Engl 147n discussion - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

Main Post Part 1: Read and Respond After thoroughly reading the Week 8 lesson and the required textbook pages, go back and re-read, specifically, the articles from the assigned Week 8 textbook page s. Ask yourself: In the textbook readings, which statements in these articles inspire me? How and why? Do any statements bother me? How and why?” Take careful notes, jotting down quotations and your reactions to them, based on those questions. After you have given good time and attention to this pro...

Initial Post Instructions Main Post Paragraph 1: Evaluate an argumentative point Choose a reading from the assigned pages in your textbook and note how the author addresses an argumentative poin t in the body of the article (in other words, not in the introduction paragraph(s) nor in the conclusion paragraph(s). Work to find a body point that demonstrates a range of strategies like logic, refutation, and author’s voice. Then, please take the time to read and re-read the entire piece and your c...

Instructions With your specific argument stance (thesis/claim) in mind, locate one scholarly source with opinions that do not agree with your own stance. Using Toulmin’s model, demonstrate the us e of concession and refutation to rebut an opposing viewpoint, keeping in mind the importance of a humble yet assertive tone. Steps: In 1-2 rich paragraphs, answer the following as related to your stance for your argument essay: Locate a specific opposing point within the article: Note one point in th...

Generating Your Topic First, please carefully review the course theme announcement your instructor has posted. Your topic must address the course theme, and you will find many topic ideas listed in the course theme announcement to help you get started brainstorming for your own argumentative topic related to the course theme. Next, carefully read this week’s Lesson and textbook pages. Once you have completed and considered those readings, with the assigned course theme and your ideas in mind, ...

Initial Post Instructions Main Post Part 1: Share Your Revision Plan You have now received feedback from your instructor and from your peers, and you have already been applying revision strategi es to your draft in the past week. This week, you will perform final, guided revisions in six levels: global, section, paragraph, sentence, word, and final proofreading. After you have read and studied the lesson and the assigned textbook readings for the week, you will make a plan for addressing these l...

Initial Post Instructions Main Post: Share “Good to Great” Techniques You Picked up in Your Textbook Readings To begin, look over the readings (sample essays/articles) of the text. Read as m any as you’d like; you do not need to choose just one. You are not evaluating one essay in this discussion (although you may work with just one if you would like). Rather, you are evaluating argument techniques, effective word choice and transitions, the author’s voice, and the development of points ...

Initial Post Directions You need to write 2 paragraphs for the Initial Post. Main Post Paragraph 1: Share Your Thoughts on Annotated Bibliographies When you started this class, did you fully understand the definition of an “annotated bibliography”? Based on your textbook and lesson readings for this week, what do you now understand an annotated bibliography to be? Have you been guilty of “cherry picking” from the sources you write about? Explain. In what ways do you anticipate your annot...

ENGL 147N Week 7 Discussion; Ending Toxic Relationships with Revision; Revision Workshopping

Main Post Part 1: Read and Respond After thoroughly reading the Week 8 lesson and the required textbook pages, go back and re-read, specifically, the articles from the assigned Week 8 textbook page s. Ask yourself: In the textbook readings, which statements in these articles inspire me? How and why? Do any statements bother me? How and why?” Take careful notes, jotting down quotations and your reactions to them, based on those questions. After you have given good time and attention to this pro...