Kantz Questions

Madeline Gilbert

English 151

Kantz p. 67-85 QD: 1&2, AE: 2, MM

QD:

1.     Kantz discusses that facts are just like claims. The claims are what people argue about. Kantz says that factual texts are not always true, but represent a consensus of an opinion. This is a change of how most people are thought in early stages of school.

2.     Students don’t know that not all texts are stories. They also expect factual texts to tell them “the truth” (p. 73). The students also expect textbooks to be good sources and to tell them the truth (p.74). The concept of caps is another discussion. On page 79, Kantz discusses how plagiarism is a major problem, and that students don’t have knowledge of how to avoid plagiarizing. Rhetoric insights is also a struggle for many students, there are not clear on how to use them. I do agree with Kantz, based on my previous experiences. I understand a lot of what she discusses a lot more based on what I did before.

AE:

1.     I have not been in college for that long, considering I’m only a freshman, and this is my first college English class, but thus far, I sometimes do seem a bit confused on what I am supposed to be writing about. I feel now, compared to high school writing assignments I have more freedom to how and what I am writing about. Where as in high school I was given an outline and specific directions every time I was given a writing assignment. Although, having freedom to what you are writing about is nice. So far, my assignments are good assignments when given complete directs and told exactly what to write about, it makes it easier for me rather than coming up with it myself.

MM:

      The points that Kantz is trying to make are that students don’t know everything when writing. They make many mistakes. She talks about how to fix those mistakes. She also gives examples of what to do, along with what not to do. It’ll be useful when writing because you should have a better understand on what to do, and doublethink what you are reading. You can apply what she talked about into you’re writing.