Homework Fall 2014

Homework for Sept 03

1. Create a blog page that you will use for some of the writing done in this class. You can use any blog platform, but these are popular: http://wordpress.com/, http://www.blogger.com and http://www.livejournal.com/.  Email me the address for your blog.
2. For your first blog post, write a biographical sketch - describe yourself, your interests academic and otherwise) any questions you'd like to explore in the class or topics you are curious about. 
3. Write a response to all three texts but focus the bulk of your writing on Thompson. What do you see as his main claims? What kinds of evidence does he supply? Can you identify any rhetorical strategies? What do you see as the main strengths of the text, and did you find any parts of it to be weak or unpersuasive?