How To Read Like a Writer Discussion Questions:
1. Reading like a writer is different from how I typically read in that one is not reading in order to understand the content or the argument of the text. But rather, one is reading to see how the author organizes the content and develops their argument.
2. In writing you make many choices that your readers identify while reading your text. These choices include organization, word choice, and tone, among many others.
3. Mike Bunn does an excellent job of using metadiscourse in developing his essay. This is very effective in allowing his readers to clearly follow his ideas. I would like to use this method in my own writing.
4. In order to learn the context of a text before reading it, you can look up information regarding the author, the time period that the text was written, or even read the preface of the text.
Hi Jared. Full credit for your first post. For future posts, you'll want to include more specific details. For instance, how did Bunn's use of "metadiscourse" help you clearly follow his ideas? What is "metadiscourse"? How might such a concept be useful to you? Theoretically, any concept could be useful. What distinguishes metadiscourse with regard to your writing?
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