Readings about FYW
7 So You’ve Got a Writing Assignment. Now What?
Corrine E. Hinton
Corrine E. Hinton’s essay comes from the collection Writing Spaces. Hinton offers explicit discussion of how to approach a writing assignment. The abstract for the piece describes the purpose as the following: “Interpreting writing assignments can be a challenge for anyone. […] This chapter gives students practical strategies for interpreting writing assignments, including how to identify important rhetorical elements, how to calculate and respond to common expectations, and how to recognize and discuss specific points of confusion.”
Read Corrine E. Hinton’s “So You’ve Got a Writing Assignment. Now What?”
Keywords from this chapter in Writing Spaces
argument, audience, purpose, guidelines, emotion, questioning, assignment, sample, apprehension, interpretation, panic, procrastination, directive verb, evidence, stylistic, format, resources
Author Bio
Corrine E. Hinton is a tenured associate professor of English at Texas A&M University-Texarkana, where she “teaches courses in first-year composition, advanced writing, technical writing, grant writing, the teaching and peer tutoring of writing, composition studies, and research methods. [She] received [her] doctorate in English from Saint Louis University in 2012 and has been teaching writing at the college level since 2005” (https://corrineehinton.wixsite.com/mysite/about-me).
the thoughtful development of logically sound, carefully constructed assertions that are formed after the diligent consideration of numerous positions
a component of the rhetorical situation; any person or group who is the intended recipient of a message conveyed through text, speech, audio; the person/people the author is trying to influence
the author’s motivations for creating the text
an indication or outline of policy or conduct
is a verb that indicates an official or authoritative instruction
data, or what writers use to support or defend their argument, the validity of which depends on the academic discipline or academic audience
the shape, size, and general makeup (as of something printed); general plan of organization, arrangement, or choice of material (as for a composition)
