Analysis of rewriting chapter 2 the answers to the questions. Just hearing this phrase doesnt give an individual much information as to what harris means. His books from utah state university press are teaching with student texts, a teaching subject, rewriting, and the work of teaching writing. Rewriting chapter 2 summary fighting the freshman fifteen. He focuses in particular on the moves that writers make. Rewriting isbn 9780874215397 pdf epub joseph harris. How to do things with texts, i felt that overall the chapter contained a plethora of useful information on writing. Sep 30, 20 the introduction to rewriting by joseph harris prepares readers to actively engage with what they are reading in order to improve their writing. Harris wants college writers to think of intellectual writing as an adaptive and social activity, and he offers them a clear set. He describes academic writing as a conversation by taking the ideas of others and adding to them and taking from what was said to make your own points. How to do things with texts, by joseph harris, advises students, teachers, and writing professionals about the incorporation of outside sources, or voices, into academic student writing.
By playing off of what others have said in other works and using those ideas in your own work, you strengthen your point and perspective. This metaphor is important because harris explains that rather than having an argumentative attitude towards the work of other writers. In rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, joseph harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure. In order to develop a new line of thinking in response to the limits of other texts you need to first come to terms with the authors project and offer a sense of its aims and strengths. He coins insightful terms such as coming to terms and forwarding to describe the moves such writing makes. University press of colorado rewriting, second edition. Harris wants college writers to think of intellectual writing as an adaptive and social activity, and he offers them a clear. How to do things with texts, chapter 3, countering. So one may ask what does he mean and how do i apply it. In chapter one of joseph harriss book rewriting he introduces the phrase, coming to terms, to the reader. In rewriting, joseph harris draws the college writing student away from. Harris helps any writerfirstyear college student, graduate student, teacher, essayist, journalistsee how intellectual writing involves doing things with texts. At the beginning of the chapter, harris describes academic writing as a conversation. Forwarding and countering response to rewriting chapters 2.
He simply means that you need to fully understand a text and its meaningpurpose. Harris references a conversation he once had with a professor who inquired why harris would interact with pieces by authors who were blatantly not bright in his eye. How does writing as an intellectual change the way we work from sources. According to harris, the focus of his book is not just an act of writing a paper again. I think the most successful part of the chapter was on page 39 where joseph harris lists and explains at least four ways using other works for examples and confirmation of what one is trying to argue. The argument joseph harris has in chapter 2 of rewriting is that students are instructed to write to a third reader. Harris provides an original and helpful way of thinking about the process of revision. It briefly explains very important part to writing a paper without making it confusing to the reader. Jul 15, 2006 in rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, joseph harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding. Harris defines forwarding as taking the words or ideas of the author and giving them new meaning or purpose. In rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, joseph harris attracts the school writing scholar away from static concepts of thesis, help, and construction, and towards a extra mature and dynamic understanding. What he is basically saying is coming to a full understanding of what the authors text is. Oct 08, 2012 the argument joseph harris has in chapter 2 of rewriting is that students are instructed to write to a third reader. Harris needs school writers to think about mental writing as an adaptive and social exercise, and he gives them a.
How to do things with texts by joseph harris, 2006. Oct 08, 2012 in chapter 2 of rewriting, harris begins to talk about the idea of forwarding in writing. But unlike many other writers, what intellectuals have to say is bound up with the books. In this chapter harris encourages writers to take an idea, and when there is a disagreement, to counter it not to tear it down, but to add your own thoughts to it. Harris in his introduction to rewriting favors understanding writing, and particularly the intellectual inquiry at the heart of academic writing, as a practice. Previously, he directed the firstyear writing programs at the university of pittsburgh and duke university. His last chapter was forwarding which is more or less agreeing with an idea, so this chapter is how to approach a subject with which you want to disagree. Harris mean when he talks about coming to terms, one might ask. Revisin rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, joseph harris attracts the school writing scholar away from static concepts of thesis, help, and. Forwarding and countering response to rewriting chapters. In rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, joseph harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding.
Response to harriss rewriting intro, 1 cardinal catcher. Instead of having your full project be to prove someonesomething wrong harris wants your project to, for example, show that the claim made by the author could be taken a different. Rewriting joseph harris published by utah state university press harris, j. He describes academic writing as a conversation by taking the ideas. The introduction to rewriting by joseph harris prepares readers to actively engage with what they are reading in order to improve their writing. In chapter 5 of rewriting, by joseph harris, he is basically summing up the entire book. Rewriting isbn 9780874216424 pdf epub joseph harris. He views all writing as rewriting, either rewriting what others have written or rewriting what we ourselves have written. Analysis of rewriting chapter 2 the answers to the.
Forwarding takes the notion of writing being a conversation and expands it to mean a public conversation rather than a private one. The first thing that jumped out at me in this chapter was harriss use of the metaphor of the barber shop and quickly grabbed a hold of my attention something that would be very useful in my papers. Sep 29, 20 joseph harris book rewriting his first chapter is about coming to terms. Tone always keep in mind to use a generous tone, but also to include skepticism. The first thing that jumped out at me in this chapter was harriss use of the metaphor of the barber shop and quickly grabbed a hold of my attention something that. Download pdf rewriting how to do things with texts free. In rewriting, a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, joseph harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a. If you are going to identify what a text fails to do, you need to be. I liked this chapter because it clears up any confusion that i had with coming to terms, forwarding, taking an approach and countering. Harris wants college writers to think of intellectual writing as an adaptive and social activity, and he offers them a clear set of strategiesa set of movesfor. Throughout the article, it tells us a particular writing move, which is coming to terms, forwarding, countering, taking an approach, and revising. Joseph harris is professor of english at the university of delaware, where he teaches composition, creative nonfiction, and digital writing.
How to do things with texts, by joseph harris, advises students, teachers, and writing professionals about the incorporation of outside sources. Rewriting introduction and chapter 1 response sema graham. Joseph harris what are the moves that an academic writer makes. Joseph harriss book is all about using other texts as aids to better your own writing. Like all writers, intellectuals need to say something new and say it well. Rewriting isbn 9780874215397 pdf epub joseph harris ebook. Rewriting chapter 2 summary published october 8, 2012 by fightingthefreshman15. In the second and third chapters of rewriting, harris presents two writing tools. Countering chapter three of rewriting by joseph harris discusses countering in arguments. Feb 07, 2011 response to harriss rewriting intro, 1 posted on february 7, 2011 by gardner42 in chapter one of joseph harriss book rewriting he introduces the phrase, coming to terms, to the reader.
Apr 30, 2014 after reading chapter 2 of joseph harriss rewriting. Joseph harris book rewriting his first chapter is about coming to terms. It briefly explains very important part to writing a paper. Chapter two of joseph harris rewriting is titled forwarding and according to harris, there are four types of forwarding. In rewriting, joseph harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding. Oct 28, 20 joseph harriss book is all about using other texts as aids to better your own writing. Rewriting isbn 9780874216424 pdf epub joseph harris ebook.
Oct 25, 2010 joseph harris introduction october 25, 2010 at 12. Chapter 3 james harris writes his third chapter on countering. In rewriting,a a textbook for the undergraduate classroom, joseph harris draws the college writing student away from static ideas of thesis, support, and structure, and toward a more mature and dynamic understanding. In chapter 2 of rewriting, harris begins to talk about the idea of forwarding in writing. Joseph harris talks about the idea of forwarding ideas.
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