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PROOF AND PERSUASION:
The Rhetoric of Scientific Integrity
FALL 2022
© 2022 by Cynthia Shearer
CYNTHIA SHEARER
419-H REED HALL
BOX 297700
TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
PHONE EXT: 817.257.6593
ENGLISH 20803 - WRITING AS ARGUMENT
Section 50:MWF @ 1 p.m. in Bailey 102
Cynthia Shearer, Instructor
OFFICE HOURS: 2- 3 p.m. MW in Reed 419_H
CATCH & RELEASE
Part 1 (10 points)
Monitor your Twitter Account and "catch" the link to a source on your topic, sent to you from the @comp_two account. Pass it on to a larger audience interested in this topic by using a relevant hashtag or handle. Here's an example from a bygone semester.

Part 2 (10 points)
Locate some important information or data on your topic that is currently behind a paywall or subscription base. (CHECK YOUR GRAPHICS BANK FOR IMAGES.) You can select text or graphic data. Your meta-analysis might be a good source for this.
Using your Twitter account, pass this information along to a larger audience interested in this topic by using a relevant hashtag (such as #vaccines). Do not violate copyright law or fair use practices. Use an additional hashtag: #opensource

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