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On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing: Karen Keaton Jackson

On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing: Karen Keaton Jackson


On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing

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On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing: Checking Your Understanding

On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing: Checking Your Understanding


On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing



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Checking Your Understanding

After watching On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

2.1

Question

Who did Karen Keaton Jackson’s students pretend to share their college experience with?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

2.2

Question

What did Jackson’s students change depending on the audience?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

2.3

Question

With whom does Jackson use this exercise?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

2.4

Question

Which of the following was not among the items her students would discuss with their best friends?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

2.5

Question

Which of the following was not among the items her students would discuss with her?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing: Making Connections

On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing: Making Connections


On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing



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Making Connections

After watching On the Role of Purpose and Audience in Writing, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

2.6

Question

Karen Keaton Jackson offers advice for considering purpose and audience when you’re writing. To understand your rhetorical context, you will also want to consider the author (in this case, Jackson’s students) and topic. How do these two factors contribute to what students might tell their professor? How do they contribute to what students might tell their best friends?

2.7

Question

On the surface, the example in the video asks students to consider two completely different audiences. How might the audience also change the purpose of the information shared? (For example, you might want to share information to impress your friend but conceal something from an instructor.)

2.8

Question

What is another situation where you may present the same information very differently depending on your purpose or your audience?

On Genres: Moriah McCracken

On Genres: Moriah McCracken


On Genres

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On Genres: Checking Your Understanding

On Genres: Checking Your Understanding


On Genres



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Checking Your Understanding

After watching On Genres, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

2.9

Question

Which of the following is not among the common writing genres that Moriah McCracken composes as a Writing Studies instructor?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

2.10

Question

According to McCracken, what can affect the nature of the handout genre?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

2.11

Question

How does McCracken write differently when the parents of her students are her audience?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

2.12

Question

Many of McCracken’s writing genres also include an aspect of

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

2.13

Question

Which writing genre does Moriah McCracken use for the faculty at her school?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

On Genres: Making Connections

On Genres: Making Connections


On Genres



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Making Connections

After watching On Genres, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

2.14

Question

Choose one of the genres that Moriah McCracken mentions in the video. What are some of the conventions of this genre?

2.15

Question

If McCracken taught history instead of writing, which of her genres might change? Which would likely stay the same? What if she taught criminal justice?

2.16

Question

What are some of the writing genres that you employ? These can be academic, personal, or professional.

On the Writing Process: Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan Morris

On the Writing Process: Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan Morris


On the Writing Process

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On the Writing Process: Checking Your Understanding

On the Writing Process: Checking Your Understanding


On the Writing Process



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Checking Your Understanding

After watching On the Writing Process, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

2.17

Question

How do Jody Baumgartner and Jonathan Morris suggest breaking down a large paper?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

2.18

Question

Besides just writing the paper, what two activities does Morris include in his writing process?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

2.19

Question

How long has Baumgartner been collecting data for the paper he’s working on?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

2.20

Question

According to Morris, which of the following is not necessary to complete each day for your writing project?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

2.21

Question

What discipline do Baumgartner and Morris teach?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

On the Writing Process: Making Connections

On the Writing Process: Making Connections


On the Writing Process



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Making Connections

After watching On the Writing Process, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

2.22

Question

Consider your own habits and the elements of the writing process described in Chapter 2. Which tasks do you usually complete at the beginning of a project? Which do you save for the end? Are there any tasks that you work on throughout the entire writing process?

2.23

Question

Consider one element of the writing process, such as drafting. How might you break this element down into smaller tasks?

2.24

Question

How might the tasks, and the writing process, change depending on the discipline you are writing in?

On Genres: Patrick Bahls

On Genres: Patrick Bahls


On Genres

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On Genres: Checking Your Understanding

On Genres: Checking Your Understanding


On Genres



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Checking Your Understanding

After watching On Genres, consider the questions below. Then submit your response.

2.25

Question

Which of the following is not one of the formally recognized genres that Patrick Bahls mentions in the video?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is D.

2.26

Question

According to Bahls, which of the following genres is much richer than formally recognized writing?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

2.27

Question

How many “pages of just scribbles” does Bahls end up with for every five or six pages of polished writing?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is A.

2.28

Question

What does Bahls suggest for finding solutions?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is C.

2.29

Question

In what discipline does Bahls teach and work?

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B.
C.
D.

Correct.
Incorrect. The answer is B.

On Genres: Making Connections

On Genres: Making Connections


On Genres



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Making Connections

After watching On Genres, consider the questions below. Then “submit” your response.

2.30

Question

Consider the discipline you intend to pursue in college. What are some of the formally recognized genres of writing within that discipline?

2.31

Question

In the video, Patrick Bahls mentions that he often scribbles notes on napkins or in very informal settings, but every writer has a different process. Consider where and when you make your own pages of “scribbles.” When is writing easiest for you? How do you record your thoughts and keep them organized?

2.32

Question

Bahls mentions several writing genres that he participates in as a mathematician, including research articles and expository articles. Why might writing be an important component in presenting information about mathematics?