answered: 1st paragraph: What was your reaction to the article? In the

  

1st paragraph: What was your reaction to the article? In the first paragraph, you will respond to the content of the reading. Seek to make your response substantive. Instead of writing, “I liked the reading,” or, “I didn’t like the reading,” try starting with prompts such as “One thing I found most interesting,” or, “I was confused by…,” or, “The author really persuaded me/did not persuade me that….”
2nd paragraph: Identify a potential connection between the topic of the reading and a person, group, or movement of your choice.
Be sure to cite your work properly, including quotation marks and page numbers when adopting even short passages from the original text.
• In the second paragraph, you will identify a potential connection between the topic of the reading and a person, group, or movement beyond the context of the text. What does the topic of the reading remind you of? Can you think of any external issue or example that shares qualities in common with the case study of the reading? You could, for instance, begin this paragraph with a thought such as, “I could really identify with some parts of this reading,” or, “This article brought to mind something I studied in another class….” You can also discuss connections between the article and another musical tradition, another culture, something you have read about or a film you saw…any connection to the main theme or subject that you can write about. Feel free to be creative—there is no need to reach any grand conclusion.