Before Class
 This is an excellent time to review the ENC1101 vocabulary we went over
last class
 Rhetoric (p. 16)
 Rhetorical Context (p. 16)
 Purpose
 Audience
 Genre
 Rhetorical Appeals (p. 58)
 Ethos
 Pathos
 Logos
 Angle of vision (p. 52)
 Wallowing in complexity (p. 27)
 Believing and Doubting Game (p. 33)
Today’s Goals
 Learn basic vocabulary for discussing research
 Brainstorm possible topics of inquiry for your first
research paper
Group Activity: Appeal Practice
 Take a few minutes to finish up this activity from
Wednesday’s class
 Select two of the Believing and Doubting prompts from pg.
50 in A&B. If you would like, you may substitute one
prompt for a contemporary and contentious issue (like the
ones we discussed last class)
 For each prompt, come up with and least 3 ‘Believing’
supporting reasons and 3 ‘Doubting’ supporting reasons
you could use to convince someone of your viewpoint
 Try to utilize each of the three rhetorical appeals at least
once for each prompt
Class Discussion
 How is the Believing and Doubting Game related to
research?
 How can we utilize it when doing secondary research?
Research Vocabulary
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Primary Source
Secondary Source
Arguable Issue
Peer Reviewed Article
 Source Evaluation Criteria
 Reliability
 Credibility
 Angle of Vision
 Degree of Advocacy
 Currency (for web sources)
Your Research Ideas (U20)
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Police brutality and/or corruption
Institutionalized racism
The patriarchy and its effects
GMO food and health issues
Stem cell research
Genetic engineering
Environmental issues (Nicaragua canal, deforestation of the
Amazon, protection of endangered species)
Unemployment and over-credentialed hiring
Student loan debt and financial aid
Effects of video games (psychological and social)
Freedom of speech (as an international issue)
Animal rights and animal cruelty
Your Research Ideas (U20)
 Gas prices (as an economic, political, and international relations
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issue)
Human trafficking
Terrorism and religious extremist groups
Athletes as public figures (responsibilities, activism, and
expectations)
Performance enhancing drugs in sports
Same sex marriage (as a state and federal issue)
Obesity and fast food consumption
Underwater exploration & laws in international waters
Gendercide in China and India
Standardized testing
Student athletes (benefits and pay)
Your Research Ideas (U23)
 Technology and its effects on society and human
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psychology
Transgender rights and awareness
Freedom of speech (as a national and international issue)
Environmental issues
Terrorism and extremist groups
Police brutality and corruption
Psychological effects of music
Video games, psychological and sociological effects
Institutionalized racism
Women’s rights (as a national problem, as a foreign
problem, and implicit oppression by the patriarchy)
Your Research Ideas (U23)
 Self-driving cars
 Political turmoil in Venezuela
 Human organ production (via 3d printing and stem
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cells)
Global warming and climate change
Media coverage and censorship
Effects of social media
Syria & production of nuclear weapons
Pay for student athletes
Your Research Ideas (U65)
 Space exploration
 Terrorism and extremist groups
 Petrochemical prices (as an international, political, and
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economic issue)
Video games: psychological & social effects
Institutionalized racism
Beauty, body image, and social and psychological implications
Animal cruelty
Medical research & ethics
Police brutality and corruption
Freedom of speech (both nationally and internationally)
Social media & its psychological & social effects
Your Research Ideas (U65)
 Student loan debt
 Free community college for qualifying students (as recently proposed
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by President Obama)
Women’s rights (including wage gap and institutionalized and implicit
sexism)
Rape prevention, treatment, and culture
Whitewashing (underrepresentation of women and minorities by the
media)
Economic issues (government bailout, insider trading, internationally
traded currencies)
Polygamy
Vaccination (particularly of children)
Ebola (practices, prevention, & treatment)
Music (psychological and cultural effects)
Group Activity: Research
Brainstorm
 In your unit 1 groups (make sure to write down your group
number!)
 Select 10 possible research topics that you could use in this
class. These can be ideas you mentioned on Monday, things
from our class discussion, or even ideas we just discussed
 For each topic, identify one specific problem that needs to
be solved or a question that needs to be answered.
 Then list the type of source that you think will provide you
with the most helpful information: primary, secondary,
peer reviewed, newspapers, magazines, academic journals,
etc.
Homework
 Reminder: there is no class on Monday for Martin Luther King Day
 Bring computers or tablet PCs to class on Wednesday
 Continue thinking of topics you might want to research for your exploratory
narrative
 Read A&B p.251-258
 If necessary, review:
 Primary Source (p. 509)
 Secondary Source (p. 509)
 Peer Reviewed Source (p. 13)
 Source Evaluation Criteria (p. 527)
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Reliability
Credibility
Angle of Vision
Degree of Advocacy
Currency (For web sources. P. 536)