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Writing to Persuade

A worked example for Pharmacy 387 Pediatrics & Geriatrics

Roger Graves Director, Writing Across the Curriculum

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Roger Graves

http://www.ualberta.ca/~graves1/index.html

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Writing Across the Curriculum

http://www.humanities.ualberta.ca/WAC/

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Centre for Writers

http://www.c4w.arts.ualberta.ca/

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GRAM WOW!

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The assignment

The deliverable:

  Structure is clear: one page letter to editor

  Challenges: don’t be a crank

  Body: structure within it seems open; one ad to analyze—what are the visual aspects that you could discuss: eye contact; dynamic image/static image; point of view; framing/focus; “interest” [Brief Penguin Handbook, Ch. 2]

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The writing process

Getting started

  Explore the assignment

  Make rough notes

  Pick a tentative topic

Getting feedback

  Make an appointment at the writing centre for later in the week

  Get feedback on your draft/revise

Revising

  Work on style and lower order concerns

  Proofread, consult checklist for assignment

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A sample thesis statement

According to new approaches in pain management, nurses must obtain three kinds of knowledge if they are to respond effectively to a patient’s pain: knowledge of self, knowledge of pain, and knowledge of standards of care.

[original/passive voice] New approaches to pain management stress three kinds of knowledge for nurses to obtain if they are to respond effectively to a patient’s pain: knowledge of self, knowledge of pain, and knowledge of standards of care.1

www.mbon.org/practice/pain_management.pdf

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Thesis statements

  Specific

 Manageable

  Interesting

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Possible thesis statements

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Sketch the argument

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Outline

  Title:

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Argument structure

Claim:

Stated reason:

Grounds/evidence

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Argument structure

Unstated assumptions

  Evidence supporting unstated assumption:

 

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Rebuttal

Qualifiers

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Drafting/Revising

  Get a “trusted reader” to get feedback

  Consider using other students in the course or the writing centre for this

  Ask readers to read for specific purposes: thesis, structure, transitions, development of a particular paragraph or idea

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Don’t hand in a first draft

Towards the due date, switch your focus from

higher-order concerns (arrangement, arguments, evidence) to

lower-order concerns: proofreading, grammar, citation format, grammar/spelling


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