Throughout Rewriting by Joseph Harris, Harris used four terms that really stood out to me. Those four terms are his structure and foundation for the rest of his book, laying out the aims of his book. The four terms were: intertextuality, reinterpret, understanding, and recirculation. One of the major aims of this book is to get people to reinterpret others’ writings or works by understanding them further. Because if you understand the text more you are better able to use it in a way that benefits, enhances, and enriches your writing; a major aim of this book. By reinterpreting the text you are understanding the text through a different viewpoint, perhaps critiquing on it or drawing upon it in your own papers to get your point across or support
