Readings from Sessions 1-12 Flashcards

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God’s Piecemeal Plan By Beth Ashburn

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Just as the essay demonstrates that God often works in our lives one piece at a time and expects us to wait for full meaning to come when all the pieces are together (perhaps even into eternity), we are also studying the pieces (or stages) of communication in order to compile a complete approach.

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Upon Wedlock and the Death of Children By Edward Taylor

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The flowers in the poem represent children. He mentions “piecemeale” in that poem. He compares his family to a garden made by God. He is looking at the situation as God would, seeing all the pieces in light of eternity.

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The Secret of the Juniper Tree By Beth Ashburn

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This is an example of the heuristic of READING and also of ORGANIC ORGANIZATION. She was reading and just had the idea, and she didn’t do an outline for it and then put the pieces together, it just grew.

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Adam’s Curse By William Butler Yeats

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Writing is hard, even for those who are considered the best. And it’s only done well if you make it look like it was easy. Stitching and Unstitching (moving stitches, but needs to look like that’s the first place it was) Labor to be Beautiful Marriage looks easy for the ones who work the hardest at it

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Letter to my Mom By Beth Ashburn

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When you’re going to be teaching something or writing about something it’s best to follow the principle of the “really deep well” and research way more than you will be able to include in your teaching or your paper.

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Scorn Not the Sonnet By William Wordsworth

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“His point is that sometimes … structure serves as a springboard to greatness. The constraint of academic research can have the same effect if you let it.”

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Repining Restlessness By Beth Ashburn

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• Illustrates a researched essay with several sources • Uses MLA to see differences between styles.

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The Pulley By George Herbert

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The subject of an essay by Dr. Ashburn As Dr. Ashburn writes, “creatures who do not fellowship with their creator will be “rich and weary.” They will have no rest.” Repining restlessness.

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Dr. Ashburn’s outline of “The Trouble with Complaining”

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• Illustrates the memory prompt embedded in a parallel outline • Controls the argument by selecting a theme, and • Represents an argument from example. The children of Israel are the example of what happens when human beings complain.

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Excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare

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Included because it says that writers can take an airy nothing (thoughts and ideas) and give it a name and address. When we present ideas, we need to embed directions for following our thoughts, like the voice on a GPS.

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The Author’s Apology for his Book By John Bunyan

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An example of a piece of writing that makes an argument. Session 6 is “argumentation.”

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Just as the essay demonstrates that God often works in our lives one piece at a time and expects us to wait for full meaning to come when all the pieces are together (perhaps even into eternity), we are also studying the pieces (or stages) of communication in order to compile a complete approach.

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God’s Piecemeal Plan By Beth Ashburn

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The flowers in the poem represent children. He mentions “piecemeale” in that poem. He compares his family to a garden made by God. He is looking at the situation as God would, seeing all the pieces in light of eternity.

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Upon Wedlock and the Death of Children By Edward Taylor

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This is an example of the heuristic of READING and also of ORGANIC ORGANIZATION. She was reading and just had the idea, and she didn’t do an outline for it and then put the pieces together, it just grew.

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The Secret of the Juniper Tree By Beth Ashburn

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Writing is hard, even for those who are considered the best. And it’s only done well if you make it look like it was easy. Stitching and Unstitching (moving stitches, but needs to look like that’s the first place it was) Labor to be Beautiful Marriage looks easy for the ones who work the hardest at it

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Adam’s Curse By William Butler Yeats

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When you’re going to be teaching something or writing about something it’s best to follow the principle of the “really deep well” and research way more than you will be able to include in your teaching or your paper.

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Letter to my Mom By Beth Ashburn

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“His point is that sometimes … structure serves as a springboard to greatness. The constraint of academic research can have the same effect if you let it.”

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Scorn Not the Sonnet By William Wordsworth

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• Illustrates a researched essay with several sources • Uses MLA to see differences between styles.

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Repining Restlessness By Beth Ashburn

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[[Reversed Card]]

The subject of an essay by Dr. Ashburn As Dr. Ashburn writes, “creatures who do not fellowship with their creator will be “rich and weary.” They will have no rest.” Repining restlessness.

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The Pulley By George Herbert

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• Illustrates the memory prompt embedded in a parallel outline • Controls the argument by selecting a theme, and • Represents an argument from example. The children of Israel are the example of what happens when human beings complain.

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Dr. Ashburn’s outline of “The Trouble with Complaining”

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[[Reversed Card]]

Included because it says that writers can take an airy nothing (thoughts and ideas) and give it a name and address. When we present ideas, we need to embed directions for following our thoughts, like the voice on a GPS.

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Excerpt from A Midsummer Night’s Dream By William Shakespeare

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[[Reversed Card]]

An example of a piece of writing that makes an argument. Session 6 is “argumentation.”

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The Author’s Apology for his Book By John Bunyan

23
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Our Thanksgiving Hymn by Beth Ashburn (written after reading Psalm 147)

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Intended to demonstrate that style is truly a matter of choice and than some styles are appropriate for one thing and other styles for other applications.

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Essay on Criticism by Alexander Pope

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Alexander Pope gives us several metaphors that really help us understand key aspects of style, and he makes the connection with writing explicit.

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Letter to My Students, by Beth Ashburn

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This writing sample has 2 purposes. It is my letter to you, a chance to encourage you as we approach the 3/4 mark in this class. However, it is also designed to serve as correctness practice.

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More Ways to Revise, by Peter Elbow

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Included for “Tips for Revising”

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The Author to Her Book, by Ann Bradstreet

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Ann Bradstreet shares her private fears about delivering her ideas to the world.

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Sonnet 18, by William Shakespeare

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William Shakespeare’s love poem in which he immortalizing his love in a poem so she will never fade. The poem will continue to give her live.