DIS 104 Power of Description a Multidisciplinary Exploration Questions – Description
Guidelines
Read the article below I upload.
Post your reflections
Respond to at least two classmates’ posts
If you include a direct quote of the reading, please remember to include the page number/citation, to help you and others to locate the quote. Here are some optional questions to jumpstart your reflection on the reading:
1. What is the central question or problem that this text is seeking to answer? Word-for-word quotations are fine. Remember to include the page number/citation for direct quotes.
2. What is the central argument, or thesis statement, of this text? Word-for-word quotations are fine, even encouraged. Remember to include the page number/citation for direct quotes.
Where in the text does the central argument or thesis statement appear in relation to the whole piece–near the beginning, in the middle, or near the end?
3. What is the name of the journal, periodical, or magazine in which this article appears?
What kinds of articles does the journal, periodical, or magazine publish?
Who is the intended audience? How do you know?
4. What is one word or phrase that you are unfamiliar with, that you think is key to understanding the central question and argument?
Try to figure out what the unfamiliar word or phrase means. What did you come up with?
What resources did you find that helped you understand this word and phrase in the context of this text’s central question and argument?
5. What questions do you have about the text that might generate an interesting discussion among your peers?
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