1121 Class Notes (from Monday 3/15/04)

Organizing your paper

The “basic” structure:

• Introduction
• Overview of Sources
• Similarities
• Differences
• Conclusion

(We also discussed other possible arrangements in class which I drew on the board but didn’t have time to copy before erasing.  See your class notes.)

Introductions

1.) Use a part of a source, for example, a summary or a quotation

• To set a tone
• To set a scene
• As an attention getter
• To respond to
• To analyze

2.) Give information about the condition, disease, etc.

3.) Give examples of what life is like with the condition, disease, etc.

4.) Use real or invented dialogue or a scene

5.) Use personal experience

Conclusions

1.) Use a quote that relates to, or applies to, or speaks to, or __________ many/all of your sources

2.) Invent dialogue or a scene

3.) Speculate about the future

• Of the disease, condition, etc.
• Of the sources/people

4.) Give outcomes of the sources/people you wrote about

5.) Ask a question

6.) Call your readers to action

7.) Change the perspective

8.) Use personal experience