Introduction to Difficulty

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

How do BP&W suggest a reader should work through a reading?

Write

Ask questions

Assume

On the other hand, how do S&D want a reader to work their way through a reading?

Assume

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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