Introduction Active reading and good writing go hand in hand. When you engage in active reading, you are reading to understand, retain, and experience what the
Introduction
Active reading and good writing go hand in hand. When you engage in active reading, you are reading to understand, retain, and experience what the author has written, and it often leads to critically thinking about what you read. When you write well using FAST, it is easier for the reader to identify exactly what you are communicating, and why. As a writer, your goal is to write in a way that enables the reader to engage in active reading.
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Instructions
Now, let's see how well written communication and active reading correspond. First, read the following New York Times article:
2020 Olympics Logo Is Discarded After Plagiarism Accusations [PDF].
Then, download the Active Reading and Written Communication Template [DOCX] for this activity, answer the questions, and upload your completed activity in Week 3.
Write your answers in well-developed sentences or short paragraphs. Focus on offering your opinions, rather than providing right or wrong answers.
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Active Reading and Written Communication Template
Answer the following questions. Write your answers in well-developed sentences or short paragraphs. Focus on offering your opinions and supporting them with evidence from the article. Be sure to cite any sources used. For help with citations, check out the Strayer Library.
What format was the article written in? ________________________
Examples: email, blog, medical/scientific journal, newspaper article, short story, essay,
book/textbook, graphic novel, song, poem, magazine, e-book, social media post
Given the topic, would another format have been more appropriate? Why or why not?
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Who was the audience the author was trying to reach? ________________________
Consider: demographic information, level of education/interest in subject, readers of this type of work
How can the audience use the content of this article to help them understand more about plagiarism?
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What was the author’s purpose for writing? ________________________
Examples: inform, persuade, entertain, describe
How did the author’s purpose influence the choice of audience, style of writing, and format?
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What was the author’s tone in writing? ______________________________
Examples: Biased/unbiased, formal/informal, confrontational/gentle, aggressive/passive,
humorous/serious, bitter/content, apathetic/empathetic, questioning/informative,
outraged/enthusiastic, light-hearted/melancholy, encouraging/hypercritical
If the author’s tone had been angry and patronizing, how would that have affected the way the audience received the information?
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Which part of the article resonated (meaning personally connected) with you the most? ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Did you learn something you were not aware of previously?
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In your opinion, what was the most important part?
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3/10/2021 2020 Olympics Logo Is Discarded After Plagiarism Accusations – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/world/asia/2020-olympics-logo-is-discarded-after-plagiarism-accusations.html 1/2
By Hisako Ueno and Makiko Inoue
Sept. 1, 2015
TOKYO — Organizers of the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo said on Tuesday that they were abandoning a logo recently chosen for the Games, bowing to a public outcry following accusations that it had been plagiarized.
Toshiro Muto, director general of the Tokyo Organizing Committee, did not say that the logo’s creator, Kenjiro Sano, had stolen the design, which Mr. Sano has denied. But he acknowledged what he called the “concerns” of the public.
“We, the organizing committee members, are not experts and are not in the position to judge a logo design,” Mr. Muto said at a news conference on Tuesday. “But the concerns among ordinary people are shared by us. We would like to select emblems that symbolize the Tokyo Games, loved and supported by many people.”
He said that Mr. Sano had agreed to withdraw his design, and that a competition would be held to choose a new logo. In a statement issued late Tuesday, Mr. Sano again denied that he had copied or plagiarized the work of others to make the design.
The logo, which has been used in commercials and other promotional materials, was introduced on July 24. Last month, a Belgian graphic designer, Olivier Debie, sued the International Olympic Committee to prevent the logo’s use, saying that it closely resembled one he had created for a theater in Liège, Belgium, in 2011.
The organizers of the Tokyo Games defended Mr. Sano. But further accusations emerged. An earlier version of Mr. Sano’s logo was said to have resembled a poster from a 2013 exhibition in Tokyo; Mr. Sano acknowledged attending that event, but he said he did not remember the poster, according to Mr. Muto.
This week, Mr. Sano was accused of taking images from the Internet without permission to create backgrounds for the logo in some presentations. At the news conference, Mr. Muto said Mr. Sano had admitted doing that, but said he had meant for those images to be seen only by the selection committee. In his statement on Tuesday, Mr. Sano apologized to the other artists involved.
Mr. Muto and other high-ranking Olympic officials met on Tuesday afternoon to discuss the matter. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the committee had made an “appropriate decision.”
Mr. Muto quoted Mr. Sano as saying that he and his family had become “targets of abuse, day and night.”
2020 Olympics Logo Is Discarded After Plagiarism Accusations
Olivier Debie, the Belgian designer who sued the International Olympic Committee, in front of a computer screen that shows the Tokyo Olympic logo, which has been dropped, alongside a logo that Mr. Debie created for a theater. Sophie Kip/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
3/10/2021 2020 Olympics Logo Is Discarded After Plagiarism Accusations – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/02/world/asia/2020-olympics-logo-is-discarded-after-plagiarism-accusations.html 2/2
It was the second high-profile embarrassment in recent months for the 2020 Summer Games. In July, the Japanese government scuttled plans for the Games’ centerpiece venue, a vast stadium designed by the architect Zaha Hadid, amid anger over cost estimates that had spiraled beyond $2 billion.
A version of this article appears in print on , Section A, Page 11 of the New York edition with the headline: World Briefing | Asia; Japan: Logo for Summer Olympics Is Scrapped Over Plagiarism Allegations
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