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1.What word describes the type of reading one does when one is purely responding emotionally and aesthetically?
2.What word describes the type of reading one does when one seeks to understand the basic meaning of the text?
3.What word describes the type of reading one does when one weighs complex issues, reads “between the lines,” conjectures, asks questions of the text, questions presumptions, and so on?
4.Without using the words “textual” or “subtextual,” please explain the difference between textual meaning and subtextual meaning.
5.What word describes the act of re-stating a larger amount of text in fewer words without inserting one’s own point of view?
6.A writer shouldn’t just drop a quote from another writer in to a paragraph. What should the writer do before quoting?
7.What should the writer do after quoting?
8.What purpose does a thesis statement serve?
9.What, according to the College Writing Program rubric, describes the highest quality thesis?
10.How does Rosen define an ambitious thesis?
11.Why, according to the author of “Looking for Trouble,” should you let problems guide your writing process?
12.How do you restrict a ProQuest search to scholarly, peer reviewed articles?
13.How do you restrict an Academic Search Premier search to scholarly, peer reviewed articles?
14.Without using the words “scholarly” and “peer-reviewed,” define what a scholarly peer reviewed article is. Then tell me why a writer would select one over, say, a magazine or newspaper article.
15.What ethics should journalists adhere to when they research and write?
16.According to Elder and Paul’s “Questioning Bias and Propaganda,” why can’t the majority of I.S. citizens identify slant and spin in the news they read? .What do critical consumers of news do differently than them?
17.What factors, according to your College Writing Program rubric, will make for the best student source use?
18.Describe what it means when sources are “well integrated” into body paragraphs.
19.What do Graff and Birkinstein mean by “entering the conversation,” and why should one start a piece of writing with what others are saying?
20.According to Graff and Birkinstein, what are the 3 main ways that a writer can respond to a position already taken by another writer?
21.In the article, “Students Have ‘Dismaying’ Inability to Tell Fake News From Real, Study Finds,” how does author Camila Delonske describe the problem? [Note: This article is labeled “Fact Checking” in BlackBoard.]
22.How can you avoid this same pitfall in your reading?
23.What is the proper way to cite Delonske’s article in MLA style on your works cited page?
24.What is the proper way to cite Sabihya Prince’s book in MLA style on your works cited page?
25.Find a sentence on page 25 of Lewis’ book. Quote it, cite it (in text, in MLA style), and punctuate it properly.