History 2133
Informal Writing #3
In chapter 3 of A Short Guide to Writing
about History, Richard Marius and Melvin E. Page introduce the notion
that historians use different approaches to writing: description, narrative,
exposition, and argument. Pick one of the chapters from Curtin assigned
for 9-6 or 9-8 (i.e. one of the chapters on pp. 73-110) and write a one-page
commentary in which you specify which modes of writing Curtin uses to write
the different passages of the chosen chapter. Ground your explanation
with analysis of key passages from Curtin and be sure to document your use
of Curtin properly (with regard to documentation I want a good effort but
I am not expecting perfection).