Due Monday, November 17

Using one of your sources for the research paper, identify the following elements and describe them in paragraph form.

• Title/Author
• Thesis/Major Proposition
• Claim/Minor Proposition #1
• One Example of Evidence (Include Type, e.g. fact, statistic, expert opinion, anecdote, etc.)
• One Example of Appeal (Include Type, e.g. logical, emotional, ethical, authoritative)
• Claim/Minor Proposition #2
• One Example of Evidence (Include Type, e.g. fact, statistic, expert opinion, anecdote, etc.)
• One Example of Appeal (Include Type, e.g. logical, emotional, ethical, authoritative)
• Claim/Minor Proposition #3
• One Example of Evidence (Include Type, e.g. fact, statistic, expert opinion, anecdote, etc.)
• One Example of Appeal (Include Type, e.g. logical, emotional, ethical, authoritative)
• Refutation
• Conclusion

Due Monday, November 10

1) Please post your tentative thesis for the research project in the comment section below.

2) Post suggestions for two other students as to how they can make their theses more effective and persuasive.

Due Wednesday, November 5

Post a comment of 250 words minimum in response to the following prompt:

The first four entries in Chapter Six of NextText touch upon intersections between the arts and sciences, between biology and history, between poetics and genetics. What do you see as the relationship between art and science? Illustrate your ideas using examples from the readings (pages 520-541).