EW 16: (Insert your own clever title here).

This EW and the following one (EW 17) are designed to get you kick-started on your second major essay. These are two hefty exploratory writing assignments that will require more time than you may be used to.

Get started as soon as you can and certainly do not wait until the night it is due. Both EWs expect that you read and reread carefully and that you think, contemplate, and offer insightful ideas in response to open-ended questions.

Part 1 (Required):

Read: Ch. 11 “Speculating: On Argument as a Journey,” Habits, pp. 223-229.

Write: Spend 30-60 minutes getting a handle on this chapter through writing. What are the main points? What new ideas did you glean from this chapter?

*Take a break*

Part 2 (Optional):

Re-Read Francine Prose’s “Close Reading

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.” Then, reread your initial response to it (the one you wrote for EW 2).

Write: Spend 15-20 minutes writing about how your understanding of Prose’s work has changed as a result of what you have learned in the last two months.

*Take a well-deserved break*

Part 3 (Required):

Reread carefully Ch. 7 “Working Deliberately,” Habits, pp. 129-139.

Write: Practice some of Prose’s suggestions for close reading as you take another look at these essays from the textbook. Spend at least 30 minutes writing about how you can apply these ideas to your own writing. Think through this carefully. Think about your Be Interested! essay and the essay that you are currently writing. Offer specific ideas, and try to find ways to leverage these ideas in your own work.

Part 4 (Required):

Read over the description/instructions for Project Two: Be Interesting! Download Project Two: Be Interesting!Then, read over your the notes you have accumulated since you began the process for writing this essay.

Write: Compile those notes. Type them up and include them here.