Assignment 1: Summary and Personal Response
Select one essay in The brief McGraw-Hill guide: Writing for college, writing for life: (2nd ed.) to summarize for this assignment. Choose from the following essays: "Se habla Espanol" by Barrientos; "Facing poverty with a rich girl's habits" by Kim; "On becoming a writer" by Baker; "Farm girl" by Hemauer
Write a one and one-half to two (1½ - 2) page summary paper in which you:
- Identify the source (writer and title of essay) and state his or her most important point in your own words.
- Summarize the other main points and their supporting details in separate paragraphs.
- Discuss the (1) writer's purpose, (2) genre, (3) audience, and (4) tone (attitude),
- Describe your emotional response to the essay.
- Use quotations, paraphrase, and summary correctly.