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English 1301 2 nd week

English 1301 2 nd week. Sec 69/72. The overview of today’s class. The review of what we did last week Discussing 8 essential questions in First-Year Writing Group work: create a group (4 or 5 persons per group), then discuss how to apply the 8 questions to the articles we read for today.

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English 1301 2 nd week

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  1. English 1301 2nd week Sec 69/72

  2. The overview of today’s class • The review of what we did last week • Discussing 8 essential questions in First-Year Writing • Group work: create a group (4 or 5 persons per group), then discuss how to apply the 8 questions to the articles we read for today. • How to write a paragraph academically. • What is summary?Paraphrase? (if we have enough time) • Assignment for the next week. • The review of the day

  3. Review from the last week • Rhetoric is a manner of speech to influence the reader • Ethos: trustworthiness • Pathos: emotion • Logos: logic • How to use St. Martin’s Handbook • Any questions about Raider Writer?

  4. What question does the text address, explicitly or implicitly? • Who is the intended audience? • How does the author support his or her thesis with reasons and evidence? • How does the author hook the intended reader’s interest and keep the reader reading? • How does the author make himself or herself seem credible to the intended audience? • How do I respond to this text? From the 8 questions in First-Year Writing

  5. Apply the questions to the articles we have read for today. • Who are their intended audiences? • How do the authors support their claim? What kind of evidence do they provide? • What is the purposes of the articles? • You have 10 min to talk about. Group Work

  6. A hook: a transitional phrase from the previous paragraph. • A topic sentence: a sentence that introduces a topic of the paragraph. • Your discussion: your idea coupled with evidence as well as your logical explanation/interpretation of the evidence. • A conclusive sentence: a summary of the paragraph What makes a paragraph good

  7. Summary includes… • A concise articulation of the main idea(s) of articles. • Authors’ purpose • Intended audiences. • Why do we need to summarize when you write a rhetorical analysis paper? What is summary?

  8. Paraphrase is… • Restatement of an original text in YOUR OWN WORDS. • It often concerns a particular passage or action (see the difference from summary) • Do not change words sporadically (it is not a paraphrase!). Paraphrase

  9. First-Year Writing: Chapter 2 pp. 16-21; Chapter 3 pp. 37-46, 51-61 • Sven Birkerts: "Into the Electronic Millennium" pp. 226-233 • Tina Rosenberg: "Everyone Speaks Text Message" pp. 267-271 • St. Martin's Handbook: Chapter 12 f 2, "Paraphrases" & Chapter 12 f 3, "Summaries"; Write on Tutorials, "Summarizing and Paraphrasing Sources" • Audio Lesson: Introduction to Rhetorical Analysis Assignment for next week 1

  10. No BA for next week! • 2nd Participation assignment • Read the news paper article on our course web and summarize it (250-300 words). • Paraphrase a paragraph from “So he decided to start…” (80-130 words) • Type it out and bring it to the next class. Don’t forget to put your name. Assignment for next week 2

  11. 8 questions you need to ask as you read. • Good paragraph consists: hook, topic sentence, analysis, conclusive sentence • Summary is to articulate article’s… main ideas, intended audience, purpose. • Paraphrase is to restate an original text IN YOUR OWN WORDS • Do not even imitate original syntax. Review of the week

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