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You can move from note-taking to formulating your argument through a creative assignment we call the dialogue of sources. Why a dialogue?
Throughout Envision, we emphasize that research is social it is a relationship with the people whose ideas and writing comes before you. Thus, you as a researcher and writer are now contributing to this conversation, building on the work of others, and adding a new perspective. Indeed, this notion of writing as communal is the reason why we use the authors name when citing a quotation or an idea; remember that all your sources are authored sources. If you think of texts as written by people such as yourself, you will have an easier time remembering to acknowledge their ideas and integrate their quotations into your essay.
To put this idea into writing, you can compose a dialogue of sources or literal conversation that you might have with your sources if the authors were all sitting around the seminar table with you. In other words, you can think of this writing assignment as a fictional conversation among the primary and secondary sources of your research paper that identifies each ones central argument and main idea
, with the idea of promoting a conversation about a relevant social or political topic. Heres the process:
First, identify the key players from your potential of sources. Which ones have the most influential or important arguments?
Then, create a cast of characters list in which you create a short bio for each speaker, including yourself, describing each persons credentials and rhetorical stancetheir ethos and their argument. You may even want to create identifying icons or pictures to give faces to the participants.
Now, draft the script. Begin by writing out key questions; ask your sources crucial questions about your topic. As they articulate their positions, put them in dialogue with one another. Use quotes from your sources where possible and include page numbers.
Dont just play the objective moderator. Respond to the sources, and, in the process, start to develop your own argument.
Take a look at the dialogue of sources samples in the Student Writing section of the Envision Website; as you can tell from Amanda Johnsons dialogue of sources, this process of literally responding to the main arguments in your texts can produce a very helpful interchange about the research topic and help move you toward the refinement of your own main argument.
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