For our discussion of Things Fall Apart, respond to one of the two following prompts. Make sure one of your response posts addresses the prompt you didn’t write about in your initial post. Option 1: Explain the importance of the town crier, Ogene, music, and drums in?Things Fall Apart. How do Unoka’s amazing skills as […]
Date: October 24th, 2022
Your Assignment is in two parts: 1. Analysis. In an analysis, you explain how the parts signify the whole, that is, how the specific phrases in the poem convey the themes. In your Introduction, identify the primary text and author, and provide a brief description of the Ramsey case using the “wh” questions as your […]
Date: October 22nd, 2022
AFTER submitting your Persuasive Writing Presentation, take a moment to reflect on your work by writing a short self evaluation of your work. In particular answer the following: 1. How satisfied are you with your work overall? 2. Did you achieve your major objectives and successfully answer the prompt? 3. What techniques did you try? […]
Date: October 22nd, 2022
Prompt: This week, we have continued our readings in regionalism (and realism, by suit), and have taken on intersectional oppressions as well as the racial issues that we saw brought forth in Twain’s writing last week. Intersectionality is, essentially, the interchange between different markers of oppression (for example, a woman of color in the US […]
Date: October 20th, 2022
Write a 2-3 page comparative analysis of any TWO of the following characters listed with ONE of the accompanying quotes: “It is a wise father that knows his own child” – Merchant of Venice, William Shakespeare: Victor Frankenstein, Willy Loman, Frank Strang “Every father should remember one day his son will follow his example, not […]
Date: October 19th, 2022
Your Task is to write a thesis-based paper that focuses on one text we’ve read from the course. The purpose of a literary analysis essay is to carefully examine and sometimes evaluate a work of literature or an aspect of a work of literature. As with any analysis, this requires you to break the subject […]
Date: October 19th, 2022
Your paper is an explication and analysis of the story, not a simple summary of the events in the text. First, develop a thesis that clearly states your interpretation of the story you have chosen. Then provide a thorough explication that illuminates how the evidence in the text supports that thesis. As part of your […]
Date: October 18th, 2022
Using Gilman’s “The Yellow Wallpaper,” discuss why John should or should not be considered abusive to his wife. xamine the narrator’s situation and the social norms of the era. Use evidence from the story to prove your claim. Only use evidence and quotes from the story “The Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Choose if […]
Date: October 18th, 2022
use ONLY Sources in files paragraph 1 — In the first paragraph of Joseph Boskin’s “Outsiders/Insiders,” he uses Daniel Royot’s observation that “‘When no other strategy is to be found to avoid the pitfalls of life . . . humor is the ultimate substitute for faith.’” Boskin then responds to Royot and says, “Yet it […]
Date: October 18th, 2022
Your paper is an explication and analysis of the story, not a simple summary of the events in the text. First, develop a thesis that clearly states your interpretation of the story you have chosen. Then provide a thorough explication that illuminates how the evidence in the text supports that thesis. As part of your […]
Date: October 17th, 2022
