From my understanding, this prewriting assignment is the foundation and brainstorming part of the essay which is a multiple layered process that will outline the finished work. This is to help students prepare and organize their thoughts for the first literary essay. By using the sources provided in the activities of Week 1, you will learn how to outline a literary essay, step by step, as well as how to add quotes from primary and secondary sources, how to use MLA style, etc. The purpose of understanding these can help you organize your thoughts for all upcoming essays. For this very essay, we are to use “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, the primary source, and “Overview of ‘The Most Handsome Drowned Man’” by Dean Rader which is the secondary source to come up with our very own thesis to write an essay about. Although there is no writing as of now, we are expected to follow the steps in Part 1 of writing Essay 1 for better understanding of the essay structure before we actually begin to write.
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Hello Koi, thanks for sharing! You are on the right track of what the prewriting assignment is and the purpose of creating one. Your explanation of the prewriting assignment is straight forward and proves easier clarification on how it needs to be done. I like how you mentioned utilizing primary and secondary sources to aid in completing the prewriting assignment. Primary sources should be used to provide evidence for your arguments and conclusions, while secondary sources should be used to provide context and background information.