Workshop: Close Reading

We'll go over this handout on close reading (but you don't need to blog anything about it).

Ex 1-1: Response

Write an informal, one-page response to the feedback that you received from your peers and from me on your Ex 1 submission. Include a bulleted list that presents two or three global changes that you would make if you were to redo this paper.

You will submit this essay in a slot on Turnitin.com.

Fixing wordiness, grammar, or spelling is a local change.

A global change would be something that affects more than just a few words or a couple sentences. An example might be adjusting your understanding of a conclusion from a simple repetition of the thesis statement to an expression of a new idea that the reader would only be prepared to accept after having read the whole essay.

(If you have any questions about the difference between local and global changes, please feel free to ask me.)