Writing On and Offline

These writing prompts are followed by text boxes for your input. If you are working online and your instructor has given you the go-ahead, you can e-mail your work to him or her by clicking the "E-mail Your Answers" button. You can also e-mail a copy to yourself as a record of your work. If you are working offline, you will have to copy your answers (CTRL-C on most systems) and paste them (CTRL-V) into a text document to retain a record of your work.


1			Directions: Pick an article from one of the following websites: The New York Times Magazine The Atlantic Monthly Salon Magazine New Scientist The Smithsonian After you've chosen your article, don't read it! Instead, prepare to read it by employing the prereading techniques discussed in this chapter. Then read your article. Did prereading help your reading experience? Did it make the article easier to understand? Did some prewriting techniques help more than others?




2			Directions: Find an article on the internet that is of interest to you. It might be an article about sports, about fashion, or about movies. Just pick something you would enjoy reading. Here are some sites at which you might begin your search: ESPN.com Cosmopolitan Magazine Internet Movie Database After you've read your article, write a summary of it. Then write a paraphrase.

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