Integrating Critical Voices
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Integrating Critical Voices

Learning to weave secondary sources into an independent argument without losing one's own voice. Students practice the mechanics of academic citation and critical dialogue.

MOE Syllabus OutcomesSEAB H3 Literature AO4: Communicate a sustained argument with appropriate academic conventionsSEAB H3 Literature AO5: Engage with critical readings

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Learning to weave secondary sources into an independent argument without losing one's own voice. Students practice the mechanics of academic citation and critical dialogue.

Key Questions

  1. How do we balance our own voice with those of established critics?
  2. What is the difference between summarizing and engaging with a critic?
  3. How do we properly cite complex academic ideas?

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