Holdstein amp Aquiline Preface Chapters 1 2 1 Preface Nicholas Carrs Is Google Making Us Stupid article in The Atlantic strikes a chord Q What error did the authors make when they quoted Carr on p ix Any other errors ID: 463204
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Who Says?
Holdstein & Aquiline, Preface, Chapters 1, 2
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Preface
Nicholas Carr’s “Is Google Making Us Stupid” article in The Atlantic strikes a chord. [Q: What error did the authors make when they quoted Carr on p.
vii
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Any other errors?]Authors say Google and Wikipedia often oversimplify information. Do they? When? When is that not true?It is true that there are new challenges in grappling with how and when to rely on source materialsBe careful how youWriteReadUse sourcesThis book will help you prepare a successful paper
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Chapter 1—What is Information?
[Can skim this]Information requires information literacy—when do you need info, where can you get it, is the info accurate, authoritative, do you know how to use it?Gertrude Stein example [Q: What did the website get wrong?]
[Also note their “voice” here: What person do they write in? What forms of address do they use? How do they handle gendered pronouns?]
All research is based on a process [as we discussed]
Primary (e.g. science) vs. secondary (your paper) are similar. [Q: What are the steps in a scientific research paper?]On p. 5 they say you, like a scientist, will “prove that argument”; [a better term is “support” your argument] [Each chapter ends with Ideas Into Practice; take a look and see if these help. Here it’s to create a timeline—although I’d argue that the course syllabus has already set that for you.]3Slide4
Chapter 2—Writer’s authority/voice
The Rhetorical Situation, via Aristotle: [think of questions you need answered for each]WriterAudiencePurposeTopicOccasion
Writer:
Authority, ethos, credibility
Audience:Who, expectations, knowledge, relationship to writer, mixed or homogeneous4Slide5
CH. 2 cont.
Purpose:Inform, entertain, persuadeTopic:Tone, conventions, contextOccasion:Setting, context of presentation [more for speeches]
Ethos: what words share its Latin root?
Ethics, ethical; here it’s more like credibility, character, but that also is enhanced when you write ethically
Pathos: what words?Pathetic (emotion)Logos: words?Logic, logical; reasoning, facts, data5Slide6
Ethos cont.
Pitfalls (politician example)Refusal to answer honestlyNot having the right informationOveruse of pathos; poor use of logos“
patchwriting
” (quoting too much)
Missing citationsPoor formatting, wrong conventions of the disciplineVoice: your style as a writer; diction, syntax, vocabulary, appropriate tone for this rhetorical situation; think of bloggersNote examples of email to an instructor vs. to a friendPractice: take a stand/thesis on needing a summer vacation or, gun control, animal rights, etc.; consider logos, ethos, pathos, audience; look at Chipotle (or any) Super Bowl ad for Writer, Audience, Purpose, Topic, Occasion.6