Black Studies Research Proposal Resources (SC)

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Practical strategies for writing about what you've read and for making academic arguments

"They Say / I Say" identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and--new to this edition--writing about literature.

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Very readable manual with lots of good advice - in particular, Luker provides valuable strategies for:
- differentiating between an area of interest and a research question
- defining the relevant parts of a potentially infinite research literature

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The Craft of Research explains how to build an argument that motivates readers to accept a claim; how to anticipate the reservations of readers and to respond to them appropriately; and how to create introductions and conclusions that answer that most demanding question, “So what?”