You might find inspiration in these words from Terry Southern, the screenwriter for and . (Don\’t recognize these movies? Check them out on the web. Terry Southern was one creative writer!)He said, \”The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock – shock is a worn-out word – but astonish.\”This assignment requires you to write an essay that follows the surprising reversal pattern. Keep in mind that, although your purpose is to change the reader’s view, you are not writing a persuasive argument.
Research may or may not be required for this assignment. The pattern requires you to present the expected or common view of a topic or situation, or the expected or common answer to a question, and then \’reverse\’ that view or answer by supplying information that provides a different context, refutes the view, or in some other way forces the […]
