Reading Response Qs “Footstools”

Please read Hjortshoj’s “Footstools and Furniture.”

Then, type your answers to the following questions, and print and bring your work to class.

Please write your answers in complete sentences. Remember to use accurate grammar in your response. If you use the same phrases or sentences from a video, be sure to use quotation marks.

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1. Which of the two ideas about “good” writing that Hjortshoj explains on p. 33 did/do you most agree with? Are these ideas actually “conflicting,” according to Hjortshoj?
2. Hjortshoj provides the more extended analogy that learning to write well in college is like learning to create a footstool. Explain this metaphor.
3. In Hjortshoj’s (and most college professors’) view, what are some limitations of the five-paragraph essay?
4. What does Hjortshoj identify as features of good or effective writing?
5. Why is the second student sample better than the first one?