We will enjoy several presentations about bibliographies, Comma Rules, and common causes for sentence fragments next week.
We did talk about "Writing with a specific purpose" for which I gave you a handout taken from The Writer's Harbrace Handbook, brief, Wadsworth Boston, 3rd edition, 2008 p. 2-5. Groups reported on different purposes and "voices - or diction" of texts, depending on the writer's interest or writing purpose.
I am interested in your opinion of our impending tasks of interviewing, transcribing, and reporting about different topics relating to international students at SCSU. How could we define the purpose, and how can we best describe the style needed for successful results on your blogs?
- exigence
- specific purpose
expressive writing
expository writing
argumentative writing
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Lastly, I want you to spend time today to read each student's 20 steps and goals for the interview process. Who are the top three blogs about that topic? Read and select your favorites from the pool of class posts from your peers. Be prepared to explain why you chose them, if asked. Which criteria did you apply?
Homework for next week: Your own interview questions (min 12 max 16)
Be sure to have your questions reflect your outlined purposes for the interview. Ask questions that answer information interests you really have.
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