List 4 things you learned from reading Chapter 2.
1. Writers should use academic disciplines to pose questions about their topic.
2. To determine a thesis, a writer must often “wallow in complexity.” Meaning that the writer should dive deeper and use more creative and critical thinking to expand ideas and concepts.
3. Playing a heuristic game can help a writer appreciate and understand alternative arguments and views on a topic.
4. A strong thesis should pull readers away from familiar ideas toward new, familiar ones.
Thoroughly discuss the differences between David Rockwood's "A Letter to the Editor" and Kris Saknussemm's "Listen to the Lizards." Use the questions on page 38 as a guide.
In David Rockwood’s “A Letter To The Editor,”
1. Writers should use academic disciplines to pose questions about their topic.
2. To determine a thesis, a writer must often “wallow in complexity.” Meaning that the writer should dive deeper and use more creative and critical thinking to expand ideas and concepts.
3. Playing a heuristic game can help a writer appreciate and understand alternative arguments and views on a topic.
4. A strong thesis should pull readers away from familiar ideas toward new, familiar ones.
Thoroughly discuss the differences between David Rockwood's "A Letter to the Editor" and Kris Saknussemm's "Listen to the Lizards." Use the questions on page 38 as a guide.
In David Rockwood’s “A Letter To The Editor,”