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What are some guidelines for Rats incoming to ERH-101 about using secondary sources? – Write down every research source you come across. – Make sure you do not misrepresent a source while paraphrasing. – Make sure you put an in-text citation after every sentence where you are pulling from a source. – Use paraphrases more then quotes because it allows you to keep your voice … Continue reading Advice for Rats about ERH-101

Positive Neutral Negative Acknowledges Answers Asserts Advises Asserts Charges Allows Claims Claims Believes Declares Criticizes Concurs Discusses Declares Confirms Interprets Disagrees Emphasizes Lists Disputes Expresses Observes Objects Offers remarks Opposes reveals Thinks Reports     Suggests Continue reading Biased Verbs

The author paraphrased too close to the original. Instead of truly saying it in his own words, he just substituted some words while keeping the same sentence structure. The in text citation for his paraphrase would simply be “(Kessler)” because there are no stable page numbers. The RCP tally did not include caucuses held in Alaska, Iowa, Montana, Nevada, and Washington (Kessler). Some small caucuses … Continue reading Paraphrase Activity

Senior Patrol Leader (SPL)- the most senior boy in the troop in terms of position. Leads patrol leaders. Assistant Senior Patrol Leader (ASPL)- second most senior boy in troop in terms of position. Leads “support leaders” Quartermaster (QM)- in charge of troop gear. Reports to ASPL. Troop Guide- In charge of mentoring/leading new scouts. Reports to SPL. Order of the Arrow- Scouting’s secretive national honor … Continue reading Jargon of the Scouting Discourse Community

Identity- a synthesis of one’s primary Discourse, as well as one’s secondary and dominant/non-dominant Discourses that form a unique set of characteristics for that person. Help Received: class discussion, refer to class text book. Continue reading Glossary

The biggest difference between Swales and Gee is that Swales believes that while you are a novice in the community, you are partially in the community–an in between state. Gee says this is not possible. He says that you are either demonstrate that you are a full member, or you aren’t in the Discourse. Also, Swales uses the term discourse community to refer to what … Continue reading Swales and Gee Together

A discourse community has a broadly agreed set of public goals: This essentially means that everyone within a certain discourse community is there for a specific purpose upon which the group is based. A personal example would be my experience in Scouting and becoming an Eagle Scout. Every aspiring Eagle scout was there for the common goal of gaining leadership experience and life skills such … Continue reading Response to Swales Reading

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