April 13: Draft Workshop #2

1. For each of the draft’s body paragraphs, write a brief note explaining what this paragraph is trying to accomplish. What is its purpose in the world? What does it give the reader that s/he didn’t have before?

2. Look back at your answers to question 1. Are any of the paragraphs redundant? Do all of them relate clearly and directly back to the thesis statement? Re-read the Feeder 3.1 assignment. Taken together, do these paragraphs fulfill the demands of the prompt?

3. Imagine that this paper were read out loud at a conference or another venue in which a question-and-answer session would follow. Write down at least two questions that you could imagine readers might ask after they read this draft. Try not to think of these as critical or combative questions, but the kinds of questions one might ask if s/he were intrigued by the topic and wanted to know more.