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ENGL 20: Introduction to Rhetoric (Medina)

This guide supports ENGL 20 students for winter quarter 2025.

BEAMing Your Topic

The BEAM method asks you to consider how you will use and integrate sources into your paper, and to identify the different roles each source will play in your writing.  Review and reference the definitions below to guide your analysis and selection of sources.

Overview of BEAM research method

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