30 Jan

"Psychedelic Pie" and "The Last Collaboration"

Posted by Edward Picot in found audio, found images, found video, health care, health service, hospital, Martha Deed, medicine, Millie Niss, music, psychedelic video

Psychedelic Pie image

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18 Jan

Call for Proposals - 2012 Graduate Research Network (GRN) at Computers and Writing

Posted by Kiwi in call for proposals, computers and writing conference, conference, grn. graduate research network

The Graduate Research Network (GRN) invites proposals for its 2012 workshop, May 17, 2012, at the Computers and Writing Conference hosted by North Carolina State University in Raleigh, NC. 

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23 Dec

Position Announcement at Georgia Southern University Dept of Writing and Linguistics

Posted by Angela Crow in position announcement

 

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02 Dec

Dr Hairy in: Child Safety (and other items of interest)

Posted by Edward Picot in animation, child safety, comedy, Doctor Hairy, Dr Hairy, humour, national health service, NHS, puppets, satire

Child Safety image

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20 Nov

How to Write a Thesis Statement

Posted by Dennis G. Jerz in composition pedagogy, handouts, thesis statements, writing

I recently touched up an old handout, and would welcome feedback.

How to Write a Thesis Statement

A thesis statement is the single, specific claim that your essay supports. A strong thesis answers the question you want to raise; it does so by presenting a topic, your precise opinion on the topic, and a reasoning blueprint that sketches out the organization for the rest of the paper. A good thesis is not merely a factual statement, an observation, a personal opinion or preference, or the question you plan to answer.

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