Jerz: Intro to Literary Study (EL150)


Key Course Concepts

Agenda Item
A brief quotation from the assigned text, together with a non-obvious question or observation, that you will be prepared to talk about if called on in class. Post it about 24 hours before the class discussion.[...]
Close Reading
A careful, thorough, sustained examination of the words that make up a text. Close reading is really re-reading.[...]
RRRR (Read, React, Respond, Reflect)
Read the assigned texts, react by posting an "agenda item" for the class discussion, respond to 2-4 items posted by your peers, and reflect on your developing understanding of the text in an informal half-page essay.[...]
Rhetoric
The use of language to persuade, using some combination of emotion (pathos), character (ethos) and logic (logos).[...]
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