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STEAMPUNK
19TH CENTURY EVENTS
TED CHIANG’S “SEVENTY-TWO LETTERS”
Grading will focus on the following:
READING RESPONSES
• Interpretation and Insight: Are you going
beyond like/dislike by making claims
• Meant as a way to generate ideas • Use of text: Are you pointing to specific
• Focus on analysis and interpretation: don’t passages and details to support your
just tell me, SHOW me claims?
• 600-800 words = 2-3 pages • Organization: Is your response organized
• Does not require an introduction and into paragraphs that focus on one specific
conclusion idea?
• Reminders:
• Monday is a university holiday, so no classes will be held.
• If you want to write a Reading Response to either of this week’s stories, you must submit
your response via the link on the course website by 11:59 p.m. tonight.