To get some practice with quotations and to increase your knowledge of the dating scene, you'll read one chapter from They Say, I Say and an article from the excellent magazine The Atlantic.
From They Say, read "Chapter Three: As He Himself Puts It: The Art of Quoting" (42-50). You'll be using two templates from this chapter, the one for introducing a quotation (46) and the one for explaining a quotation (47). Also, pay particular attention to the section on how not to quote.
With Dan Slater's article "A Million First Dates," find a quotation that stands out to you as, well, quotable. Remember, you want a quote to be interesting and to provoke thought/argument. You want it to be a sentence or two that captures a point so well that is worth repeating word-for-word.
After you introduce and explain the quotation, write a few sentences in which you say whether or not Slater does a good job supporting his claim. How (Ethos, Logos, Pathos) does he try to convince you the reader? Are you convinced? Why or why not?
I look forward to reading your responses and to our class discussion Thursday. As always, let me know if you have any questions
