Before you write this post, you’ll have to delve into your textbook, Who Says? The Writer’s Research. Please begin by reading…

-the Preface (Why read this? It will help you understand this textbook and why I chose it.)-Chapter 1, “What is Information” (Why read this? It will introduce you to the concept of Information Literacy and help you make connections to Blog Post #1 and to the Exploratory Essay assignment).-Chapter 2, “Says Who? The Writer’s Authority, The Writer’s Voice” (Why Read this? It will introduce you to the way we will approach writing in this course: rhetorically. You don’t have to do the “Ideas into Practice” exercise on pgs. 15-16.).

For your post, RESPOND to this reading assignment. Aim for 300-500 words. You may choose to address one or all of the following questions to help you respond. Also, quote from the textbook at least twice in your post to show us what passages stood out to you and to help us understand how you’re interpreting the text.

Possible Questions:

What do you think Holdstein and Aquiline mean when they say that they want to “foster students’ synthesis of ideas” as opposed to offering the kind of “cut and paste” strategy that other research/writing textbooks offer? (pg x)

After reading the Preface, how do you imagine yourself using this book? You wrote your “Literacy Territories” in your first blog post. How do those territories

relate to “information literacy”? How do Post #1 and Post #2 relate to each other? (pgs 2-3).

In the directions for Post #1, I noted that “All literacies are situated—that is, they are constructed by the specific situation you are in as a reader or a composer.” Do you feel “information literate” in some situations but not others? Explain. (pg. 3)

Why, do you think, is it important to begin this course by considering what literacy is and the ways in which we are each literate?

On pg. 4, Holdstein and Aquiline say that in your writing class, you will “examine what interests you.” During the drafting of your Exploratory Essay, have you touched on some of your interests? Have you written about anything that might evolve into an interesting research question? (More on this in Post #3...and if you want to work ahead, go ahead and read Chapter 4.)

Take some time to practice thinking rhetorically by looking at your Exploratory Essay. “In Addition to Fulfilling the Assignment,” what was the purpose of YOUR exploratory essay? (pg. 7)

Still looking at your Exploratory Essay: which main forms of rhetoric did you use most? Pathos? Logos? Ethos? Explain.

How were you information literate while you drafted your Exploratory Essay? How would you define your writerly voice? How do you convey it, generally? How did

you convey it in your Exploratory Essay? And why do you think voice is important, even in academic writing? (pg. 12)

What questions are you left with after doing this reading?

What are your biggest “take aways” from this reading?