constructing an academic argument
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DRAFTING AN ACADEMIC ARGUMENT
V. LEQUIRE, APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY
PLANNING AN ACADEMIC ARGUMENT
• BRAINSTORM FOR IDEAS• CREATE A RESEARCH QUESTION• RESEARCH, RESEARCH, RESEARCH!• TAKE EFFECTIVE NOTES• TURN YOUR RESEARCH QUESTION INTO A
CLAIM• ORGANIZE YOUR INFORMATION
DRAFTING AN ACADEMIC ARGUMENT• INTRODUCTION• PROVIDE OPENING CONTEXT OR BACKGROUND• STATE THE RESEARCH QUESTION• STATE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TOPIC OR QUESTION• STATE THE CLAIM / THESIS
• CONCLUSION• RESTATE THE CLAIM• POINT OUT A NEW SIGNIFICANCE, A PRACTICAL
APPLICATION, OR NEW RESEARCH• WRITE AN ACADEMIC TITLE
• ESTABLISH A BRIEF CONTEXT OF PRIOR RESEARCH• DRAFT SENTENCES• FOCUS ON THE FIRST SEVEN OR EIGHT WORDS OF A
SENTENCE• AVOID LONG INTRODUCTORY PHRASES AND CLAUSES• MAKE SUBJECTS SHORT AND CONCRETE• AVOID INTERRUPTING SUBJECTS AND VERBS WITH MORE
THAN A WORD OR TWO• PUT KEY ACTIONS IN VERBS, NOT IN NOUNS• PUT INFORMATION FAMILIAR TO READERS AT THE
BEGINNING OF A SENTENCE, NEW INFORMATION AT THE END
• CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD
REVISING AN ACADEMIC ARGUMENT
• CHECK FOR BLIND SPOTS IN THE ARGUMENT• CHECK THE INTRODUCTION, CONCLUSION, AND
CLAIM• CHECK THE PARAGRAPHS• CHECK THE COHERENCY OF THE BODY PARAGRAPHS• PROOFREAD ONE MORE TIME• GIVE IT UP, AND PRINT IT OUT!
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