Question Description
Lab Wk 1
The Rhetorical Situation
Directions: Please answer the following questions regarding the article you have read. You may type your answers directly into this document and upload it to CANVAS. Make sure you cite any sources you use.
Article Title: Breaking tongues: carrying names across borders
Author: Sinthujan Varatharajah
https://mediadiversified.org/2015/09/19/breaking-tongues-carrying-names-across-borders-2/
note: this is what a Works Cited (WC) entry should look like for this article:
Varatharajah, Sinthujan. “Breaking tongues: carrying names across borders.” Media Diversified. 19 September 2015, mediadiversified.org/2015/09/19/breaking-tongues-carrying-names-across-borders-2/. Accessed 18 February 2019.
and this is what an in-text citation would look like:
(Varatharajah)
1. If there is nothing about the author on the article itself, Google him/her. What is important for readers to know about this person? Does s/he seem like a credible source for the topic? Why or why not? What questions do you have about the person who wrote this article?
2. Who is the intended audience for this article? How do you know? Are there textual clues? If the article is from a website, go to the “about” section and see if you can find any information about who the audience is. How do you think this specific audience impacted the author’s choices in writing this article?
3. In your own words, what is this article about and what is the author’s main point? Is there an identifiable thesis or is the thesis implied?
4. What compelled the writer to have this point of view and write this article? How do you know?
5. What is the writer’s intent? What do you feel s/he hopes to accomplish in writing the article? Do you feel s/he accomplishes this purpose? Why or why not?
(Assignments 5)
Enter your discussion post about the King essay. Don’t forget to attend to the Reading Response Discussions Prompt Online.docx
Also, you are encouraged to engage with other students on the discussion board. Here are some things I suggest you think about before you enter your post:
– What is Asteroids Miners, and why does King mention it?
– What stories can you remember reading as a youngster?
– Does King have the authority to tell the reader what they should and should not be doing? In particular, as it relates to something like television?