Step 3: Reread the Selection
I understand why this is necessary but I rarely reread passages unless I wasn't paying attention the first time around. I have however read scripts multiple times and done research on the language used in them. I think it's very important as a performer to really understand what you are sharing with an audience. If it doesn't make sense to you it almost surely will not make sense to them!!
What do you know about the writer’s background and reputation?
We talked about this a lot in my American Lit. class last semester. It's really interesting how writers incorporate real life situations and ideals into their fiction writing whether on purpose or accidentally. You can tell a lot about a writer through their work when you know about their background. For example, Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain was very critical of religion and romanticism. He went on to include a lot of irony regarding those things in his work!
Not many of us, however, have been trained to read ac-tively, to engage a writer and his or her writing, to ask why we like one piece of writing and not another.
We're covering something like this in my mass media class. It's important to analyze how a piece of literature makes you feel. Sometimes they way a reader interprets a piece is not exactly what the author intended which is really interesting. You should really be thinking about what the author is saying and why.
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This is good to know! I check Canvas very frequently to make sure I'm caught up on my work because it's so easy to use. I also have an extension that gives me a weekly rundown of my class work which is nice.
This is meant to ease the worry over grading for you! As long as you sincerely a[empt the assignment you will get at least a B and may likely get an A depending on your work.
I really appreciate this because I am always very hard on myself about my writing. I try my best but it doesn't always turn out the way I want it to. I'm slowly learning that most people don't see as many flaws in it as I do.
Short Story 1
I'm NERVOUS about these short stories because I have never written anything that long before. But, I'm excited to break out of my shell a bit and hopefully I will be feeling creative when I need it.
Computer typed and submitted on Canvas as a Google Docs linkoThe assignment must be entirely created in Google Docs, not started somewhere else.
As a Google Docs user I feel seen because all my classes first semester were very adamant that I use Microsoft Word for some reason. Also, I appreciate having a tutorial on how to edit permissions because sometimes tech is confusing!!