Nt1310 Unit 3 Exercise 2
Unit 3 Exercise 2: Guided Reading
Name: ____________________________________
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Apply principles of composition to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple rhetorical strategies.
Apply standard writing conventions to produce original essays, research papers and other compositions.
Assignment Requirements
Use the following questions to guide you through Chapters 9, 15, and 21. Respond to all of the questions using complete sentences.
Required Resources
Writing Today, Chapters 9, 15, and 21
Submission Requirements
Submit this completed exercise sheet to your instructor in Unit 4.
Chapter 9 (Writing Today, pp. 171–196)
1. What is the purpose of a commentary?
Commentary will give you a chance to get your …show more content…
What is the purpose of an introduction?
Set a context for the body
3. What is the purpose of the body paragraphs in a composition?
To present the context
4. What does the conclusion add to the composition? reestablishes the context for the document, why your topic is important to your readers, and offering a look to the future.
5. How do you go about completing a basic outline?
It would help me get my ideas and what I have on my mind into a format I can use
6. What is writer’s block and how can writers overcome it?
When you cant finish a statement and ideas stop flowing from your head.
Lower Your Standards While Drafting, talk it out, change how and where you write, use both sides of your brain, stop procrastinating
7. Respond to Question 2 of “Talk About This” on p. 363 of Writing Todayin the space provided.
If it did good: probably did well since I wasn’t distracted and I stayed focused.
If it didn’t do good: I would probably start it earlier and just do some of it at time to keep the information flowing
Chapter 21 (Writing Today, pp. 425–438)
1. What are the key features of a narrative? How are narratives organized?
Set the scene, introduce a complication, evaluate the complication,resolve the complication and state the
Name: ____________________________________
Course Objectives and Learning Outcomes
Apply principles of composition to evaluate the effectiveness of multiple rhetorical strategies.
Apply standard writing conventions to produce original essays, research papers and other compositions.
Assignment Requirements
Use the following questions to guide you through Chapters 9, 15, and 21. Respond to all of the questions using complete sentences.
Required Resources
Writing Today, Chapters 9, 15, and 21
Submission Requirements
Submit this completed exercise sheet to your instructor in Unit 4.
Chapter 9 (Writing Today, pp. 171–196)
1. What is the purpose of a commentary?
Commentary will give you a chance to get your …show more content…
What is the purpose of an introduction?
Set a context for the body
3. What is the purpose of the body paragraphs in a composition?
To present the context
4. What does the conclusion add to the composition? reestablishes the context for the document, why your topic is important to your readers, and offering a look to the future.
5. How do you go about completing a basic outline?
It would help me get my ideas and what I have on my mind into a format I can use
6. What is writer’s block and how can writers overcome it?
When you cant finish a statement and ideas stop flowing from your head.
Lower Your Standards While Drafting, talk it out, change how and where you write, use both sides of your brain, stop procrastinating
7. Respond to Question 2 of “Talk About This” on p. 363 of Writing Todayin the space provided.
If it did good: probably did well since I wasn’t distracted and I stayed focused.
If it didn’t do good: I would probably start it earlier and just do some of it at time to keep the information flowing
Chapter 21 (Writing Today, pp. 425–438)
1. What are the key features of a narrative? How are narratives organized?
Set the scene, introduce a complication, evaluate the complication,resolve the complication and state the