Amy Crowell

English 307
Professor Bruce
February 27th, 2022 Scholars Notebook #1

January 26th, 2022: Definition Prompt Rhetorical Situation:

Genre: Our definition could fit into website (because we are emulating Wikipedia). It could also
fit into the article because its goal is to spread knowledge.
Audience: We will be targeting the average reader of Wikipedia pages.
Purpose: Our purpose is to inform.
Stance: The stance should be formal and educational utilizing a neutral tone.
Context: The context is that this will be a literary term so that even if our word has a double
meaning, we will be focused on its literary meaning.
Medium: Our medium is digital.
Design: This will be designed in a similar fashion to Wikipedia.

February 1st and 3rd 2022: Irony Cluster for Group Project
February 7th and 9th 2022:

Evaluating Your Sources

I've given example adjectives below. Please use these or
others in your evaluations below. For instance, don't just
write "essential" in the first row. Write, "This source is
essential to explaining why our subject did X."

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