Category: Literature
Category: Literature
Discussion of support Plot constructs based on cause of effect (possibility, probability, necessity) lending themselves to a realistic situation.
Click on the link below and read the background on Ancient Greek Theatre, the Genres, Theories, Themes, Major Playwrights, Staging and Function. Be sure to click on the links within this article for further study and resources pertinent to your essay prompt. https://courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldhistory/chapter/classical-greek-theater/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGlQkaoIfBI Next, watch Oedipus Rex (video below)
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Discuss the expectations embedded in the code of the street and how this perpetuates the use of violence against women and girls. What are the different ways that African American girls in the book experienced this gendered violence and how they coped with it?
Assignment Question In Nikki Jones Book Between Good and Ghetto: African American Girls and Inner-City Violence, she argues that young African American women in the inner city must measure up to two competing sets of gender expectations. Define what these competing gender expectations are, how they are raced, classed, and
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Read two journal articles that discusses one of the primary texts assigned this year and write an essay explaining how it reorients you to the text.
Assignment Question For this assignment, read two journal articles that discusses one of the primary texts assigned this year and write an essay explaining how it reorients you to the text. The essay should discuss what you learned as you read the articles, how they broadened your understanding of the
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Use either “The Academy of American Poets” (Poets.org) or “The Poetry Foundation” to choose five individual poems to discuss and analyze using the materials outlined in the text in the Introductions to the chapters on poetry (chapters 11-19).
Assignment Question poetry paper Use either “The Academy of American Poets” (Poets.org) or “The Poetry Foundation” to choose five individual poems to discuss and analyze using the materials outlined in the text in the Introductions to the chapters on poetry (chapters 11-19). The paper should have a central idea, a
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According to rhetoric scholar Donald C. Bryant, persuasion “is the process of adjusting ideas to people and people to ideas.”
According to rhetoric scholar Donald C. Bryant, persuasion “is the process of adjusting ideas to people and people to ideas.” To be an audience-centered persuasive speaker is to use ethical and effective strategies to adjust your message so that listeners will thoughtfully respond to your presentation. Persuasive Speech Details –
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. • What is his purpose, audience, tone, and point of view? • What is his thesis? • What evidence does he use to support his thesis? • What type of literary criticism is he employing to explicate these stories?
**Times New Roman, 12 pt, double spaced. **Your primary sources for this essay will be “A Perfect Day for Bananafish” and “Teddy” by J.D. Salinger. Your secondary source is “Along this Road Goes No One: Salinger’s Teddy and the Failure of Love” by Anthony Kaufman. ** Quotes and paraphrases within
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Macbeth may be the protagonist of the play, but is he a hero? In a five paragraph essay, explain who you believe is the hero of the play. Make sure you include examples from the play.
Assignment Question Macbeth may be the protagonist of the play, but is he a hero? In a five paragraph essay, explain who you believe is the hero of the play. Make sure you include examples from the play. Answer Introduction William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” is a timeless tragedy that delves into
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Write an argumentative essay that argues that they have imitated the author in topic and style and prove their arguments by comparing examples from the original to their own piece.
Assignment Question Creative and argumentative essays: This assignment consists of 2 products that belong together. Read a book from the booklist and write 1) an additional chapter to that book in which they try to convincingly imitate the writing style and topic choice of the author. Also write 2) an
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Using ALL three of the assigned works–Gods of Jade and Shadow, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon–identify, analyze, and explain the significance of a thematic connection between all three texts. What are the authors saying about the theme, and how is it demonstrated in the text? What can we take away from this? This assignment is designed to push you beyond the work you completed for your previous essay in which you identified and explained your observations.
Assignment Question For this assignment, read Gods of Jade and Shadow, and watch the films Hunt for the Wilderpeople and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. Using ALL three of the assigned works–Gods of Jade and Shadow, Hunt for the Wilderpeople, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon–identify, analyze, and explain the significance of
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Theodore Roethke’s “My Pappa’s Waltz” and Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” Discussion-Discuss the 2 questions in MLA format!
Assignment Question Theodore Roethke’s “My Pappa’s Waltz” and Robert Hayden’s “Those Winter Sundays” Discussion. Discuss the 2 questions in MLA format. Assignment Answer The Cultural Influences Both Roethke and Hayden belonged to an era marked by tumultuous social changes. Roethke’s poem reflects the mid-20th-century context, capturing a time when societal
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