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How to present your argument

How to present your argument. Thesis Graphic Organizer Paraphrasing Introduction. Model Thesis.

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How to present your argument

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  1. How to present your argument Thesis Graphic Organizer Paraphrasing Introduction

  2. Model Thesis Exemplary: Although Chandragupta Maurya founded the first empire of India, Ashoka is most deserving of a holiday because he united a pluralistic society. He did this by promoting peace and religious tolerance. Proficient: Although Chandragupta founded the first empire of India, Ashoka is most deserving of a holiday because he promoted peace and religious tolerance.

  3. How to write an introduction • An introduction should: • Engage the reader – • Suggestions: Warring States Period or Leadership style • Provide historical context about Shi Huang Di • Who is Shi Huang Di? • When did he rule? • How did he rule? • State your thesis

  4. Do’s and Do not's of Introductions Avoid asking questions Avoid cliché’s and great exaggerations (the greatest leader, the most feared in history) Do not include any first or second person (I, me, you) Make sure you have clear and natural transitions between sentences

  5. Paraphrasing • Requirements: • 2 Paraphrased statements are required • Why paraphrase? • Information varies from source to source. By paraphrasing information that is not common knowledge you are supporting a claim with unique information and giving credit to an author • What to paraphrase? • Evidence that is not common knowledge • For example: statistics

  6. Reason to paraphrase The distant provinces were linked to the capital by a network of arterial highways, totaling over 4,700 miles (7,500 km)- some 500 miles (800 km) more than the Romans two centuries later (Paludan 20). Compare With the total length of the Qin imperial highways stretching approximately 6800 km (4216 miles), the completion of Chi Dao greatly increased the convince of transporting troops and their supplies (Quin Shi Huang-Di (259 B.C.-210 B.C.).

  7. How to Paraphrase • Select a unique piece of evidence • Restate it in your own words • Cite it- tell the reader where you found it • Author with page number (Forrelli 23) • Author with no page number (Lonardo) • No author, title of article (Shi Huangdi) • Rule of thumb: Whatever appears first in the citation on the Works Cited page is what you put in parenthesis along with a page number

  8. Practice…Select key terms, restate it cite Taken from source #2 on page 250 • When threatened by the Xiongnu, a nomadic confederacy on the northern border, Shih Huang Di sent 300,000 soldiers to drive the nomads beyond the Gobi Desert.

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