Week 1 — Welcome · The Rhetorical Situation
Week of Mon, Aug 17 · week closes Sun, Aug 23
This module's items
- Syllabus review (Tue)read
- Reading College Assignments Rhetorically · The Rhetorical Situation · Organize · Critical Reading (Thu)read
- In-class process workprocess
Exact due times are in Canvas. Late work is not accepted.
Know these cold
- Rhetorical situation: writer, purpose, audience, context, message.
- Read college assignments rhetorically — what is the professor actually asking for?
- Critical reading: annotate, question, summarize each paragraph in one line.
Meerk's quiz — open the gate for Week 1
10 questions, no time limit. 85% on your first attempt in a 24-hour window opens the gate. Retakes inside the window are practice — they help you learn, they don't count. Work alone; the point is to know it, not to have seen it.
