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Composition IICM200.1Cecelia Munzenmaier(515)
272-2100, x308cmunzenmaier_dm_at_hamiltonia.edu
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Course Objectives

• Use material from a variety of sources
• Support your ideas with evidencefrom credible
  sources
• Avoid logical fallacies
• Cite sources using APA format

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Another way to put it.

• Id like to turn you all into Rikki-tikki-tavis

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Who is Rikki-tikki-tavi?

• He was a mongoose, rather like a little cat in
  his fur and his tail, but quite like a weasel in
  his head and his habits.
• Rudyard Kipling
• Rikki-tikki-tavi
• The Jungle Book

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Who is Rikki-tikki-tavi?

• He could fluff up his tail till it looked like a
  bottle brush, and his war cry as he scuttled
  through the long grass was Rikk-tikk-tikki-tikki
  -tchk!
• Rudyard Kipling
• Rikki-tikki-tavi
• The Jungle Book

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Mongoose Motto
It is the hardest thing in the world to
frighten a mongoose, because he is eaten up
from nose to tail with curiosity. Rudyard
Kipling Rikki-tikki-tavi The Jungle Book
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Mongoose Motto
The motto of all the mongoose family is Run
and find out, and Rikki-tikki was a true
mongoose. Rudyard Kipling Rikki-tikki-tavi Th
e Jungle Book
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RTT Goal

• When youre assigned a research paper, your
  instinct will be to Run and find out! rather
  than to cower under the desk in a fetal
  position.

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RTT Goal 2

• When youre taking an open-book test, you will
  check the index when you dont know a term like
  block quotation.

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RTT Goal 3

• Back up what you say.
• Nag wasnt impressed when Rikki warned him to
  stay away from the birds eggs. But Rikki wasnt
  bluffing.

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RTT Goal 3

• Nag was asleep, and Rikki-tikki looked at his
  big back, wondering which would be the best place
  for a good hold. If I dont break his back at
  the first jump, said Rikki, he can still fight.
  And if he fightsO Rikki! He looked at the
  thickness of the neck below the hood, but that
  was too much for him and a bite near the tail
  would only make Nag savage.
• It must be the head, he said at last the
  head above the hood. And, when I am once there, I
  must not let go.
• Rudyard Kipling
• Rikki-tikki-tavi
• The Jungle Book

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Backing up an opinion

• Your comp teacher says, Those who miss the
  most classes tend to have the lowest grades.
• But comp teachers are supposed to say that.
• Is there any reason to think this isnt just
  teacher-talk?

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Evidence

• Those who attended class 95 of the time were
  significantly more likely to earn an A or B
  grade.

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Evidence

• Those who attended class 95 of the time were
  significantly more likely to earn an A or B
  grade.
• Who says so?

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Evidence/Documentation

• Parenthetical (or intext)
• Those who attended 95 of the time were
  significantly more likely to earn an A or B
  grade (Snell Meikes, 1995).
• Reference list (separate page at end)
• Snell, J., Meikes, S. (1995). Student
  attendance and academic achievement A
  research note. Journal of Instructional
  Psychology 22(2). Retrieved April 12, 2004, from
  Academic Search Elite database.

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More Evidence/Documentation

• Parenthetical (or intext)
• In a large business course, each day of absence
  cost students two points in their final grade
  (Street, as cited in Urban-Lurain and Weinshank,
  2000).
• Reference list (separate page at end)
• Urban-Lurain, M., Weinshank, D. J. (2000,
  April). Attendance and outcomes in a large,
  collaborative learning performance assessment
  course. Retrieved April 12, 2004, from the MSU
  Computer Science and Engineering Web
  site http//www.cse.msu.edu/rgroups/
  cse101/AERA2000/ attendance.htm

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More Evidence/Documentation

• Parenthetical (or intext)
• A study reported in College Student Journal
  found that the more often students were absent,
  the less likely they were to turn in make up work
  (Di, 1996).
• Reference list (separate page at end)
• Di, X. (1996). Teaching real world students A
  study of the relationship between students
  academic achievement and daily-life interfering
  and remedial factors. College Student
  Journal 30(2). Retrieved April 12, 2004, from
  Academic Search Elite database.

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Bread Crumb the Source

• Kipling, R. (n.d.) Rikki-tikki-tavi. Retrieved
  April 15, 2005, from the Electronic Text Center,
  University of Virginia, Web site
  http//etext.lib.virginia.edu/etcbin/toccer-new2?i
  dKipJung.sgmimagesimages/modengdata/texts/eng
  lish/modeng/parsedtagpublicpart9divisiondiv1
  . (Original work published 1894)
• Other versions
• Search for
• Rikki-tikki-tavi electronic text or e-text

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Private
Public(unpublished) (research)
Autobiography Poetry Essay
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Private to Public

• Private
• Poems, journals, doodles--anything not intended
  for anyone else to read
• Written to express your feelings
• Needs no justification
• Has to make sense only to you

• Public
• Memos, letters, papersintended for others to
  read
• Written to express your ideas
• Needs no justification
• Has to make sense to othersshould follow
  conventional spelling, punctuation, etc.

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Letter to the Editor (1966)

• What, if I may ask as a taxpayer and a person who
  pays taxes to support a bunch of Hoods, beer
  slops, punks, and you name it U. of M. has it
  including the commie Profs.
• I put 3 sons through college and not one is a
  bunch of pigs like you birds. . . rather, they
  are men with good honest jobs, homes, and
  families. If even one of my sons had come home
  and said he was going to burn his draft card, I
  would have took him apart piece by piece, then
  stick him back together and he would have been
  glad to enlist then, and I would not have cared
  if he ever came back.

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Papers You Will Writesee word-crafter.net/CompII

• Compare/Contrast
• Annotated bibliography(list of possible sources
  for your presentation)
• Argument

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Writing Log

• make notes at least once every week
• reflect on work in progress
• use for letter reflecting on changes in your
  writing

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Keeping Track of Your Work

• Save everything!
• Back up to Andromeda.
• Use a floppy or e-mail papers to yourself.
• If you submit a paper via e-mail, look for a
  confirmation.

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Murphys Law

• Floppy disks can fail at any time.

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Corollaries to Murphys Law

• A floppy disk is most likely to fail when it
  contains the only copy of your paper.

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Corollaries to Murphys Law

• A floppy disk is most likely to fail when it
  contains the only copy of your paper.

The likelihood of floppy disk failure
corresponds to the difficulty of replacing its
contents the harder it will be to recreate your
paper, the greater the chance of failure.
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Keeping Track of Your Work

• Save everything!
• Back up to Andromeda.
• Use a floppy or e-mail papers to yourself.
• If you submit a paper via e-mail, look for a
  confirmation.

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To make a good case, you need to know what has
already been said (comp/contrast) where to find
good evidence (anno. bib.) how to support your
arguments (argument) how to anticipate and
counter objections (argument)
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To make a convincingor credible case, you need
to follow the conventions of academic writing
(APA documentation) the conventions of
standard English (grammar, mechanics,
spelling)
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• Baseline Essay
• Choose one of the following
• Choose three words to describe the way you write.
  Explain why each word fits your writing.
• What is the hardest writing assignment you have
  ever had? Describe what made it difficult, and
  explain how you met the challenge.
• When you write a paper using sources, what do you
  find easiest? What is the most difficult part of
  the process?