Instructions
Complete the NROC Unit 2: Introduction, Pre-Reading, Active Reading, and Post-Reading activities before participating in this discussion. You may use your answers to the journal questions in NROC to help you in this discussion.
In Rice for Thanksgiving, Jocelyn Fong tells her personal experience of uniting the different aspects of her cultural heritage. Who do you think the author was trying to reach (the intended audience) with this reading? List two clues from the text that support your idea for the intended audience.
What do you think the authors purpose was for writing Rice for Thanksgiving? List two details that support your position.
Next, share any vivid details, interesting words/phrases, or other specific aspects of the reading that you find worth discussing. How do these details connect to the authors purpose and audience?
Post one original post, and reply to at least two of your classmates on at least two separate days. Your initial post should be at least 10 sentences. Your replies to peers should be 4-5 sentences. In your replies to peers, discuss whether you agree or disagree with your peers interpretations of the rhetorical situation, and why.
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