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Sentences Tell Stories

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Sentences Tell Stories

  • See It in Writing
  • The Basic Principle

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Lessons

  • Argument
    • Argument Starts Here
    • Claims
      • Make a Claim That Resolves a Problem Your Readers Care About
      • Make a Claim That Is Contestable and Supportable
    • Reasons
      • Distinguish between Reasons and Evidence
      • Choose a Useful Order for Your Reasons
    • Evidence
      • What Counts as Evidence
      • Explain Your Evidence
      • Cite Your Sources
    • Acknowledgment and Response
      • Acknowledge and Respond to Readers’ Objections
      • Academic Writing Acknowledges and Responds to Established Perspectives
    • Warrants
      • State the Principles That Link Your Claims, Reasons, and Evidence
      • Use Curricular Warrants to Show You Understand a Course's Principles
      • When to Use Bridge Warrants
  • Problem Frames
    • Problem Frames Start Here
    • Problem Frame Elements
    • State the Consequences of a Conceptual Problem by Answering “So What?”
  • Style
    • Sentences Tell Stories
    • Make Key Actions Verbs
    • Control the Flow of Your Information By Using the Stress Position Appropriately
    • Choose the Right Type of Character for Your Story
    • Move From Old to New Information
  • Literature Lessons
    • Make a Claim that is Complex and Thematically Explicit
    • Contestable and Supportable Claims
    • Literary Evidence Needs to be Explained
    • Ordering Reasons

Reference

  • Sidebar: Introduction to Sentence Style, Sentence Diagrams<
  • Using Passive Verbs<
  • Sidebar: Useful Nominalizations<
  • Sidebar: The Two Kinds of Old Information<
  • Sidebar: Concision<
  • Sidebar: Writing in the First Person<
  • Glossary<
  • Index<

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