This is the last in the series of assignments based on text analysis. In this assignment, we will practice once again the analytical skills we have been honing up to this point. This time, however, we are narrowing our focus to the contexts in which texts are produced and received. The goals of this paper include the following:
Purpose of the paper: To explore how differences in context (purpose/audience) affect a writer's presentation of a subject
Audience: Instructor and classmates as an academic audience. You can assume we have read the texts but will expect specific examples from them to support your assertions. You will also be demonstrating your knowledge, understanding and analysis of the texts to your instructor.
Strategies:
on the following texts, all written by E.D. Hirsch: chapter
1 of Cultural Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know, "Literacy
and Cultural Literacy," introduction to "What Your Sixth Grader Needs to
Know," and "Cultural Literacy." Make a statement about how the different
contexts in which Hirsch was writing affected his choice of language, tone,
organization, evidence, etc. Rather than list his various choices, emphasize
the most notable similarities and differences across the texts and how concern
for purpose/audience resulted in them. Choose 1-3 areas upon which to focus.
Requirements: