ENC1102 Chapter 2 Active Reading Exercise Readings “Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Plagiarism” by Scott Jaschik “The Maker’s Eye: Revising Your Own Manuscripts” by Donald M. Murray “Tabula Asiae” by Michael Ondaatje Directions Answer the following questions. Submit your completed document to the appropriate submission drop box in the Blackboard Assignments folder. 1. Considering what this unit presented about nonfiction genre, identify the primary genre of each of the readings. In Winning Hearts and Minds in the War on Plagiarism” Jaschik essay was based more on reflection and personal opinions because his were on different studies by different professors on the "war on plaguarism" among students and how common plagiarizing is and the different methods used to change that.
How does the author prove his/her thesis? • Does the author explain why detractors from his/her thesis are incorrect or weak arguments? NOTE: The thesis may not be a sentence clearly established in the opening of the book. You may have to think about this. • Discuss the author’s use of evidence to prove his/her thesis.
The Things They Carried, a novel written by Tim O’Brian is a series of twenty-two short stories dealing with the Vietnamese war. The protagonist, Tim O’Brian, who shares the name of the book’s author, is faced with many challenges and tragedies while going through life before, during, and after the war. In The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brian uses both reality and fiction when narrating his stories, thus leaving the reader to determine what is fact and story among the many excerpts of the book. Storytelling is key in the fictional aspects of the novel; as for it deals with character O’Brian’s self-healing process from his memories of the brutal war by writing war stories. As O’Brian explains, story telling is effective because "by telling
Sometime you can’t even tell a true war story. He also bring up the story from Mitchell Sander and later on, Mitchell admit some part of the story was made up. He compare his part of Lemon’s death to Mitchell’s story. Tim also said in a true war story, nothing is absolutely true. A true war story can be find out by question afterward.
Writing Handout L-1 Analyzing a Short Story (10 steps) Step 1: Know the Assignment ― If you are assigned to analyze a short story, you are being asked to identify your personal reaction to the work and develop a clear explanation of your reaction, providing supporting arguments. You may be required to provide support from external sources (books, articles, etc.). These assignments are usually written in the third person, present tense. Remember: An analysis is not a simple recitation of the plot. Step 2: Read ― Read the entire short story, trying to identify the writer’s main idea.
English 122 Short Stories Text: “A Drowning” p. 160- 162 Read “A Drowning” by Mark Ferguson 1. What is the impact of the opening line of the story? 2. What inferences about the narrator did you draw based on the information you were given? 3.
The opening chapters of this book read much like a novel. I learned who the major characters are and what background information is necessary to understand the next chapters as they unfold. However, this story is not fiction because the people and events are real. The author, Krakauer, is telling McCandless’ story, making it third person limited. It would be different if his mother or sister or even another writer told his story.
Student Name: EN 111 Reading Log Date: 10-03-11 |Text, notes, or vocabulary |Student’s Reaction, Connection, Interpretation, or Representation |Teacher’s Commentary | |(Source, page or pages) | | | | Pg102-I had found myself longing for the | In this paragraph Brik is comparing the culture of his peoples way of telling a story and the way Americans | | |Sarajevo way of doing it…reality is the |do. In his culture exaggeration and
When examining a source of information, ask your-self the following questions: - Who wrote the document, and why did he or she write it? - Was the author or organization closely involved in the event? Could that have affected what was written? - What credentials does the author have to indicate that she or he is a reliable source? - What organization published the document?
My main bulk of research is from books and the books I used so far are: Being Good, Ethics, Torture in the Eighties, Report of Torture, Politics of Pain, History of Torture, Torture and Truth and War, Torture and Terrorism. I also used the Washington and Huffington Posts as well as the constitution. When researching for this paper I wrote down what I already knew about the subject before looking anything up. After looking at my own knowledge of the subject I make a draft of potential thesis statements. After I formed a rough draft my thesis I went to the library for book sources and online for web, newspaper and journal sources.