Tag: Language and Culture

Read at least three biographies on the same person. Be sure the biographies fall into the “children’s literature” category. (I recommend a nice mix of picturebooks, first readers and chapterbooks.) In essay or chart/diagram format, analyze the differences and similarities in the way in which each of the authors tell that person’s life story.

You might note that some authors primarily use pictures. Some authors focus on one or two major life events. Some use a narrative format; others use dates, dates and more dates. Discuss the significance of the methods. When is one way more effective or appropriate than another?

For examples and further discussion of this assignment, reread pp. 149-150 in your textbook.

If you choose to complete the assignment as an essay, please use MLA format.
Rubric

The Critical Response Paper should be based on a scholarly article you researched based on “The Call of Cthulhu”.
No Title
Paper should begin with the source, following proper MLA citation format guidelines.
Paper should include quotes from the article.
Tips for Success
Identify the author’s thesis statement. What is the thesis statement? How does it function in the context of the article? Why is the thesis statement this sentence? Etc.
Make sure your own paper has a thesis statement based on the author’s thesis, methodology, and/or central points.
Make sure to give examples, which elaborate the author’s thesis statement and central points.
As you read the article, take notes and highlight.
You should develop your own critical analysis of the article.
Focus on your paper’s organization to build to a meaningful conclusion.
The conclusion should identify the author’s purpose for the article.
Outside sources can be helpful, especially comparatively or contrastingly. However, do not get lost; this assignment is NOT a comparison/contrast essay. Do not let this be confused with using them in your paper.
Writing Tips
Do not begin quotes with an ellipsis (…).
The document should have a proper MLA format and use proper MLA in-text citations.
Remember at minimum this paper is two pages long; two pages mean to the end of the page.

we have read and studied poems in which the speakers invoke nature as a source of consolation for loss–either directly expressed in the text or left unspoken but implied.
Topic of this essay is written below:
Nature as Consolation for Loss
In a maximum of 500 words, please write a complete essay (thesis statement, body, conclusion) in which you discuss the identity of nature as represented by the “Indian ponies” in James Wright’s “A Blessing.” What do the ponies symbolize in the poem? What is so special about the world of nature that the speaker and their companion enter when they step over the barbed wire and enter the pasture where the ponies are grazing? Why do you think the speaker’s encounter with the ponies is so intensely meaningful to them? What might this encounter be compensating for? Speculate and use examples from the poem.

My essay is based off of the book “the road”, pages 138-152. It is an AP Lit high school essay response type, so it should have an intro with claim/warrant. My teacher wants us to use at least 2 literary devices/techniques as support ( 1 per paragraph). Each device should have one or two quotes from the corresponding part of the book along with commentary/explanation of it. My prompt wants me to talk about the relationship between the dad in son in this specific scene, and describe how their relationship changed. I am attaching the grading rubric for an A (5/6 points) and also a pdf with exemplary example essays; essays A and C are 6/6. The main source is the book

PROMPT: In the bunker scene from pages 138-152, the man and the boy enjoy the comfort of the bunker and its food and supplies; however, the man realizes they can’t stay there forever. In a well-composed essay, explore how McCarthy conveys the relationship between the man and the boy in this setting through such techniques as selection of detail, imagery, and dialogue.

5-7 page in length and due on May 4th by 11am in the morning. If it’s completed sooner that’s even better. This is a “final” paper. It is based on the 1958 film “A cat on a hot tin roof” with actress Elizabeth Taylor. You have to select something pertaining to the FILM… or something that happens in the film.. whether it’s writing about their marriage in the film, the alcohol the husband deals with in the film, or even about the sexuality in the film being that it is a 1958 film and times have changed.. This paper is for a literature final.. and has to be final worthy good!! It is only 5-7 pages in length. In order to complete this assignment you have to have some familiarity with the film “A Cat on A Hot Tin Roof

For this assignment you will use the research paper I provide, and write a poem trying to reach a different audience. The audience you will try to connect with in this poem is parents and children. The audience from the paper was academic. This poem should connect with parents and children about how online learning is just as good as face to face. I will upload the instructions and research paper to better assist you with this assignment. But I want to make it clear that the poem option has already been selected, and the audience has already been selected as parents and children. Once you write this poem, an analysis paragraph has to follow. Make sure the poem covers everything you need to get your point across, and make sure the analysis paragraph is atleast 1/2 a apage.

What factors account for the emergence of creativity in these written forms? Illustrate your discussion with 2-3 examples. 800-1400 words. Guidelines and 2 examples are attached. This assignment requires you to write an essay based on your understanding of different concepts introduced throughout the course, for instance: Carter’s clines of literariness and the three approaches, conceptual metaphors, connotations/denotations, intertextuality, multimodality, narrative theories (Propp’s archetypes and themes, or Labov’s narrative structure), performativity and identity, cultural embednessness and multilingualism, hybridisation, dialogicity and collaboration, narrative points of view, focalisaion and free indirect speech. You should demonstrate your sensitivity towards language features by observing closely the phonological and/or graphological, syntactical, lexical aspects of your chosen texts. In answering the question, you should 1) establish your definition of creativity in order to have a criterion against which to 2) evaluate creativity in different genres of writing. You may consider a range of writing/genres, such as short stories, drama, poetry, children’s literature, song lyrics, advertising language, letters, diaries, blog entries etc. Also, creativity in language may entail use of media other than the traditional ‘words on the page’ mode (such as traditional letters, books, and newspapers) – it would be worth thinking about the use of multimodality (graphological, phonological features) in the construction of posters, flyers, magazine covers, or in advertising language, computer mediated communication (simultaneous interaction in online mediums), graffiti, post-it notes etc., which are all just as relevant to the discussion. Focus on 2-3 examples of texts (no more than that!). You are expected to conduct close-reading and critically evaluate your selected texts. No need to rank and/or decide on which text is the most creative.

Essay topic: In Nineteen Eighty-Four, some dystopian themes were inspired by Orwell’s personal experience and political stance. Identify these themes and explain how they are informed by Orwell’s opinion. Each body paragraph has to start with a topic sentence, a quote from 1984 and Orwell’s personal experience. structure: introduction 3 arguments conclusion My essay plan was attached, take it as a reference. At least 4 academic sources in APA format. 1500-1800 words

This paper is a argumentative research paper on the play “Othello”
The topic is Othello as a minority in the play
In the drop box I uploaded my three sources I will be using in the paper and the play itself can be used too for quotes so four total sources
only 20% of the word count in the essay can be quotes
Make sure there is detailed literally analysis in the paper

Choose two characters from Much Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare and write an analysis, comparing and contrasting the two. Consider each character’s actions, motives, speech, and his/her effect on the action of the play. Be sure to include a thesis that describes the similarities or differences. MLA format