Writing Arguments
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  • Unit 1: An Introduction to College Writing
    • Academic Writing
    • Writing for Others
    • Being Disconnected
    • Types of Assignments
  • Unit 2: An Academic Mindset
    • Analysis
    • Common Knowledge
    • Burden of Proof
    • Evidence
    • Writing to Learn
  • Unit 3: Building a Basic Argument
    • Primary Claim
    • Supporting Claim
    • Background Statements
    • Elaborations
    • Concessions
  • Unit 4: Common Arguments
    • Arguments of Definition
    • Claims of Fact
    • Claims of Value
    • Claims of Policy
  • Unit 5: Invention Strategies
    • Parallel Case
    • Rebuttal
    • Synthesis
    • Treatment
  • Unit 6: Common Flawed Arguments
    • Agenticity
    • Hasty Generalization
    • False Correlation
    • Enumeration Error
    • Arguing from Anecdote
  • Unit 7: Beyond the First Draft
    • Stalling Out
    • Serial Questioning
    • Revision
    • Editing
  • Special: Argumentation and Debate

Unit 7:

Beyond the First Draft

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The first six units of this site deal with how to adapt to college writing and how to construct the first draft of a solid academic argument. However, very few "good" writing projects go through only a single draft. After the first draft is written, students need to remember that their writing project is a dynamic thing--it's not finished yet, and it likely will not be finished until the student and the teacher both agree that the work is complete.

After the first draft, there are common problems and challenges that writers face.
Stalling Out
Serial Questioning
Revision
Editing
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