Comments on "Purpose"

1. The chapter "Purpose" perfectly illustrates the importance of establishing a clear and concise topic.

2. When writing a narration, vantage point and person/audience are extremely important to the integrity of the story.

3. The heart of an authors style comes behind authorial voice and presence.

4. This was a very interesting and helpful chapter, which helped demonstrate the importance of establishing a purpose for my writing. This chapter was appropriately named and basically, in one word, explains the entire chapter.

Writing about Poetry: Notes

- Know about your readers backgrounds
- Unless otherwise instructed, assume your audience is the other members of your class; choose this because the members of your class have certain backgrounds and interests that match up with yours.
- Four kinds of papers you may write:
1. Papers that focus on a single poem
2. Papers of comparison and contrast
3. Papers on a number of poems by a single author
4. Papers on a number of poems having some feature other than authorship in common
- Be sure to follow and pay attention to your instructors guidelines on the paper; length, deadlines, fonts and size, general topic vs. broad topic, preparation of manuscripts, etc.