Journal

Instructions

The prompts of the week are at the bottom of this page.

1. Submit either a pdf or a text entry; either is fine, but if a pdf, submit only one document, including responses to all prompts of the week in that one document.
2. At the top of your entry, always list your complete name and no other class information.
3. Make your work easy to decipher by separating responses and using headers to label each response and question clearly. These headers and sub-headers can be simplified versions of the prompts or questions. This information will provide context for your responses.
4. Answer all prompts for full credit.

Quotation and Citation Requirements

Whenever you write about this story in discussions, journals, or essays, you, you are expected to, and must, quote directly from it, integrating material using appropriate attributions, quotation marks, and citations based on the paragraph numbers of the version below. You will notice throughout the Canvas copy of the story that I have marked every tenth paragraph in order to ease the cognitive burden of number counting. Simply extend my count marks forward or backward to find the right paragraph number for your citation. If you read either the PDF or Word copy I have provided above, you can simply use page numbers.

Your citation should look like the following, which clarifies who is being quoted, and also lists the author’s last name and the appropriate location. Also note that the period comes at the end of the parenthetical:

Sample In-Text Citation for Paragraph Citation Style

The narrator’s lack of sensitivity is clarified when he suggests regarding their blind guest, “Maybe I could take him bowling” (Carver, par. 7). This insensitivity only upsets his wife further, as she seems well aware of his attitudes. [Note the comma after Carver as well as the lower case “p” and the period for the “par.” abbreviation]

Sample In-Text Citation for Page Citation Style

The narrator’s lack of sensitivity is clarified when he suggests regarding their blind guest, “Maybe I could take him bowling” (Carver 2). This insensitivity only upsets his wife further, as she seems well aware of his attitudes. [Note the simple style when marking page numbers, with no comma or abbreviation.]

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Typically within three days of submission.

Academic Integrity

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Prompts of the Week

Part A: Theory & Exploration

1. Rhetorical Definitions: Issues, claims, evidence, and reasoningwhat are they, and why are they all essential to a persuasive argument? (You MUST refer specifically to this class’ lesson here. If this sounds like a pat AI-generated answer and never mentions the lesson, it will receive an AI zero.)
2. The Appeals: What are logos, pathos, and ethos, and how can you be sure to develop all three in your writing? (Again, refer specifically to this class’ lesson. Generalities with no mention of the lesson get zeros.)
3. The Story: Answer one of the Choose a question that allows you to interpret the story rather than just state facts. (Be sure to quote and specifically cite the paragraph numbers of this class’ version of the story. No quotes and citations leads to a zero.)

Part B: The Project Lab (Step 1: The Human Spark)

• The Task: Perform the Initial Impression Freewrite. Set a timer for 10 minutes and write continuously about an anomaly in “Cathedral”something that feels “off,” a repeated symbol, or a confusing character choice.
• The Goal: This ensures you have a unique, human “hunch” about the story before you start looking at what the database experts have to say.