Writing in Hum 110
Citing Sources
Writing about Reading and Lecture Strategies
- Taking Lecture Notes
- Why take notes in lectures?
- Reading Critical Articles
- Critical Reading Strategies
Writing as a Process of Discovery
- Stage One: Close Reading
- Stage Two: You Need an Argument
- Stage Three: Selecting and Analyzing Evidence
- Introductions, Transitions, and Conclusions
Revising, Editing, and Proofreading
- Believing & Doubting (.pdf)
- Peer Review (.pdf)
Sample Papers from Hum 110
- "Order in the Garden" — Ara Pacis and Prima Porta (Math major)
- "The Parthenon Frieze and Oedipus Rex" (Biology major)
Online Support for Writing
- For resources to support effective writing, check out the Doyle O.W.L. (a Reed resource)
Person-to-person Support for Writing
- The Writing Center is a particularly valuable resource for Hum 110 students working on papers. You can get help with all stages of the writing process from peer tutors at the Writing Center. In Fall 2020, the Writing Center will be virtual, and offer drop-in help online from 7:00-10:00p.m. Pacific time; you can find links to the Writing Center session posted on the Drop-in Tutoring Schedule website. Extra tutoring help will be available in the weeks leading up to paper due dates.
Additional Resources
- Aristotle and Persuasion
- Aristotle & Logic: Syllogisms & Inductive Reasoning
- Other useful books:
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John McPhee, Draft Number 4: On the Writing Process (Farrar, Strouse and Giroux, 2017)
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Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein, They say/I say: the Moves That Matter in Academic Writing (W.W. Norton, 2010), PE1431 .G73 2006
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