Christopher Nolan

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments    vi
Introduction: Be Interesting, or “B.S.”?    1
I: Style and the Academy
1. Who’s Listening?    4
2. Blinded by Science    10
3. Subject and Object    17
4. Data    22
5. Specific Versus General    26
6. Active Voice, Active Mind    33
7. Rhythm and Emphasis    37
II: Argument and Persuasion
8. A Jury of Your Peers    44
9. Who Says? And So What?    51
10. Claim, Warrant and Support    57
11. Writing the Analytical Paragraph    61
12. Classical Argumentation    64
13. “B.S.” and How to Detect It    67
III: Research and Preparation
14. Writing for Yourself    74
15. The eScholar and the Library    82
16. Quotation and Documentation    88
17. The Critical Lens    96
IV: Writing the College Essay
18. The Open House    100
19. Introduction and Threshold    105
20. Agent and Thesis    112
21. Plan    119
22. Conclusion and Takeaway    138
23. A Short Chapter on Titles    145
24. Revision: The Second Look    150
Appendix 1. Logical Fallacies    155
Appendix 2. Style Guides    161
Appendix 3. Writing in the Sciences    170
Index    179