Chapter 1: Writing Process (Pg.

5)
It is a guide, specifically a step by step manual, for a basic writing process to help with
the construction of one’s writing work.
I find this concept important for young writers as a basic guide. By giving a step by step
instructions, the writing upon implementation becomes more orderly and consistent. It
tells the writer to start by defining one’s topic and generate research. While it tells what
a writer should do it also goes into what to do after. To re-analyze one’s work and
improve by rewriting. Simple but important.

Chapter 1: Genres (Pg.3)

The passage talks about what genres are and how writers use it to evolve the medium.

Genres are not guides, but an idea. A tool to play around with and to adapt. The
passage goes into their importance and their usage. To write any story, there needs to
be genre. A guide to trail blaze or for the viewer to read with the desired lenses. Genres
particular tool that becomes becomes a specialized theme to the writer. It’s an essential
concept that is so ingrained in writing that it’s more attached to one’s idea than it is as a
tool.

Chapter 2: Thesis Statement (Pg.14)

Thesis Statement is the main point of a particular statement.

Try writing a compelling argument without a Thesis and you’ll sound confused. You’ll
find your work uncompelling while leaving your audience without much to go off. A
Thesis Statement is the reason for a compelling argument because it is what fuels the
entire work. It’s the message you’re trying to convey and idea you gather evidence and
argue for/against. It can be as simple as a declarative sentence. But without it you might
as well not write about anything.

Chapter 3: Profiling Readers (Pg.20)

It’s the recognition of one’s audience.

When a novelist writes, their readers are the audience. When a journalist writes, their
readers are the ones who take the time to read the article. They come with expectations
and are the people the writer has to keep in mind. If, for example, a horror writer
suddenly changes genres. Their regular audience might be pulled out and might stop
reading. When an article writes about a particular group of people, he/she needs to
know who it is they’re writing to and how they’ll react to your writing. A writer needs to
understand who it is they’re writing to and how they’ll react to your writing.

Chapter 3: Medium (Pg.24)

A Medium is the technology in which the reader interacts with one’s work.

Everyone who wants to convey a message or release a story has to do it via a form of
Medium. If one’s medium is a piece of paper, your audience will be limited to the people
who pick up that piece of paper. Which could range from a few people to nobody at all.
When one writes, they need to keep in mind that by choosing a medium you’re choosing
your audience. A website could be limited to those with a website subscription or to
those with the means to locate it. Mediums are part of what kind of audience will read
your writing to how many people will be able to read it.

Chapter 3: Social and Political Trends (Pg.25)

It’s the opinion of the public that is affected by a particular event or situation.

When writing, the time and place of publishing can affect the viewing of the writing.
Trends are the viewpoint of the audience. And when a powerful event occurs, in a way,
those affected are no longer the audience you once wrote for. They’re changed and will
read from a different angle. Popular criticisms can overnight become insults or
unpopular points of view. A writer must always look out their window and consider the
way their audience feels during that time.

Chapter 4: Look at the Text (Pg.31)

It’s an idea in which one reads and interprets what is read and why rather than what it
says specifically.

Reading is a form of receiving information. What is read is often part of an

interpretation and could cause both confusion or a change in information. By
understanding the author, it’s then easier the reason/motivation behind why the
information was being written and what is supposed to represent. It’s often the cause of
debate but a reader needs to understand why they are reading what is written. And
what it is that they should be getting from it. It can sometimes even change whether we
hate a piece of writing or if we love it.

Chapter 4: Strategies for reading critically (Pg.32-37)

It’s a tool for analyzing a written work.
 When reading one must understand the information given as well as the reason.
Sometimes it can be difficult to do and could ultimately change the reader’s experience.
By going through the 7 steps provided by the book, one could have a guide to point
them into a critical reader. It gives the audience clues to analyse when reading. It’s
essentially a tool to help build a bigger lenses in which to read. Following can help the
reader see the information critically for a more fulfilling experience.

Chapter 4: Proofs (Pg.35)

It’s a method in which a reader reads and a guide for a writer to write convincingly.

When arguing the debater needs a target. He/she needs to understand how they’re
structuring an argument so they can convince the audience. Logos is the position of
reasoning and argues using logic. Ethos is the heart strings we try to convince, grabbing
the audience’s emotions. Pathos is using authority to convince and grab the attention.
They’re important as well for listening. Only by considering what is being said and
what’s speaking to you can we listen while understanding.

Chapter 4: Reading (Pg.37)

It’s the way we receive information.

There are multiple ways to read. And there are many ways to write. No one can be a
good writer or a complete person without reading. You can’t write convincingly without
reading what others have said. You can’t listen if you don’t read the information
presented to you. By reading other people’s work rather than our own we can better
understand the world around us. We can gather inspiration that could benefit more than
just our writing but give us more to create with. The world can be opened up if we can
read anything and everything we can.