ENG 1100C Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Guard Dog
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6/17/17 9:04 pm: to learn or to gain information, to understand a topic, credibility i. e. for research, fact checking , for guidance, like spirituality guidance [reading the bible, faith based; to understand other faiths. The details, visuals, how are the characters interacting: make connections. Finding the purpose for the details: make inferences. Deduce what is going on; guessing what is going to happen in the end: draw conclusions. Draw the conclusion about the entire story based on inferences: evaluation of fiction, 2 things we evaluate, assess story for literary quality. Was it written effectively: take into account the values espouses or refutes. Do we agree or disagree based on our own morals, our own values, our own judgments, our point of view. Parables: is a short story that teaches a lesson; that is implied, often a story that is religious in nature, usually serious in nature with a serious tone.
