Rhetoric and Composition: February 2, 2011

CLASS: Answer each question in approximately 3 - 6 sentences.  

1. How fast should one drive in a third world country? What side of the road do people drive in a third world country?

2. When should you honk the horn while driving in a third world country? What should you do about animals blocking the road?

3. What is the tone of the piece? In other words, how does the author make his point? What device(s) does he use?

4. Assuming the title is sarcastic, what is the author's real point of writing the piece?

READ: Peruse hacker's "Glossary of Usage" which begins on page 565

READ & WRITE

Read Michael Skube article...grab it here!

Formal Writing #2: Michael Skube provides his e-mail on the bottom of his scathing rebuke of today's college student. Write a letter to him either agreeing or disagreeing with his thesis. Either way, make sure you back up your claim with specific examples from either your own life, observations you have made or statistics you have researched. Do not spend too much time worrying about how you "cite" your source(s) (this will come later), but please "attribute" it/them. The best response will be e-mailed to Skube himself! Zoinks!

College Writing, September 22, 2010

READ:

1. RF Chapter 5

2. This is the New York Times topic page on Pakistan. It reflects the full breadth of issues that have plagued that country and focuses on its strained and varied relationship with the U.S. Use information on this page to supplement the videos also attached to this post. Don't get too bogged down in the people and details, just take away a SENSE of the issues. You never know when a current event may sneak on to a quiz. Here is today's video. Also for Monday, please view this video on reactions to Taliban in popular music.

Journal 3: React to what you watched and connect it to the things you read in the Times. What is your perspective about what is happening over there, especially in terms of the human rights angle discussed in the videos? What most affected you about the things you learned? Why? How does it alter your perception of RF? Does anything you saw today give you specific insight into your perception of Changez? Explain why or why not.

3. Revision of Formal Essay #2