To start, let me just say that your most important piece of homework due next week is your Essay 3 second draft. Remember? That's the draft that you must submit to me for grading. If you can't manage to work on anything else, make sure you work on this. If you can get a finished second draft submitted on Wednesday next week, then that draft is considered on-time, which means that you can revise it for a better grade later. I assume you already know this, but I'm just refreshing your memory. Spring Break can take it out of you, that's all.
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Now let me give you some reading homework to do.
First of all, regarding that extra rhetorical stuff we talked about, the stuff called Stasis Theory, here's a handout that I'd like you to skim:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B59oU02C12STajhhOFVYTk14VHM/view?usp=sharing.
-- As you skim this handout, think about which of the four Stases you think makes the most sense to you. Which Stasis do you tend to use when trying to discuss issues you care about? Maybe you use different Stases for different issues?
Next, I'd like you to reread that article we discussed in class this week, all about Narcissistic children, and here's a link to that:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/03/09/how-parents-create-narcissistic-children/?tid=hybrid_experimentrandom_1_na.
-- As you reread this article, see if you can imagine who the intended audience of this article is. Then, think about those "They Say / I Say" moves that we spotted in this article, as well as any others you can spot on your own. How do these moves appeal to the intended audience?
Lastly, I'd like you to read this next article, an article we haven't discussed in class before:
http://www.theatlantic.com/sponsored/allstate/what-we-dont-mention-about-unemployment/267/.
-- And as you read this article, consider closely which of the details presented here you can present as support for a point that you might argue. Which details would you quote? Which details would you paraphrase? What makes an idea or detail especially right for a paraphrase, or especially right for a quote?
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And for your written homework, I'd like you to take that last article, and choose at least two ideas or details that you considered closely. On your own paper, write complete pieces of paragraphs to present each of these, as if you were writing parts of a research paper.
As you write each of these pieces, be sure to...
1) State your own idea that would lead into the idea or detail you're presenting.
2) Introduce the idea or detail as the work of the author, even if the author isn't mentioned. And say clearly how the author uses this idea or detail. Does she simply state it? Does she explain something? Does she summarize the research of others? Does she quote someone specific? And so on.
3) Present the idea or detail as a part of your own sentence. (Hint: Use that introduction as a lead-in to start your sentence, then present the idea or detail as the rest of the sentence.)
4) Explain what you take the idea or detail to mean. In other words, say exactly what you think this idea or detail means, what it says. If that means you're basically repeating what the idea or detail says, that's perfectly fine; that's what you're supposed to do.
5) Conclude in some way that shows how this idea or detail supports your own idea.
Make sure you do all five steps, one-by-one, for each of the pieces you take from the article.
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And that's it. Except for your Essay 3 second draft, this homework is due Monday.
As always, if you have questions or concerns, email me.
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