A discussion text is a text that presents both sides of an issue or argument. The title of the text often outlines the issue to be discussed in the form of a question. For example: Should cars be banned from town centres? Discussion texts often contain the following features: 1) The first sentence or paragraph describes the issue to be To push students into exercising higher-level thinking, write discussion questions that pull from the top of the pyramid: Analyze: Ask students to examine, classify, or question course materials to draw their own conclusions. Evaluate: Ask students to form an opinion and defend it; critique or appraise course materials. Novel Essay: Kafka’s Metamorphosis. This paper concerns Franz Kafka's novella 'The Metamorphosis' and a specific reading of it given by the feminist critic Nina Straus. The paper will begin by summarising Staus's reading of the text and will then go on to give a critique of it. By doing this paper will show that, Requiring evidence early in the discussion sets an expectation. Reinforcing that expectation turns using textual evidence into a habit. 4. Invite multiple perspectives. Students may think that finding evidence is proof that there’s one right answer. But in discussion, says Riley, evidence will actually open up a text to different interpretations. .

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