I hope today went well; I heard good things from my substitute, and I want to thank you all for your patience and hard work while I am recovering! You may have a substitute again next week, as I am told that I need surgery to realign my broken bone.
Here is a link to today's lesson: Lesson 5.
Today, you discussed what it means to analyze: the practice of taking apart and parsing the meaning/effectiveness of an argument (or any piece of writing, really). You also talked about how WHAT someone is arguing may not be nearly as important as HOW that person is choosing to argue their point. As you talked about, analysis is not simply summarizing the argument, nor is it a chance for you to refer briefly to the writing and then rant about your own opinions on the topic; it is a chance for you to pick apart the author's methodology. Again, you should be asking, Was this really the best choice to make to convince the audience? Why or why not?
The group work activity today was intended to make you get more familiar with the text you are going to be writing your analysis over. Hang onto your answers and begin thinking about ways to incorporate them into your paper.
Homework:
- Reading
- St. Martin's: Chs. 8 and 13
- FYW: Ch. 6 (pgs. 119-152)
- For this week, you do not have a BA, BUT you do have a Writing Reflection assignment that is due TO ME (not through RaiderWriter) via email by Tuesday, 11:59pm.
Writing Reflection
Write a brief reflection--Two paragraphs, 300-400 words. Discuss:
(1) Which concepts in the course do you have a strong
understanding of?
(2) Which concepts are you struggling with?
- Look back through previous lectures on the blog or previous assignments on RaiderWriter
- Email this to your instructor (Emma.Sutton@ttu.edu) by Tuesday, 11:59pm.
Please let me know if you have any more questions! Though I am not available in office hours currently, I am more than happy to answer questions via email. Have a good week!
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