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A sample research question follows, and it was provided in the instructions:

What factors determine the prognosis after an ischemic stroke? 

A sample thesis statement follows, and it was provided in the instructions:

Post-stroke depression, nature of frontal-lobe lesions, and complete blood count are some factors related to the long-term prognosis of patients with ischemic strokes.

Also, your textbook covers both research questions and thesis statements. Make sure to read everything on Blackboard, and make sure to read all of your textbook reading assignments.

By now you should have consulted the following reading assignments to help you complete your work. These reading assignments were communicated to you in Module One and Module Two.  

The "Academic Research," "Developing Arguments," and "Reading and Writing in the Academic Disciplines" sections of An Insider's Guide will prove helpful.

Special focus should be paid to the following page numbers in An Insider's Guide, 7-9, 20-30, 37-48, 59-79, 89-98, 108-114, 129-141, 152-155, 158-185, 209-227, and 613-625.

A careful examination of the following in Miller-Cochran is advised:

· Section Five

· Section Six

· Section Seven

· Section Eight

Please also carefully read Section 9 of Miller-Cochran.

Please listen to this audio attachment:  FTCC.m4a  

Dear students,

As you begin to write several summaries for this course, please read the information below and listen to this audio message:  Summaries.m4a  

Writing Summaries

Definition: A summary is a restatement of someone else's words in your own words. There are many different kinds of summaries, and they vary according to the degree to which you interpret or analyze the source. Some are pages long, while others are just one or two sentences. However, for all types of summary, the writer is responsible for generally stating, in his or her own words, the main information or argument of another writer.

Purposes of the Summary: Before you write the summary, consider why your audience (professor, boss, client) wants to read it. Why shouldn't the reader just read the original? Summaries benefit the reader because they offer a concise, general version of the original information. For a busy reader, summaries provide quick overviews of the material. Summaries also show readers that you have understood the general point of a text, and in this way, teachers can test your knowledge. The process of summarizing someone else's material enables you to better understand that material. Finally, summaries allow you to introduce knowledge within a research context: you can summarize someone's argument in order to analyze or critique it.

What and When to Summarize: Many student writers tend to quote when they should summarize the material. Quote only when the author expresses a point in a particularly telling or interesting language. Otherwise, simply summarize. Use a summary to restate an entire argument. Use a summary to present information. A summary is more economical than a quotation because a summary allows the writer more control over the argument.

How to Summarize

· Read the original passage or text very carefully.

· Use a pencil to highlight or underline what you take to be the main point of the original text, or make notes in the margins or on another sheet of paper.

· If you're summarizing an entire essay, outline the writer's argument.

· Now tell your audience what the original source argued.

Summary Conventions

· Summaries can range in length from two sentences to several pages. In any case, use complete sentences to describe an author's general points to your reader. Don't quote extensively. If you quote, use quotation marks and document the quotation. If you fail to document the quotation, even one word that the author used, you are plagiarizing material (presenting another person's information as if it were your own).

· Use the author's last name as a tag to introduce information: "Smith argues that population growth and environmental degradation are causally related." "Brown notes that education in the U.S. has undergone major revolutions in the past 20 years."

· Use the present tense (often called the historical present tense) to summarize the author's argument. "Green contends that the Republican and Democratic parties are funded by the same major corporations.”

I have included a few sample sources and summaries assignments with this announcement. These samples were completed by your classmates, who have the same access to the same course resources that you do. These samples are not perfect, but they demonstrate an effort to submit quality sources and summaries assignments after careful review of course resources and assignment instructions. Please note, again, that because these assignments were completed by students, they are not perfect. 

Also, please remember that to properly evaluate your sources - their quality and their content - an outside observer needs complete reference citations. This is why reference citations and citations, in general, are so important: so readers know where to find your sources, and so readers can easily find your sources. 

Finally, please remember that your sources need to come from scholarly, academic journals or equally credible and authoritative organizations. If your sources are not academically appropriate, you will not earn credit for using them. 

Please remember that SafeAssign is embedded in the Blackboard course. You do not need to search for it. If you upload your assignments on Blackboard, Blackboard runs your assignments through SafeAssign for you. 

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