Pol 201 c Writing in the Discipline

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Writing in the DisciplineContent, Composition, Citation


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Content Intellectual Matter

The right ingredients in cooking up a good batch of ideas.

What to focus on, and how to enrich the substance of your work.


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Why Write? Describe

Vivid

Explain

Factual

Propose

Sound

Stimulate novel ideas.

Contribute to the body of

political science knowledge.

Aim to get published.


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Wheres the Political? Know and distinguish the

political from thecontaminants and

digressions.

Prostitution in Metro Manila.

Federalism in the Galactic

Republic.

Climate Change


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This is Arts and LettersAthena is not just a display.

Philosophy:

Science:

Be creative.

Express testable ideas.

Back-up your claims.


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Sound Discussion

Samples

Each Other

Relationships

and Support

Facts

Ideas Flow


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Composition Expressing your

reasoned thoughts.

Plating a sumptuous meal.

How to make your write-up palatable for reading.


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The Basic of Format Use 3rd person.

The author, the researcher, the writer, this student.

Use headings:

Main (standard): Introduction, Discussion, Conclusion.

Subheadings: depending on topic.

For this class:

FontTimes New Roman, Size12, Top and bottom Margins1, Right Margin1.5, Left Margin .5, AlignmentJustified,Spacingdouble.


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Reader Cues Title

Headings

General Topic/Locational Partitions

Introduction attractive, give preliminary information

Body Descriptive, Argumentative, Evaluative, Analytical

Conclusion Answers the main question, summarizes main points.

Specific Topic Partitions


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Democracy and Absolute

Authoritarianism in France

Introduction

The splendor of the Sun Kings radiance was was

magnified by the grandeur of a Palace in Versailles

..........

Discussion

Regime of the House of Bourbon

The height of absolutism in France was during the

reign of

The Birth of Democracy in France

The gap between peasants and nobility was clearlyvisible in

Conclusion

Based on data discussed above


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Your Voice Discuss the content.

Tell the story, describe or explain the phenomenon, propose and

defend your arguments.

Use reputable and relevant sources.


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Be a storyteller When writing your paper:

Remember the tautology that YOU are the WRITER.

You are not a nobody who is just stitching together a bunch of

information.

Whether it is qualitative or quantitative, your discussion

narrates a particular THESIS.


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Thesis A thesis is the point that you want the reader to know.

It is usually in the form of a proposed argument that can be

tested.

Included within the paper are the proofs that back up yourthesis.


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Quoting sources Direct statements:

You directly quote thesource.

Maximum of 3 lines of text.

Must be sourced in the

discussion.

In Siguente (2005) quoted

Louis XIV said: I am thestate.


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Quoting sources Reported Statements:

You are conveying the ideaas verbatim as possible.

Maximum of 3 lines of text.

Must be parentheticallysourced.

General McArthur said that

he will return (Agoncillo

2013).


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What if Direct or Reported

Statement is too long? Maximum of 5 lines of text

may be allowed.

The complete text must bemade into a separate blockparagraph.

Then hanged within the text.

Spacing is also reduced tosingle for this paragraph.


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Paraphrasing Paraphrased statements:

Use your own words.

The idea of the source must be preserved.

Word count may exceed the original.

Best in maintaining professionalism.


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Original Paraphrase

Paraphrasing

For the first half of the 20th

century, Americans

perceived China as an

angel and Japan as a devil.

For the second half, theseimages were reversed in

American consciousness

(Overholt, 2008).

According to Overholt(2008), China had an imageamong Americans as a anangel in internationalrelations, while Japan wasconsidered a devil. This wasduring the first half of the1900s though, because onthe second half, the way thatAmericans viewed bothcountries were switched.


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Original Paraphrase

Paraphrasing

The thesis of cosmic war

rests upon the terrorists

perception that God is

judging their actions and

will provide the subsequentRewards (Juergensmeyer,

2000).

From (Flint, 2006)

Flint (2006) attributes to

Juergensmeyer (2000) that

the principle of cosmic

war is founded on the

belief by terrorists that Godis watching everyones

actions, andf that they will

reap rewards based on

what they do.


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Original Paraphrase

Paraphrasing

The thesis of cosmic war

rests upon the terrorists

perception that God is

judging their actions and

will provide the subsequentRewards (Juergensmeyer,

2000).

From (Flint, 2006)

Juergensmeyer (2000)

explained that the principle

of cosmic war is founded

on the belief by terrorists

that God is watchingeveryones actions, andf

that they will reap rewards

based on what they do

(Flint, 2006).


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Paraphrasing

Modelskis model of world leadership is a historically based

theory, founded upon his interest in naval history. Power, for

Modelski, is a function of global reachthe ability to

influence events across the world. In history, such power has

required control of the oceans (Flint, 2006).


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Citation Documenting your

sources of information.

How did you come up with the recipe?

Giving due credit where it is due.


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Always keep a record of: Name/s of authors.

Some books have differentauthors per chapter..

Name/s of editors.

Name of publisher.

Name of translator.

Place of publication.

Edition number.

Volume number.

Issue number.

URL/s

Date of publication or onlinecopyright.

Date when you went online.


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Standard Format Use hanging indention.

May be single or double

spaced (for this class).

Use Chicago or APA.

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