RWS 100 – Monday - 9/18/17 Body Paragraphs

Essay 1 Questions about Essay 1? About the class?

Conferencing We will be conferencing next week. You will meet me at my office to go over your paper. Conferences are 15 minutes. Class is cancelled on Wednesday 9/27 and Friday 9/29. I will put up a Google Doc with sign up times on Blackboard.

Student Learning Outcome Identify an author’s argument, claim, project, assumptions, and evidence. Analyze and evaluate the extent to which evidence and reasoning support the argument.

Overall Goals Evaluate and analyze, not summarize! Think why and how, not what. You are not agreeing or disagreeing with his argument, but evaluating it.

Write like you talk and talk like you write GOAT Advice Write like you talk and talk like you write

Outlines Review a peer’s outline. Make sure it covers the prompt. HELP EACH OTHER OUT!

Outlines Intro has hook, rhetorical situation, and thesis. Body paragraphs explain claims. Body paragraphs evaluate evidence. Addresses an assumption. A conclusion.

Easy as PIE PIE is a way to form body paragraphs. It is a common structure for body paragraphs. P oint – Make a point. I llustrate – Illustrate the point with a quote/specific example. E xplain – Explain or elaborate on the point in the context of the illustration.

Point A point... interprets the text or topic. states your opinion. relates directly back to the thesis. The point is your idea.

Illustrate An illustration... quotes or paraphrases the text. points to a specific example—usually one thing that happened once. An illustration comes out of your reading. It is quoted.

Illustrate

Explain An explanation... shows how your point and your illustration fit together. refines and clarifies the point in light of the illustration. The explanation is your idea. It is the bulk of your evaluation.

Example of PIE Your own essay, Andrew.

They Say/I Say Quoting - It’s important to get correct! Quote relevant passages. Frame every quotation. Templates for introducing quotations. Templates for explaining quotations. Avoid redundancy/wordiness. Try for at least 1 quote per body paragraph.

They Say/I Say For example, according to Thompson, “______” (#). For instance, Thompson states that “______” (#). In one passage, Thompson asserts, “______” (#). Markedly, Thompson’s evidence is that “______” (#). In one example of evidence, Thompson posits… Thompson’s only evidence is that “______” (#). Essentially, Thompson posits, “______” (#).

MLA In-Text Citations

MLA In-Text Citations Titles – In the chapter “Public Thinking,” Thompson argues that… For example, Thompson asserts that public writing “can help clarify our thinking” (51). In perhaps his strongest claim, Thompson states, “Audiences clarify the mind even more” (52). In this essay, only cite the page number, not the last name, because the reader knows his name since the entire essay is about him.

MLA Exercise Ze handout, monsieur. Also, resources – The Little Seagull handbook and Purdue OWL.

In-Class Writing Write a body paragraph using PIE. Point Illustrate Explain Try to use correct MLA formatting for quoting.

Homework I’ll post it on Blackboard.