How might additional context impact your perception of your reading

Part I: Textual Analysis

Analyze significant quotes from your reading ( The Dog Ate My Tablet, and Other Tales of Woe)- By Carolyn Foster Segal
Discuss main ideas/arguments within the text

Now ask yourself:

How might additional context impact your perception of your reading?

What insight would you hope to gain from this new background information?

Part II: Research Analysis

Present your contextual research findings
How does the context you have gathered enhance the meaning of your text?
How does the context you have gathered complicate the meaning of your text?

Part III: New Ideas/Free Associaton

Now ask yourself:

How could my analysis of this reading serve as a jumping-off point for new thoughts/ideas?

Segal, Carolyn Foster, “The Dog Ate My Tablet, and Other Tales of Woe.” Patterns for College Writing, Edited by Laurie Kirszner and Stephen R. Mandell, Bedford St. Martins, 209 pp.452-455

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