{"id":969,"date":"2019-01-21T14:30:36","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/?page_id=969"},"modified":"2019-01-21T14:30:39","modified_gmt":"2019-01-21T19:30:39","slug":"marginalia","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/marginalia\/","title":{"rendered":"Marginalia: A Meta-Reading Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Adapted from Professor Mary Goldschmidt &#8216;s <a href=\"http:\/\/writing.tcnj.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/175\/2012\/05\/WritingProgramBulletin11.5.docx\">handout<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Examine\neach of your marginal notes and identify what function it is performing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does\nit identify:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the main\nargument\/thesis<\/li><li>a new point<\/li><li>an example<\/li><li>evidence being\nused to support a point or sub-point<\/li><li>why the passage is\nimportant<\/li><li>a contradiction<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does\nit comment on (praise\/criticize\/question, agree\/disagree with, or otherwise\nevaluate):<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>the author\u2019s\nidea(s)<\/li><li>the author\u2019s\nlogic, examples, evidence<\/li><li>the author\u2019s\nanalysis<\/li><li>the author\u2019s\nassumptions <\/li><li>the author\u2019s methodology<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does\nit:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>offer an\nalternative explanation<\/li><li>offer additional\nor contradictory evidence<\/li><li>pose new questions<\/li><li>react emotionally\nto the author\u2019s style, tone, or substance?<\/li><li>make a connection\nwith your extra-textual knowledge (or experience)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Does\nit in some way comment on or address:<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>how the author\nattends to, or fails to attend to, readers\u2019 needs (for data, for acknowledgement\nof differing perspectives, etc.)<\/li><li>the effectiveness\nof how the author responds to other scholars in the field<\/li><li>the scope of the\nauthor\u2019s knowledge of the debate that he\/she has entered<\/li><li>the author\u2019s\nmastery of relevant scholarship<\/li><li>how the author\nestablishes or undermines his\/her own credibility<\/li><li>the author\u2019s\nimplied political stance and\/or ideological grounding<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adapted from Professor Mary Goldschmidt &#8216;s handout Examine each of your marginal notes and identify what function it is performing. Does it identify: the main argument\/thesis a new point an example evidence being used to support a point or sub-point why the passage is important a contradiction Does it comment on (praise\/criticize\/question, agree\/disagree with, or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/marginalia\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Marginalia: A Meta-Reading Checklist&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-969","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Pb0PgZ-fD","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":970,"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/969\/revisions\/970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.courses.jasonluther.net\/cornell\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}