Announcements: Tuesday Sept 16 Meet in the

Library rm 204for introduction to research

resources

Do Not Come to this Room

Read Like a Writer?

What does it mean to

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?

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

What contextual factors should you considerwhen reading?

Contextual factors for consideration?•What is the author’s purpose?

•Who is the intended audience?

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

What are the questions to ask as you are reading• What is the author’s

purpose for this writing• Who is the intended

audience?

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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?

Headings

How does the author move from one idea to another?

What kinds of evidence does the author use to support his claim? Quotes? Anecdotes? Citations?

How effective is the evidence? Why?

Are there places in the writing you find confusing?

What do you do when you encounter confusing text?

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?

Where in the text is word-choice effective?

What type of person does the article make Snowden sound like?How?

How can you apply this informationTo your own writing?

What is the context of your paper?What is your purpose?

Who is your audience? (not me)What are your goals?

Close Reading Techniques and Reading Like a Writer

go hand in hand

What do you Highlight when you read?

Underline the Important Stuff

Claims the author makesKey terms (words that are defined)

Names, Sources, power verbs

UpcomingRead Chapter 18 Planning and conducting researchTuesday: Library TourFor Thursday: Read Googlepedia: Turning informationBehaviors into research skillsBring to class: 3-5 related research questions

3-5 sourcesBe Thinking about your introduction. Strongly encouragedLook at samples on WordPress site to see whatThe expectations are