Exercises
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Introduction
- Exercise IA: Research at UNC
- Exercise IB: Take a Writing Inventory
- Exercise IC: Reflect on Your Learning Style
- Exercise ID: Set Goals for This Class
Part I: From Planning to Publication
Chapter 1-1: Understanding Rhetorical Knowledge Through Genre Awareness
- Exercise 1-1A: Audience Expectations
- Exercise 1-1B: Switching Genres
- Exercise 1-1C: Blog Post Genre Analysis
Chapter 1-2: The Writing Process
- Exercise 1-2A: Freewriting
- Exercise 1-2B: Thesis Prewriting
- Exercise 1-2C: Reverse Outline
- Exercise 1-2D: Summary & Analysis
- Exercise 1-2E: Chop It Up
- Exercise 1-2F: Creating a Group Work Schedule
Chapter 1-3: Conducting Primary & Secondary Research
- Exercise 1-3A: Comparing and Narrowing Searches
- Exercise 1-3B: Peer Interview
- Exercise 1-3C: Source Checklist
- Exercise 1-3D: Audience Workshop
- Exercise 1-3E: Peer Survey
- Exercise 1-3F: Source Integration WorkshopÂ
- Exercise 1-3G: Intellectual Property
Chapter 1-4: Publishing and Presenting Your Research
- Exercise 1-4A: Reading vs. Listening
- Exercise 1-4B: Revising Slides
- Exercise 1-4C: Vocal and Visual Performance
- Exercise 1-4D: Comparing Approaches
- Exercise 1-4E: Record Yourself
Chapter 1-5: Media Composing
Part II: Writing in the Disciplines
Chapter 2-1: Writing in the Natural Sciences
- Exercise 2-1A: Natural Science Methods
- Exercise 2-1B: Natural Science Fields
- Exercise 2-1C: Natural Science Values
- Exercise 2-1D: Natural Science Genres
- Exercise 2-1E: Evidence in the Natural Sciences
- Exercise 2-1F: Reading for Scientific Content
- Exercise 2-1G: Reading Science Critically
- Exercise 2-1H: Visualizations
- Exercise 2-1I: Genre Awareness
- Exercise 2-1J: Active vs. Passive Voice
Chapter 2-2: Writing in the Social Sciences
- Exercise 2-2A: Methodological Approaches
- Exercise 2-2B: Ethnographic Writing
- Exercise 2-2C: Sources in the Social Sciences
- Exercise 2-2D: Writing About Quantitative Data
- Exercise 2-2E: Writing About Qualitative Data
Chapter 2-3: Writing in the Humanities
- Exercise 2-3A: Methodological Approaches
- Exercise 2-3B: Disciplines in the Humanities
- Exercise 2-3C: Genres in the Humanities
- Exercise 2-3D: Analyzing Humanities Genres
- Exercise 2-3E: Style in Humanities Writing
Chapter 2-4: Writing in Business
- Exercise 2-4A: Job Search
- Exercise 2-4B: Plain Language Act
- Exercise 2-4C: Constructing Knowledge in Business
- Exercise 2-4D: Business Research
- Exercise 2-4E: Business Genres
- Exercise 2-4F: Writing in Business
- Exercise 2-4G: Effective Business Presentations
Chapter 2-5: Writing in Law
- Exercise 2-5A: Genres in Legal Writing
- Exercise 2-5B: Finding Sources in Legal Writing
- Exercise 2-5C: Genre Analysis in Legal Writing
Chapter 2-6: Writing in Health & Medicine
- Exercise 2-6A: Health Science Disciplines
- Exercise 2-6B: Health Science Genres
- Exercise 2-6C: Health Science Genre Analysis
- Exercise 2-6D: Ethics in Health Science Writing