[LIT] writing in History and English

[Bill IVEY]

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<lit at literacyworkshop.org> on Wednesday, October 11, 2006 at 9:19 AM -0500
wrote:
>An English paper
>often analyzes a piece of literature.  The evidence is based on perhaps
>set literary conventions/terms.  A history paper, however, does
>something different.  A history paper might take documents that need to
>be synthesized to prove a thesis.  This may or may not involve
>analysis.

Hi!

That's fascinating. So I wonder if part of the pre-writing process
could/should include an examination (perhaps using Bloom's Taxonomy) of
what kind of thought processes are being used to answer a question?

Another distinction that our English Department Chair thought of was that
most English papers deal with art, whereas most History papers deal with
fact - fortunately, we didn't get sidetracked by the whole "does art
imitate life?" question.

Take care,
Bill Ivey
Stoneleigh-Burnham School