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Introduction
1. What Does the Professor Want? Understanding the Assignment
Amy Guptill
2. Murder! Rhetorically Speaking
Janet Boyd
3. Backpacks v. Briefcases: Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis
Laura Bolin Carol
4. Writing Body Paragraphs
University of Minnesota
Organizing Your Writing
Writing for Success
Constructing the Thesis and Argument from the Ground Up
Identify
Deborah Bernnard, Greg Bobish, Jenna Hecker, Irina Holden, Allison Hosier, Trudi Jacobsen, Tor Loney, and Daryl Bullis
5. Developing a Strong, Clear Thesis Statement
Quoting, Paraphrasing, and Avoiding Plagiarism
Steven D. Krause
Strategies for Gathering Reliable Information
Successful Writing, v. 1.0
6. Seven Steps of the Research Process
Cornell University Library
Illustration
Narrative
Description
Classification
Research Writing and Argument: All Writing is Argument
Pavel Zemilansky
Persuasion/Argument
Cause and Effect
Comparison and Contrast
Definition
Process Analysis
Research and Critical Reading