HIST 1302 Writing Assignment I: American Populism: A Social History, 1877-1898 Purpose This assignment asks you to read, analyze, and discuss a scholarly historical monograph. The purpose of the assignment is to promote thoughtful reading, critical thinking, and clear expression of ideas. The Assignment • Part 1: The paper should begin with a brief summary of the book that shows that you have read it and thought about its structure and contents. Don’t just rewrite the table of contents. ***You’ll want to pay special attention to the author’s central argument(s) or “thesis,” the primary idea or ideas the author is trying to convey and convince the reader to accept.
An “as told to” autobiography provides the reader with the subject’s version of the truth of his or her life while the arduous task of writing is left to a professional writer. The Autobiography
Rhetorical Précis Assignment A. A rhetorical précis addresses these four rhetorical elements: * Name of the author and the title of work publishing information, date, and page numbers in parenthesis, a rhetorically accurate verb, and a “that” clause containing the major assertion (thesis statement) of the work. * A brief but accurate explanation of how the author develops or supports the thesis, usually in the same order as was developed in the essay. * A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to” phrase. * A description of the intended audience.
Grimes tries to categorizes memoirs by the subject matter that he feels is important. The types that he thinks is important include the retired-statesman memoir, the traumatic-childhood memoir, the substance-abuse memoir,
Carl Rogers died in 1987 but his legacy lives on and is being carried on by other psychologists who shared his views and believe in his method of counselling. This approach of working is best described by Rogers in his own words: ‘it is the client who knows what hurts, what directions to go, what problems are crucial, what experiences have been deeply buried’. (Rogers 1961). Rogers is saying that the client holds the knowledge to heal themselves, the counsellor needs to provide the client with core conditions in order for the client to be able to educate themselves. I am going to explore the core conditions that Carl Rogers uses in his theory of person centred counselling.
Write an ‘Analysis’: Analyze the TECHNIQUES used by the author (‘Language’, ‘Purpose’, ‘Audience’, ‘Mode of Development', etc). By analyzing the writer’s techniques you will be able to answer this basic question: Did the author achieve his/her purpose successfully? Don’t forget to justify your answer by citing evidence from the text. 5. Write a ‘Response’: Respond to the writer’s IDEAS (main idea, first) by evaluating them and pointing out whether or not you agree with any of them.
Reader-Response: my own response to K-Pax by Gene Brewer "This above all: to thine own this world be true . " - These words spoken by Prot , the main character of the trilogy K-Pax are the words that the author of the novel Gene Brewer quoted at the very end of the set number of quotes of the main character of the novel, in my opinion, to summarize the uniqueness that for our humanity is the simplicity of Prot’s thinking. That was the example in my eyes shows the link to the reader response criticism . Gene Brewer himself admitted that in his novel he created the character Prot as a person from another planet , because I wanted it to achieve a better result in bringing to readers that what he wanted to draw their attention . In an interview with jayslaytonjoslin.com asked if Prot represents his political point of view , he replied : "Yes , Prot is me .
This is in contrast with critical linguists such as Norman Fairclough, as he states in his book that “awareness is the first step towards emancipation” (1989). As you can observe, we can hear the voice of the writer in the second sentence as compared to the first. This is how you can strengthen your discussion, Jacquella. By focusing more on your personal insights, your readers can easily see the relevance of the quotations you used for your essay. Having that in mind, how will you properly introduce this quote in your essay?
Comment on the writer’s summarizing of the core reading. Is the summary accurate and true to the meaning of the original author’s intentions? Does the writer paraphrase in his/her own words? Does the writer attempt to summarize the overall meaning of the core reading, or does he/she only summarize small points and miss the big picture? Point to specific examples where the writer does a good job of paraphrasing or summarizing in a way that helps you understand the core reading better.
Theme Theme is the basic concept of a story. You could write it in one sentence and have it all right there in front of you and understand a story before even reading it. Instead, the author wants to teach us this by putting his theme into a situation where we can see it reoccurring. When we empathize with characters in a novel, that's us connecting to the universal truth that's being given. This sounds kind of like the moral of a story but its slightly different.