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Narrowing Down a Topic

Submitted by eplough on Wed, 2006-09-13 17:29.

Today we went over their topics that they chose and figured out ways to narrow them down and make them as specific as possible. We went through the "Narrowing Topics" handout that is attached below, and tonight for homework they will complete the other attached handout, "Writing a Thesis Statement". I have also posted these handouts on my website. On that note, I have discovered a 106 website that has a LOT of excellent resources (handouts galore!). Mitch Simpson isn't at Purdue anymore, but as luck would have it his website is still alive. Download his handouts while you can!!!

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As Mitch worked for the

Submitted by dr. b. on Wed, 2006-09-13 18:06.

As Mitch worked for the Writing Lab, those handouts are available on the OWL and should be for ever. But don't hold me to that. Having a local copy is always a good idea!

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Oops I forgot to include the link!

Submitted by eplough on Thu, 2006-09-14 09:33.

Mitch Simpson's website:

http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~simpsom/106/

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