canvas, write up five sentences on two different possible communities you might join.

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