Category: Unit 2

After reading Kerry Dirk’s “Navigating Genres” answer one or both of the following questions. Remember that one of the paramount points of rhetoric is to persuade the reader. It is not the information shared but *how* the information is shared to the writer’s audience. Using what we learned from writing quotes, use at least one “quote sandwich” in your response.

1. What are some genres that you feel you know well? How did you learn them? What are their common rhetorical features?
2. How much freedom do you enjoy when writing? Does it help to have a form to follow, or do you find it to be limiting?

Please post your Reflective Annotated Bibliography Intro as a comment on this post. If you have any questions regarding how to write the introduction, please consult the RAB map.

In addition, begin thinking about what you would like your first source to be; maybe there is a YouTube video, podcast, or an article you have read recently (that did not come from this class) which you would like to consider using.

What research topic related to your educational narrative and/or your letter to James Baldwin are you curious to learn more and write about? What questions regarding this possible topic do you have that you would like to learn more about?