A walkthrough of the Percy Academic Paper assignment

1. How Do I Write This Thing?
The Walker Percy Edi:on

2. The Percy Paper:
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3. The Percy Paper:
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4. The Percy Paper:
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5. The Percy Paper:
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6. Requirements:
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7. But how do I write it?
• Brainstorm topics: “original experiences,”
experiences with educa:on, your own
examples of a symbolic complex
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8. But how do I write it?
• Brainstorm topics: “original experiences,”
experiences with educa:on, your own
examples of a symbolic complex
• Compare Percy to another source: Shorris,
Murray, Alisa Miller, Ken Robinson
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9. But how do I write it?
• Brainstorm topics: “original experiences,”
experiences with educa:on, your own
examples of a symbolic complex
• Compare Percy to another source: Shorris,
Murray, Alisa Miller, Ken Robinson
• Gather important quotes from “Loss of the
Creature”
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10. Classical Ora:on:
• Intro: Hook, Ethos, Claim
• Background: Necessary context and facts
• Argument: Logos/pathos to support the claim
• Alterna:ves: Counterarguments stated and/or
refuted
• Conclusion: Summary, elaborate implica:ons,
closing

11. The Toulmin Model:
Underlying
Assump:ons
•Debatable Facts, Reasoning,
•Controversial Appeals to Authority

12. The Quote Sandwich:

13. So how do I use these sandwich things to
write a paper?
1. Don’t write the introduc:on first.
2. Collect quotes and evidence you like, and
type (or paste) it into a blank document.
3. Slowly flesh these quotes out into quote
sandwiches.
4. Rearrange them, tweak them. You just wrote
a paper!
5. NOW: Write the conclusion and the intro.

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