FOR CLASS ON 11/7:
READING QUIZ ON ALL ASSIGNED READINGS. BE PREPARED.***Look ahead at your assignment schedule and plan your readings accordingly.
Here is the Critical Reading Guidelines we discussed in class:
****Guidelines for critical reading (EB 2c)
Preview the text to consider preliminary questions.
- What does the title tell you?
- What do you already know about the subject? What opinions do you have? What do you hope to learn?
- What information can you find about the author and his or her purpose, expertise, and possible biases?
- What can you learn from considering when, where, and how the text was published?
- What effects do visuals, subdivisions, and headings have?
- What do you expect the main point of the text to be?
Read and annotate the text.
- What key terms and ideas do you identify?
- What statements do you agree with? disagree with?
- What sources does the text cite?
- What do you find confusing or unclear? What do you need to look up?
Summarize what you have read, and jot down ideas and questions.
Analyze the text.
- What are the main points? Do they match your expectations?
- What evidence does the text provide? How are examples used? What other evidence or counter-evidence occurs to you?
- Are the sources trustworthy?
- How do the words and visuals work together?
- What are the author’s underlying assumptions?
- Was the author’s purpose accomplished?
- What is intriguing, puzzling, or irritating about the text?
- What would you like to know more about?
Reread the text, and check your understanding.
Proofs and Rhetorical Devices
Logos:
If…then
Either…or
Cause and Effect
Costs and Benefits
Better and Worse
Examples
Data and Fact
Anecdotes
Ethos:
Personal experiences
Personal credentials
Good moral character
Appeal to experts
Identification with readers
Admission of limitations
Expression of good will
Use of ‘insider’ language
Pathos:
Promise of gain
Promise of enjoyment
Fear of loss
Fear of pain
Expression of anger or distrust
Injection of emotion
Bandwagon appeal
Rhetorical devices:
Emotionally loaded terms
Ad hominem argument
Tone
Begging the question
Over-simplification
Simile
Metaphor
Repetition
Euphemism
Jargon
Stylistic language
Hyperbole (exaggeration)
Irony
Oxymoron
Paradox
For proofs/devices: Check your ttu.edu email
Course Information:
When and Where we meet:
English 1301-004 Mondays 9:30-10:50 Rm. 306
English 1301-007 Mondays 11:00-12:20 Rm.306
Course Website: http://ttueng1301.blogspot.com/
Instructor: Monica Montelongo
Contact: monica.montelongo@ttu.edu
Office Hours: Tues. and Thurs. 11:00am-12:20pm
Office: Room 456 (4th Floor)
Make sure to read your syllabus and supplemental policies carefully as you may be quizzed over them.
Helpful Links:
There have been many questions regarding assignments, where to get the reading ect. You will find your answers here...
Raider Writer:
raiderwriter.engl.ttu.edu
You will be submitting your assignment on Raider Writer. Go to the website and look around. Be familiar with it asap. On this website, you can also find your DUE DATES, DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED READINGS, and ASSIGNMENTS. You can also find the link to the diagnostic in the Brief Assignment 1 link.
St. Martin's Handbook:
ebooks.bfwpub.com/ttu
This is the e-book website. It is one of your require textbooks (in the form of an e-book.) You must purchase it ASAP. You have a reading you must complete before you do your Brief Assignment 1. You may purchase the book at this website. Look on Raider Writer for your assigned reading description-- it should say "course polices and St. Martin's Handbook Top 20."
University Writing Center:
uwc.ttu.edu
At the University Writing Center, you can get one on one help with your assignments. Make an appointment with them to go over drafts, questions about common grammar errors, and ways to improve your writing. This is a great resource. Take advantage of it.
If you don't know the meaning of a word:
dictionary.com
Don't guess the meaning, look it up! So many students make the mistake of not learning the vocabulary in the readings or assignments. It's easy to do and makes a big difference.
Helpful Links:
There have been many questions regarding assignments, where to get the reading ect. You will find your answers here...
Raider Writer:
raiderwriter.engl.ttu.edu
You will be submitting your assignment on Raider Writer. Go to the website and look around. Be familiar with it asap. On this website, you can also find your DUE DATES, DESCRIPTION OF ASSIGNED READINGS, and ASSIGNMENTS. You can also find the link to the diagnostic in the Brief Assignment 1 link.
St. Martin's Handbook:
ebooks.bfwpub.com/ttu
This is the e-book website. It is one of your require textbooks (in the form of an e-book.) You must purchase it ASAP. You have a reading you must complete before you do your Brief Assignment 1. You may purchase the book at this website. Look on Raider Writer for your assigned reading description-- it should say "course polices and St. Martin's Handbook Top 20."
University Writing Center:
uwc.ttu.edu
At the University Writing Center, you can get one on one help with your assignments. Make an appointment with them to go over drafts, questions about common grammar errors, and ways to improve your writing. This is a great resource. Take advantage of it.
If you don't know the meaning of a word:
dictionary.com
Don't guess the meaning, look it up! So many students make the mistake of not learning the vocabulary in the readings or assignments. It's easy to do and makes a big difference.
