William FitzGerald                                                                            Fall 2006
English 220 - Introduction to Literary Study

Homework for Wednesday, October 11:


To read:

In Norton Anthology, read "Filling Station," Bishop, p. 962; you do not need to read "Diving into the Wreck," Rich.


Response:

In Monday's class you read and discussed several first draft efforts in close reading. For today's class, you are to provide a written response to that draft, a response that addresses both form and content and offers the writer some guidance about to proceed in a revision of that draft. You are to provide me with a copy of that response, as an email or a typed hardcopy.

Your response should address in substantive detail these four questions:

a. Identify at least three things that this paper does well.

b. Identify at least three things that this paper might do better.

c. Pose at least three questions that you believe will help the writer compose a stronger explication.

d. Summarize your experience of reading the paper and emphasize one particular thing you take away from your reading in terms of a better understanding of the poem.

Of course, you should feel free to comment on a range of issues, from argument to structure to diction to grammar to mechanics, but do prioritize your observations.

Check for:

A more detailed review sheet to measure your paper against will be available after 5 pm, 10/09, so feel free to start the revision process.