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Readings

Incomplete list–this draft will be updated

Barnett, Randy E. “The Declaration of Independence annotated.” The Washington Post, 4 July 2014.

Bunn, Mike. “How to Read Like a Writer.” Writing Spaces: Readings on Writing, Vol. 2, edited by Charles Lowe and Pavel Zemliansky, Parlor Press, 2011, 71-85

“Citation and Formatting Guides.” City Tech Library.

“Commas.” Lindsey Wilson College Writing Center. 

“Comma Splice.” YouTube, uploaded by tamuwritingcenter, 2 Mar 2016.

“Declaration of Independence: A Transcription.” National Archives and Records Administration, National Archives and Records Administration.

“Double-Entry Reading Journals – TIP Sheet.” Butte College. 

Gendler, Alex. “Plato’s Allegory of the Cave—Alex Gendler.” Youtube, uploaded by TED-Ed, 17 Mar. 2015.

“Guide to Developing a Research Question.” City Tech Library.

Hall, Carrie. “Quotation Handout”

—. “What’s a Paragraph?”

—.  “What Is Research?”

Jang, Anita. “The Memory of My Grandmother.” City Tech Writer, vol. 10, 2015, pp. 3-4. Accessed 26 Aug. 2020.

Lamott, Anne. “Shitty First Drafts.” Language Awareness: Readings for College Writers. Ed. by Paul Eschholz, Alfred Rosa, and Virginia Clark. 9th ed. Boston: Bedford/St. Martin’s, 2005: 93-96. 

Malcolm X. “Learning to Read.” Gordon College Division of Humanities, .

Murray, Donald M. “The Maker’s Eye: Revisiong Your Own Manuscripts.”

“NPR Reads The Declaration of Independence.” Morning Edition. NPR, WNYC, New York City, 3 Jul. 2020.

Olivarez, José. “Maybe I Could Save Myself By Writing.” Gen, 12 Sep. 2018. Medium.  

Plato. “Selections from Plato’s Republic,” excerpted by Freeman, Tim, “Introduction to Philosophy – Tfreeman.net.” 

Purdue Writing Lab. “Purdue OWL // Purdue Writing Lab.” Purdue Online Writing Lab.

Smyth, Phil. “Understanding Genre Awareness.” Youtube, uploaded by CAES HKU, 3 Mar. 2016.

Washoe School District. “The Quote Sandwich.” Washoe School District.

Woodson, Jacqueline. “‘What Reading Slowly Taught Me About Writing.’” TedTalk, 12 Sept. 2019,  .

“Writing an Annotated Bibliography.” City Tech Library.

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