My assignment is to read this:

http://www.parlorpress.com/pdf/savini--looking-for-trouble.pdf

And answer the questions:

1. What is your process for developing an argument or a thesis? How do you approach a writing assignment that does not provide you with a specific problem or question?

2. Examine the writing assignments you've received in your classes.Have your instructors provided you with problems and / or questions? How do the types of problems and questions provided differ form course to course? What types of problems and questions are characteristic of writing in your major?

3. Look at papers you've written over the course of your academic career. Do you tend to present problems, pose questions, and identify what is at stake? How do your introductions unfold?

4. What did you find most interesting about the reading?