ACMB01H3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Portal 2, Elevator Pitch, Pathos
27 Apr 2018
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ACMB01
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Lecture 11
March 29nd, 2018
Overview - Writing a Research Essay
Writing skill: Sentence Variation & Sound
●Housekeeping
●Review: Parallelisms/Ethos, Logos, Pathos
●Writing Skill: Sentence Variation and Sound
●Multiple Choice Quiz: Research Essay – Chapter 7
●Research Essay and the Elevator Pitch
●Integrating Sources
●Exit Ticket
Housekeeping
1. Journal #8 due April 5 by 5 pm on Portal
2. Research Essay – due April 6 at 11:59pm – 4-5 pages (if you choose)
3. 3% bonus for two copies of the full draft brought to class for peer review
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Sentence Patterns
Alter the internal structure of words in one sentence or the relationship between two sentences.
Varies the beat within and between sentences
Intrusive Pattern
●Sentence A – Sentence B – Sentence A
●Use to give more detail on general observations made in Sentence A
●The birthday greeting – Daniela sends it to all her friends – reads “Happy Birthday to my
closest friend.”
End/Beginning
Clause + Repeating Element. Repeating Element + Clause
This structure works with two sentences. The end of one sentence is the start of the next. This
pattern builds coherence.
What you have described is life. Life is tough.
Beginning/Beginning
Repeating Element + Clause. Repeating Element + Clause.
The repeating element is at the beginning of two sentences.
It is a relational repetition. One point clearly leads to the next, emphasizing the writer’s meaning.
Smith’s theory seemed original to himself. Smith’s theory seemed unoriginal to the committee.
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End/End
●Clause + Repeating Element. Clause + Repeating Element.
●This pattern repeats words—your choice of how many—from the end of the first
sentence at the end of second.
●This is a particularly strong pattern since the repeating element ends the sentences and
the last words stay with the reader.
●Before we had money, we worried about money. After we got money, we still worried
about money.
Beginning/End
●Repeating Element + Clause + Repeating Element
●This structure repeats elements at the beginning and end of one sentence.
●This pattern creates a poetic sound and would have only occasional use in academic
writing.
●Forever is a long time, and I intend to live forever.
Research Essay
●Requires extensive evidence to support a focused thesis.
●Key to writing an effective research paper are
- gathering sources that comprehensively address an appropriately focused topic, and
- synthesizing the information to present a strong argument supporting a clear thesis.
Developing a Focus
Document Summary
Multiple choice quiz: research essay (cid:385) chapter 7. Alter the internal structure of words in one sentence or the relationship between two sentences. Sentence a (cid:385) sentence b (cid:385) sentence a. Use to give more detail on general observations made in sentence a. The birthday greeting (cid:385) daniela sends it to all her friends (cid:385) reads (cid:392)happy birthday to my closest friend. (cid:393) The end of one sentence is the start of the next. The repeating element is at the beginning of two sentences. One point clearly leads to the next, emphasizing the writer"s meaning. This pattern repeats words(cid:386)your choice of how many(cid:386)from the end of the first sentence at the end of second. This is a particularly strong pattern since the repeating element ends the sentences and the last words stay with the reader. Before we had money, we worried about money. After we got money, we still worried about money. Repeating element + clause + repeating element.
