(Ebook PDF) Writing History A Guide for Canadian Students 5th Edition by Mairi Cowan, William Kelleher Storey ISBN 9780199033744 0199033749 full chapters

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ISBN 10: 0199033749

ISBN 13: 9780199033744

Author: William Kelleher Storey; Mairi Cowan

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• 1 Getting Started
• Explore Your Interests
• Move from a Historical Interest to a Research Topic
• Work with Bibliographies
• Spend Time in an Academic Library
• Use Reference Sources for Background Information
• Conduct a General Search on the Internet
• Critically Assess Sources on the Internet
• Approach Your Topic from a Particular Angle
• Browse for More Sources
• Form a Hypothesis
• Craft a Proposal
• Write an Annotated Bibliography
• Talk to People about Your Topic
• If You Have to Abandon a Topic, Do It Early
• 2 Interpreting Source Materials
• Distinguish Primary Sources from Secondary Sources
• Conduct Interviews Systematically
• Consider Visual and Material Sources
• Refine Your Hypothesis
• Be Sensitive to Points of View in Your Sources
• Select the Most Important Source Materials
• Take Notes by Being Selective
• 3 Writing History Faithfully
• Collect and Report Your Sources Carefully
• Treat the Ideas of Others with Care and Respect
• Know the Difference between Paraphrases and Summaries
• Learn How and When to Quote
• Use Ellipses and Brackets, but Do Justice to Your Sources
• Place Quotation Marks Properly
• Don’t Plagiarize
• Cite Accurately
• 4 Using Sources to Make Inferences
• Be True to Recognized Facts
• Transform Facts into Evidence
• Investigate Your Facts
• Check the Internal Consistency of Primary Sources
• Check Primary Sources against Each Other
• Compare Primary Sources with Secondary Sources
• Combine Sources to Make Inferences
• Move from Inferences to Arguments
• Make Reasonable Inferences from Your Sources
• Make Inferences That Are Warranted
• Avoid Anachronisms
• 5 Organizing a First Draft
• Craft a Thesis Statement
• Create a Draft Outline
• Start to Write a First Draft
• Catch Your Reader’s Attention, but Do It Gently
• State Your Intellectual Interests Early
• Review the Historical Literature
• Build Your Essay with Good Paragraphs
• Define Your Key Terms Early
• Set an Appropriate Tone
• Treat Other Writers with Consideration
• Account for Counterarguments
• Lead Your Readers to an Interesting Conclusion
• 6 Structuring Your Paper with Good Narrative Techniques
• Build a Narrative That Tells a Story
• Write a Narrative to Support an Argument
• Combine Chronology with Causation
• Get a Sense of Change and Continuity
• Select the Key Participants in Your Story
• Find Your Voice as a Narrator
• Choose Your Beginning and End
• Supply a Meaningful Title
• 7 Writing Sentences
• Choose Verbs That Are Precise
• Make Passive Sentences Active
• Write (Mostly) in the Past Tense
• Put Your Thoughts in an Intelligible Order
• Begin a Sentence on Common Ground and Gradually Build a New Point
• Place the Emphasis at the End
• Construct Parallel Forms
• Vary the Form and Length of Sentences
• Break the Rules If You Must
• 8 Choosing Precise Words
• Be Concise
• Write in Language That Your Audience Can Easily Understand
• Avoid Both Pretentious and Colloquial Language
• Avoid Euphemisms
• Choose Figurative Language Carefully
• Eschew Clichés
• Don’t Use Unfamiliar Foreign Words
• Be Aware of Changes to Usage
• Check for These Common Diction Problems
• 9 Revising and Editing
• Get Some Perspective
• Revise Your Draft
• Evaluate Your Arguments and Narratives
• Evaluate Your Sentences and Word Choices
• Proofread the Final Draft
• Check the Formatting
• Submit Your Paper
• Appendix A Different Kinds of History Assignments
• Appendix B Citation Guide
• Appendix C Suggested Resources for Research and Writing in History

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