Introduction to Difficulty
Embrace the Challenge: Understanding Difficulty
This quiz delves into the importance of difficulty in the reading and writing process. Challenge yourself to explore how engaging with complex material can enhance your skills and foster growth as a writer.
- Test your knowledge about the value of difficulty.
- Learn strategies to work effectively with challenging texts.
- Discover insights from renowned thinkers in the field.
Why should difficulty be valued over ease?
Ease is gained from difficulty
Difficulty is gained from ease
Difficulty is how a reader grows as a writer
Nobody cares about ease
What are some ways to work with difficulty?
Engaging with the text rather than avoiding it
Complexity helps us to become better writers
Ask questions that challenge the text
All of the above
On the other hand, how do S&D want a reader to work their way through a reading?
Assume
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Write
Ask questions
What is scaffolding?
Parts of the text that are understood and used in order to understand the more difficult sections
A structure on the outside of a building
Parts of the text that are not understood as well and are used to hep guide through a reading
All of the above
None of the above
Who said "difficulty is the quality of being hard to understand”
BP&W
Anne Carson
S&D
Barack Obama
How does Anne Carson work with difficulty?
She makes her short talks so difficult that the reader cannot engage with it
She challenges the reader to understand her work in their own way
She urges the reader to quit
None of the above
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