Journal Entry #14

Free-write.

Currently Reading The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (Penguin Modern Classics) By Carson McCullers see related

Journal Entry #13 - Brainstorming Session

Brainstorm and describe 3 different topics you might want to research for the informative paper. 

Due: Wednesday, November 8th at 8:00 a.m.

Reading Assignment for Wednesday: St. Martin's pgs. 201-204 (Intro to Explaining a Concept; Stop at "Readings"); Skip to pgs. 223-230 (Example Essay: "Cannibalism: It Still Exists," discussion on the essay, Stop at "Purpose and Audience")

***Hint, Hint - Read carefully!***

Currently Reading My Life as a Fake By Peter Carey see related

Journal Entry #12

Response to Paper 4

Answer the following questions in paragraph form (3-7 sentences):

1.  Describe your honest reaction about working in a group.

2.  How did the audience analysis affect your paper process?

3.  What were the positive aspects of working with a group?  What were the negative aspects?

4.  Describe your conclusion on the effectiveness of the paper.  Do you think it would have convinced your target audience?  Was it written well?  Were there any aspect of the arguments that you wish your group had done differently?

ONLY ONE MORE PAPER TO GO!!!

This cartoon has absolutely nothing to do with anything.  Enjoy.

Currently Reading The Picture of Dorian Gray (Modern Library Paperbacks) By Oscar Wilde see related

Cosmos

For Jenny and Jeremy

We as a frail people think                              

centrifugally

That the Pandora in Eve and the Oedipus in Adam

            spun the universe out of control -

our sexes’ polarity splicing light years between

            Venus and Mars.

But imagine if the world is spinning              

        centripetally

That the tensions of polarity shape a silver sphere

            around us, interweave us into one –

And God’s laughter is gravity, siphoning,

   reeling us to the center, shaping us into being

                        Reborn.

Journal Entry #11 - Audience Analysis: Part Duex

With the audience your group has chosen to target, answer the following sentences.  Please choose one member to post the answers on their xanga.  That person should e-mail me to let me know which site to check.

1.  What position or positions will my readers take on this issue?  How entrenched are these positions likely to be?

2.  What do my readers know about the issue?  In what contexts are they likely to have encountered it?  In what ways might the issue affect them personally or professionally?

3.  How far apart on the issue are my readers and I likely to be?  What fundamental differences in worldview or experience might keep up from agreeing?  Which of my readers' values might most influence their view of the issue?

4.  Why would I want to present my argument to these particular readers?  What could I realistically hope to achieve - convincing them to adopt my point of view, getting them to reconsider their own position, confirming or challenging some of their underlying beliefs and values?

(Taken from St. Martin's Guide to Writing pg. 300)

Due: Monday, October 30th at 8:00 a.m.

Reading Assignment for FRIDAY, October 27th - St. Martin's pgs. 305-313 (Planning and Drafting)

Currently Reading Waterland By Graham Swift see related