Monday, April 13, 2015

Reminder about Wednesday's Class and Homework for 4/15/2015

Please disregard the reading assignment listed on the schedule for Wednesday's class, as we will not be meeting in person.

Instead, please address the following questions in a blog post by 11:59pm CST on Wednesday:

  • What is the revised version of your thesis statement?
  • What subtopics will you use to support this claim (include at least three, for now)
  • Why do you feel your claim is important (what's at stake?) and how do your supporting points help to showcase that importance?

The answers to these questions could work as the skeleton for your final paper. If you have any questions or need help with your thesis, please email me.

Again, we are not meeting in person on Wednesday. Over the weekend, I would like you to read the Martin Luther King Jr. essay, "Letter from a Birmingham Jail," (beginning on page 736 in the Current Issues textbook) and write a response that focuses on what rhetorical devices/elements he uses effectively that you might want to utilize in your writing.