{"id":372,"date":"2018-02-26T18:32:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T18:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.ryerson.ca\/writehere\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=372"},"modified":"2018-07-18T17:23:10","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T17:23:10","slug":"your-task","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.library.torontomu.ca\/writehere\/chapter\/your-task\/","title":{"raw":"Your Turn! (Part 2)","rendered":"Your Turn! (Part 2)"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\r\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Activity<\/h3>\r\n1. Reread the essay and list the words and phrases you\u2019ve highlighted\u2014remember that at this stage, it is better to accumulate more information than you will need for your final essay.\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>interesting words<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>definitions of new words<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>lists of synonyms and related terms<\/strong><\/li>\r\n \t<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>contrasts and comparisons<\/strong><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n2.\u00a0Review your lists and select the two most revealing and important pieces of information upon which to build your unique interpretation of the text. Draft an observational paragraph that uses this piece of information as the textual evidence for your interpretation.\r\n\r\n3.\u00a0Draft an essay blueprint using all the evidence that supports your interpretation.\r\n\r\n4.\u00a0Using the work completed in step 1, 2, and 3, write a two-storey opening that moves from \u00a0your textual evidence to a controversial claim about the author\u2019s purpose.\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\nHow did you do? Did you gather enough information and evidence from the text to come up with your own interpretive focus and claim? Your blueprint should clearly delineate how you move from the claim made in your opening, through your more obvious evidence, and into the less obvious evidence. That \u201cless obvious\u201d evidence appears more viable in the face of your mounting evidence.","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox exercises\">\n<h3 itemprop=\"educationalUse\">Activity<\/h3>\n<p>1. Reread the essay and list the words and phrases you\u2019ve highlighted\u2014remember that at this stage, it is better to accumulate more information than you will need for your final essay.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>interesting words<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>definitions of new words<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>lists of synonyms and related terms<\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\">7\u201310 <strong>contrasts and comparisons<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2.\u00a0Review your lists and select the two most revealing and important pieces of information upon which to build your unique interpretation of the text. Draft an observational paragraph that uses this piece of information as the textual evidence for your interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0Draft an essay blueprint using all the evidence that supports your interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0Using the work completed in step 1, 2, and 3, write a two-storey opening that moves from \u00a0your textual evidence to a controversial claim about the author\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>How did you do? Did you gather enough information and evidence from the text to come up with your own interpretive focus and claim? Your blueprint should clearly delineate how you move from the claim made in your opening, through your more obvious evidence, and into the less obvious evidence. 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