Talk:Rhetoric and Composition/Reviewing

H.G.Wells should be H.G. Wells

The "Establishing Critera" hypothetical is great ... really made me laugh. In fact, I love the blend of humor and seriousness on this page. Students are more likely to listen, and learn, if you can infuse writing instruction with humor.

--Matt.helm (discuss • contribs) 02:59, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I agree with Matt. An online text has the opportunity to infuse more humor and relate to students.

Again, the quotes are entertaining, but could they be more consistent throughout the book? --Emily.isackson (discuss • contribs) 20:58, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

I think using quotes consistently would spice up each page, and also make the book a bit less formal overall. --Matt.helm (discuss • contribs) 21:05, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

Karl's Thoughts
It really is amazing what a difference tone can make. Compared to this piece, some previous entries were really a chore to read, let alone remember paragraph by paragraph.

I just noticed the lack of gender-neutrality in this article; i.e., "You should realize that reviewing your work, like planning, drafting, or revising, is a recursive process. It is not something a writer does just at the end of his work."

Might this perpetuate the stereotype that the cyber landscape is by and for white men? (That sentence sounds incredibly pretentious, and because of that, I will leave it untouched.)

P.S., I didn't mean to post this in the same box as Karl's thoughts ... I just couldn't figure out how to add a new and unrelated post since no Edit hyperlink showed up next to the other comments.

--Matt.helm (discuss • contribs) 21:39, 3 February 2011 (UTC)

Hyperlink to run-on sentence section
I would like to hyperlink the words "run-on sentences" in the "If your roommate says that you are continually writing run-on sentences" sentence with this hyperlink:

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Rhetoric_and_Composition/Run-on_sentence

How do I do this? I'll see if I can figure it out, and if not, I'll bring this up in class.

Edit: I figured it out, and it's easy: simply click the Link icon (which is two to the right of the Underline icon) and then put in the hyperlink and text you'd like to be hyperlinked.

Other than that, I think this one is mostly good. Maybe it could use some more hyperlinks to link the reader to different sections of the book. Thoughts?

--Matt.helm (discuss • contribs) 22:06, 3 February 2011 (UTC)