Micheal Jackson

    Micheal Jackson   Find an artical that interests you in a print or online newspaper or magazine. Read it carefully, highlighting it as you read. When finished, annotate the article. Then answer the following questions: 1. What is the writers general subject? 2. What are the writers main points? 3. What examples and details does the writer use to support main points? 4. What questions do you have about the writers idea? Exercise 2.2 Write a critical response to the article you highlighted and annotated in exercise 2.1 1. Does the text provide any information about the writers background? If so how does this information effect your reading of the text? 2. What is the writers purpose? How can you tell? 3. What audience does the text end at? How can you tell? 4. What is the text most important idea? What support does the writer provide for that idea? Then as you look more closely at the text think about these questions 1. What information can you learn from the text introduction and conclusion? 2. What information can you learn from the thesis statement and topic sentences? 3. Does the writer make any statements that suggests a particular bais? 4. How would you characterize the writers tone? 5. Are there parallels between the writers experiences and your own? 6. Where do you agree with the writer? Where do you disagree?