Response+Journal

Journal Topics: WRTG 1150 Fall 2009

Guidelines: All responses should be 1-2 pages, (typed, 12 point font, Times New Roman, double spaced, 1” margins). At the beginning of each response please be sure to include the names of the readings (and the authors) you are responding to. Your response papers should generally be organized in the following way: • Paragraph 1 (2): Identify, summarize, and explain the author’s argument/thesis/theory in your own words (this will be the most challenging paragraph) – If you are responding to more than one reading, you should have a paragraph like this for each reading. • Body paragraphs: Apply the author’s thesis/theory to your own life. Does this thesis/theory resonate with your own experience? Why or why not? OR you can argue against the validity of the author’s theory • Conclusion: Summarize the perceived significance of these readings to the craft of writing.

**Please post these responses to the appropriate journal entry section of the Discussion tab (see above) IN ADDITION to bringing a printed copy to class.**

Journal Response #1: Summarize each reading in 3-5 sentences, one paragraph of summary per reading. Make sure your summary answers these questions: What is the author’s main argument or claim? How does s/he support this claim? After summarizing, respond to each article in 1-2 paragraphs per reading. Do these readings resonate with your own experience? If yes, how? Do you agree or disagree with their arguments? Why or why not?

Journal Response #2: Summarize each reading in 3-5 sentences, one paragraph of summary for each reading. Make sure your summary answers these questions: What is the author’s main argument or claim? How does he or she support this claim? After summarizing each article, respond in 1-2 paragraphs per reading. Do either author’s vision of education match your vision? Why or why not?

Journal Response# 3: Summarize the film in 3-5 sentences, one paragraph of summary. Make sure your summary answers these questions: What is the film’s main argument or claim? How does the film support this claim? After summarizing respond to the film. How would you describe Nick Naylor? Likeable? Why or why not? Is he ethical? Why or why not? How is the power of language portrayed in the film?

Journal Response #4: Choose a character from the Movie, Thank You For Smoking. Imagine how the movie might change if this character made a different choice at a strategic point in the film. You will need to: • Identify the character • Describe the strategic scene/event • Describe the alternate choice the character might make • Analyze the possible effects of this alternate choice both for the plotline and for the other characters

Journal Response #5 In "Knowing Words," read chapter 5, read “Path to Heritage”: In your own words, explain what you think the process of revision should include. Be specific about what you imagine the revised draft should look like compared to a first draft. What are the major differences. What are the major questions you should be asking as you go through this process? Regarding "Path to Heritage," In what ways is Lena’s essay analytical? What are two or three strengths of the essay? What are two or three suggestions you have for improving the essay?

Journal Response #6 Based on the reading, write a paragraph that summarizes your interpretation of rhetoric. Also, pick four other key terms from the reading and write one or two-sentence definitions for each term

Journal Response #7 Summarize the reading in 3-5 sentences, one paragraph of summary per reading. Make sure your summary answers these questions: What is the author’s main argument or claim? How does s/he support this claim? After summarizing, respond to each article in 1-2 paragraphs. How do you feel about the choices the author has made in embarking on this project. What are some of your thoughts on the ethics of her project. Explain.

Journal Response #8 Summarize the reading in 3-5 sentences, one paragraph of summary per reading. Make sure your summary answers these questions: What is the author’s main argument or claim? How does s/he support this claim? After summarizing, respond to each article in 1-2 paragraphs. Is Ehrenreich’s story persuasive? Why or why not? How does she use credibility(Ethos), emotion (Pathos) and argument (logos) to make her case?

Journal Response #9 what is a logical fallacy? Browse a magazine, newspaper or website and identify/describe one logical fallacy you find and describe the fallacy in your journal – how does it function within the text?

Journal Response #10 For this response do not summarize the reading. Instead, In your own words, define “culture” and “ideology”; also, identify and describe two or three examples of ideologies that shape your identity and how that happens.

Journal Response #11 Select one of the topics you are most seriously considering for your cultural analysis essay, and identify two (and hopefully quite different) audiences who you think might be invested in your topic. For instance, if you are going to write about the impact of Disney Movies in our culture, perhaps one audience you would select would be families who are consumers of these movies and another would be feminists who see the films as upholding patriarchal norms. For your journal you will write to ONE of these audiences. Choose ethical and effective rhetorical appeals/strategies to persuade your audience. This persuasive statement should be 1-2 pages.

Journal Response #12 A summary paragraph for each source and draft of annotated bibliography of your three general sources you plan to use in your annotated bibliography

Thanks to Megan Morrissey for sharing these guidelines with our class!