QUESTION DESCRIPTION

PART 1

Clarifying question:

▪ What in the readings could someone in class find confusing? Was the author unclear about something, use an unfamiliar term, or use a familiar term differently.

EXAMPLE:

• What does ______ mean in context?

PART 2

THE ANSWER SHOULD BE FROM THE READING I WILL PROVIDE AND THE ANSWER SHOULD IN EITHER WAY FROM THE FORMS BELOW

• ▪ Open-ended (not yes/no); Usually 3-4 sentences: set up, your point, question
• ▪ A) Can cite particular passages and ask people to look at them closely and drawconnections between these passages and the rest of the work
• ▪ B) Can make and challenge connections between the text at issue and other works, andthe themes and issues of the course
• ▪ C) Can be a controversial questioning of the author, intent, audience, idea, or topic
• ▪ D) Offer some judgement or critique of the work on concepts discussed therei

THE QUESTION SHOULD BE FROM EITHER ONE FROM THESE READING

Gianfranco Pasquino (2016) Renzi: the government, the party, the future of Italian politics, Journal of Modern Italian Studies, 21:3, 389-398

Fabio Bordignon (2014) Matteo Renzi: A ‘Leftist Berlusconi’ for the Italian Democratic Party?,South European Society and Politics, 19:1, 1-23