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Do Not Come to this Room

Do Not Come to this Room. Announcements: Tuesday Sept 16 Meet in the Library rm 204 for introduction to research resources. What does it mean to. Read Like a Writer?. What are the goals of Reading like a Writer. How does reading like a writer help our writing?.

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Do Not Come to this Room

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  1. Do Not Come to this Room Announcements: Tuesday Sept 16 Meet in the Library rm 204for introduction to research resources

  2. What does it mean to Read Like a Writer?

  3. What are the goals of Reading like a Writer How does reading like a writer help our writing? How does the author say a person ‘read’ like a writer?

  4. What does Allen Tate mean by this? • There are many ways to read, but generally speaking there are two ways. They correspond to the two ways in which we may be interested in a piece of architecture. If the building has Corinthian columns, we can trace the origin and development of Corinthian columns; we are interested as historians. But if we are interested as architects, we may or may not know about the history of the Corinthian style; we must, however, know all about construction of the building, down to the last peg in the beams. We have got to know this as if we are going to put up the building ourselves

  5. What contextual factors should you considerwhen reading?

  6. Contextual factors for consideration? • What is the author’s purpose? • Who is the intended audience?

  7. What is genre? • Why is genre important when considering the contextual factors?

  8. What are the questions to ask as you are reading • What is the author’s purpose for this writing • Who is the intended audience?

  9. Because of antiquated fire-safety laws, every theater in the city was required to have a certain number of staff members watching the performance in case of an emergency Substitute in old, workers and show and feel the difference How effective is the language the author uses?

  10. How does the author move from one idea to another? Are there places in the writing you find confusing? Headings What kinds of evidence does the author use to support his claim? Quotes? Anecdotes? Citations? How effective is the evidence? Why? What do you do when you encounter confusing text?

  11. What Do We Know About Edward Snowden? • What is the genre? • What is the author’s purpose? • What is the context? (why was this written when it was written?) • If you are unsure how would you find this out? • Who is the intended audience • What kind of evidence does the author use? • Is the evidence effective? Why?

  12. Where in the text is word-choice effective? What type of person does the article make Snowden sound like? How?

  13. How can you apply this information To your own writing? What is the context of your paper?What is your purpose?Who is your audience? (not me) What are your goals?

  14. Close Reading Techniques and Reading Like a Writer go hand in hand

  15. What do you Highlight when you read?

  16. Underline the Important Stuff Claims the author makes Key terms (words that are defined) Names, Sources, power verbs

  17. Upcoming Read Chapter 18 Planning and conducting research Tuesday: Library Tour For Thursday: Read Googlepedia: Turning information Behaviors into research skills Bring to class: 3-5 related research questions 3-5 sources Be Thinking about your introduction. Strongly encouraged Look at samples on WordPress site to see what The expectations are

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