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Writer’s Notebook Jan. 14, 2013

Writer’s Notebook Jan. 14, 2013. Generate a list of the most influential speeches/ orators.  What makes these speeches/ speakers so influential and impacting?. Writer’s Notebook Jan. 15, 2013.

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Writer’s Notebook Jan. 14, 2013

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  1. Writer’s NotebookJan. 14, 2013 Generate a list of the most influential speeches/ orators.  What makes these speeches/ speakers so influential and impacting?

  2. Writer’s NotebookJan. 15, 2013 • Imagine that you have the opportunity to travel back through time. At what point in history would you like to stop and why? (Swarthmore)

  3. Writer’s NotebookJan. 16. 2013 • You’ve just written a 300-page autobiography. Send us page 217. (University of Pennsylvania)

  4. Writer’s NotebookJan. 17, 2013 • Given the terms "Extend," "Qualify," "Complicate," or "Refine,“ take a moment and think about what each word might mean in terms of argumentation. For the following claims choose one of the four terms (extend, qualify, complicate, or refine) and revise the original claim to extend, qualify, complicate, or refine.  For example:  I think Britney Spears is the greatest musician alive.I will choose to complicate this claim.  My new claim will say: I think Britney Spears is the greatest musician under 35 and still alive.

  5. Claims….. The University of Louisville has the best football team Everyone loves pizza for dinner Kim Kardashian and Kanye West will have the coolest baby Britney Spears is the greatest singer alive

  6. Writer’s NotebookJan. 18, 2013 • It has been said [Andy Warhol] that “in the future everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” Describe your fifteen minutes. (New York University)

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