Purpose:
Asking good questions is one of the best ways to give you direction in the early stages of doing research, choosing sources, and taking notes for the CP paper in 39C. You can use this worksheet as a 30-minute exercise that helps you formulate analytical arguments about the sources you’re choosing as you begin your research. This worksheet will also help you get started assembling materials for the Reflective Introduction and your final ePortfolio that will be due at the end of the quarter. Background:
As you work on the wide variety of assignments for 39C, it is a good idea to reflect periodically on your awareness and motivations regarding the function of your research methods, source selection, and note-taking in the context of the rhetorical triangle: rhetor/writer/speaker/sender/maker
text/medium/genre/artifact/object
audience/reader/listener/receiver