LING 12 1
LING 12 1
Analysis Response Letter to Stephan Aarstol
Writing Project 1
Genre: In this writing project, you will demonstrate that you can analyze and respond to a text via a formal business letter to Stephan Aarstol the author of The Five Hour Workday. You will summarize, quote, paraphrase, and analyze material from multiple sources in support of YOUR original argument.
*Remember, not all writing you do in college and the workplace is the same. Knowing the genre of writing you are conducting and how to differentiate between writing styles and language choices for different audiences will allow you to communicate your ideas to your readers effectively.
Project Overview: We have discussed Aarstol’s introduction to his text where he explicitly identifies audiences relevant to his recommendations about a healthy work-life balance. We have also discussed other articles related to happiness and productivity. You will use those sources to help you develop a response to Aarstol’s first chapters that we have read.
This is a lens project! You will step into the world of rhetorician to analyze
Aarstol’s introduction and present your argument to him. Everyone is a rhetorician and you can become more effective at writing, speech, and language by studying and writing about writing.
Your Goal: Imagine that you are having a conversation with Steven Aarsol about his book. You are jumping into a conversation with him about happiness and productivity, but you also want to expand the discussion towards an audience of college students or other audiences. Your goal is to first summarize and show Aarstol that you understand who he has intended his book for
along with his goal of the book. Once you have shown him that you are knowledgeable about his text, you can put forth your response to his intended audiences and your own ideas about who else could benefit from his book. This will require you to present to him your understanding of his intended audiences as well as your argument for how his book can be useful for other audiences with your own examples and original thought.
Thesis Statement: You will form your own thesis statement and thus your own topoi (topic/focus) of your letter to Aarstol. Here are some questions to help guide you about issues you might cover in your writing:
How can you expand Aarstol’s text for the audience of college students or other audiences?
How are Aarstol’s points relevant to other audiences that he did not mention?
Are there any of Aarstol’s points that you think need to be adapted or changed for your suggested audiences? Why so?
How can you inform Aarstol about other audiences who are discussing happiness and productivity in their lives to contribute and expand his discussion towards other people?
Who else is discussing issues that Aarstol writes about and why should he care about them?
Organization: There are many options for organization. You might first summarize and then respond, or you might integrate summary and response within each paragraph that your write. That choice is yours to make depending on what you decide to write about in your paper.
• We will also analyze other students writing for each writing option to understand strong patterns of organization.
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