Integrative Analysis

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Integrative Analysis

Eric Stein

FNDN 201 IR: Ideas that Inspire

Instr. Eric Stein

January 1, 2021

1. Introduction

a. Topic: what is the overall topic of your paper?

b. Sources: what three prompts will you be integrating?

i. Prompt 1

ii. Prompt 2

iii. Prompt 3

c. Explication: why these three sources?

d. Thesis: your overall argument for the paper, the good life is found in _____?

2. Prompt 1

a. Topic

b. Evidence

c. Explication

d. Claim

3. Prompt 2

a. Topic

b. Evidence

c. Explication

d. Claim

4. Prompt 3

a. Topic

b. Evidence

c. Explication

d. Claim

5. Conclusion

a. Review: link together the evidence of your prompts

b. Restate: link together your claims with respect to the prompts

c. Revise: address your thesis, offering any revisions or nuances to the original

d. Look forward: having argued the above, what next? What does this mean for you? For others?