Here’s the handout for incorporating quotes!  

Read and annotate the following two sample student essays: Eloquent Silences: Inaction as Invitation in Eula Biss’s “No-Man’s-Land” and https://refractmag.com/2016/04/04/the-objectification-of-women/ (this is a different one than what I mentioned in class, but I feel it is a better model) It’s … Continue reading →

Hi all, As promised, below are some of the syllabus questions and answers that seem relevant to the entire class. In addition, I wanted to remind you all of two things: As per the syllabus, 2 latenesses count as 1 … Continue reading →

In “Coming to Terms,” Joseph Harris writes: “In coming to terms with a text by another writer, then, it seems to me that you need to make three moves: ·      Define the project of the writer in your own terms. … Continue reading →

Filip alerted me that there was an error on the syllabus that I gave you all today—the grade breakdown didn’t add up to 100%. I have uploaded a corrected version of the syllabus here on the blog. Here is the correct … Continue reading →

Due Thursday, 2/1, by the start of class. Compare and contrast the lecture version of “Speaking in Tongues,” which Smith delivered in front of an audience at the main branch of the New York Public Library, and the written version, … Continue reading →

Hello and welcome to Writing II! On this course blog, you will find our syllabus, course calendar, links to readings, and descriptions of assignments. This is where you will also complete homework exercises, by completing reading responses and responding to … Continue reading →