Writing Homework Help

Make an observation about the text and then explore that observation (e.g. notice and write about the language, structure, or an important concept of the essay).

• Write in-depth about a word, line, or passage in the essay that stands out to you.

Write about something in the essay that you don’t understand or that unsettles you

• . • Write a question about the text of the essay and then attempt to answer your own question. Note that interpretive or evaluative questions [such as, “Why does she use the tiger as a metaphor here? What is that meant to convey?] are best.

• Write about a choice the writer made, or didn’t make, in the essay, and consider how that choice shaped the essay or how a different choice would affect your reading of it.

• Focus on your reading process and see what insights that helps you develop (both about the essay you’re reading and your thinking/reading process).

Make a connection to a previous reading or essay and write about that connection.

• Make a connection to your own experience or to knowledge from other classes and use that connection to explore some aspect or idea of the essay
• Make a connection to a historical, social, or cultural event or concept and write about that connection.