When you read an argument to actively engage as a critical reader, you should look for

• where the writer makes concessions and
• what kinds of concessions the writer offers. 

A Case-Based Approach to Argumentation describes academic argument, the arguments we read, study, and construct in a university setting, as

When you find the ideal source that fits your topic, 

All of the following are features of ineffective participation

• not being prepared
• merely repeating facts
• agreeing without saying why
• checking your phone for messages
• listening carefully

Using words from a source without using quotation marks is always plagiarism, whether or not you cite the source.

Freebie. 

Writing is not a mechanical process; it is recursive and creative.  This is true.  Click "true," below.

Thank Lindsay Minderhoud even if you're not in the J section.  She made the dry-erase marker bank-shot.

The practice of interacting with a text by writing down what you are thinking as you read is 

In researching a case, you want to keep in mind 

In Chapter 8 of CAAW, we analyzed the rhetoric of the anti-smoking advertisement--the image of the young man smoking with the smoking gun pointed at his head. CAAW authors Launspach and Aull say that given the way this image has been constructed, viewers may, in a first impression, ______.

"______ distinguishes experienced writers from developing writers."