English 101: Introduction to College Writing – Spring 2013

Assignment 11: rhetorical analysis and explaining choices (the Golden Six)

1.     Create a blog post and title it Assignment 11.

2.     Read pages 108-109 in the DK Handbook (the fat yellow book).

3.     Choose three questions (in different sections) from these pages. Attempt to answer each question, and make sure to use direct quotes from the Stein article. For each question, make sure to include one or two specific writerly choices Stein makes.

4.     Include one more thorough paragraph that discusses how you see ALL of these writerly choices working together to affect your interpretation of the text. Conclude this paragraph with a tentative controlling purpose.

5.     Publish your post. 

Remember: be honest when answering these questions—this is about your interpretation. Bring your personality to the assignment; make it more than just dull paragraphs you *have* to write. Think of how you want to address your audience and consider how you want your writing to stand out from the other students’ writing for the class.