Writing Workshop

August 7, 2012

Finish your writing from last week Feedback on last week’s assignment Paraphrasing/Summarizing Plagiarism Naysayers

Agenda

Take 15-20 minutes to finish the writing you

started on Thursday Then we will go over some of them as a class

Finish last weeks project

Practice

Given the following question Chose an issue in your country (or any country) that

needs to be resolved and then Chose and audience

Tell why this topic is appropriate for the audience you chose Write a topic sentence Write 4 points that you would include. Be sure they are

appropriate for your audience This problem could be fixed by_________. A problem in _____ country is ________,

Give a general idea of the organization of this if it were an essay

What did you think of the Articles? Was there anything interesting? Do you have any questions?

Articles

Before we talk about

paraphrases/summarizing it is important to know what kinds of evidence will help an argument

The information you choose needs to be able to be explained in a couple sentences.

If it takes more than a few sentences then you should chose different information.

Choosing Quotations

Do the quote exercise on the back of the

handout

Practice

What is a summary? What is Paraphrase? What is the difference? When do you use each of these?

Summary/Paraphrase

A paraphrase is when you restate someone's point in

your own words Remember that if it is too similar to the original it will

be considered plagiarism. Replacing the original words with synonyms will not

be a good way to paraphrase.

*Be very careful using synonyms, sometimes a thesaurus may give you words that don’t mean the same thing as the one you want. Always double check these.

Paraphrase

Decide what is important. Read the point and then without looking at it

try to write it in your own words. This will help you to prevent plagiarizing

anything

Tip

“Plagiarism is best defined as a deliberate

activity– as the conscious copying from the work of others.” (Feak and Swales)

Practice

Although many people think that car accidents

are more likely due to slick roads and high speeds, research shows that the majority of serious accidents occur on dry roads and at speeds of 60-100 km/h (Van Zanten, 2002)

Practice

Ever increasing traffic forces the driver to

process a growing amount of information and, at the same time, to take more, and quicker decisions. Thus, in critical situations, the amount of information may exceed the drivers effective processing capability.

Practice

A summary is when you take a larger work

and shrink it down to a few sentences. This is especially useful in literature reviews Again you should read the paragraph, chapter,

article, then put it aside and write your summary without looking back at it.

Summarizing

Read the conclusion of “image manipulation

as research misconduct” then set the article aside and summarize the conclusion it 2 sentences.

Practice

On page 96 of “Telling a Research Story”

Summarize the section called “Summarizing” Remember your summary should be shorter

than the text given

Practice

Read this article and write about a paragraph

summary of what it is about. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/08/education

/analysis-examines-disabled-students-suspensions.html?_r=1&ref=us

Practice

Both summaries and paraphrases will be used

in literature reviews. A paraphrase when you want to talk about a

specific point someone made A summary when you need to talk about an

entire article or section of an article.

Summary/Paraphrase

There are times when you will need to use an

exact quote When do you think this is? How should you do it?

Butterfly Model

Quotes

Anytime you use any part of anyone else's

work in your own without giving credit When you do use an exact quote, or exact

wording you must put it in quotes.

Plagiarism

Example

Page 81 Do task 27

Plagiarism

What is a naysayer? Why would you want to

use this in your writing? In general, how would you use a naysayer? Do you think this strengthens or weakens an

argument? Why or Why not?

Naysayers

A Naysayer is when you put something in your

paper that someone could say against it, you anticipate objections

It is important when planting a naysayer that you respond to it, defend yourself

This is true even if you do not have a strong defense

This will strengthen your argument because you can explain the reason for someone's objection before they actually object to it.

Naysayer

Examples

Examples

On page 90, Do exercise 1

Practice

Read rhetorical grammar Answer the discussion questions

Homework