English 102 Calendar Week Three

Even though you are working on the Preliminary Research Paper, and even though the final draft of this assignment is not due until Week Seven, you should also be working on the Analysis assignment. Here is some help:

Assignment Two: the Analysis of Another Writer's Introduction.

The assignment often gives students a lot of trouble. You should have by now made an attempt at it and received some comments from the instructor. Take another look at the student example. Notice how the analysis concerns itself with naming the type of introduction used by the writer, and notice that the analysis contains quoted examples from the writer's introduction. Without these quoted examples, the analysis is incomplete and unacceptable.

If you need to review the different types of Introductions, click on this site called Introductory Techniques.

Begin thinking now about your final research paper topic. This topic must have a personal connection to you. You must be able to explain why it is that you are interested in this topic.

NOTE:

To check to see if your paper is complete and if the "writing about writing" techniques are done correctly, compare your paper to this student example of the preliminary research paper.

DUE: Week Five the rough draft of the preliminary research paper is due.

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