Humanities Homework Help

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Take “active reading” notes. As you read, make notes of any…

automatic thoughts

key points

emotional responses-amusement, boredom, annoyance, agreement

predictions-what you think the writer will say

vocabulary-words you don’t know that you then, try to figure out based on context clues.

questions you have as you read

Also, answer the following…

1. How does the writer use specificity in his writing? Do you think that his specificity works, or not? Why? Why not? Do you think that his essay could use trimming? If so, why, and where could it be trimmed? Answer this in about seven to eight sentences.

Finally….

2. Write a four sentence summary of the piece.