From Prompt “The essay must develop an original argument about either Dante’s Divine Comedy on a topic you chose in consultation with me. You should strive to make your topic focused enough that you are able to do justice to it in the space allotted. No big issues like Dante’s God or the concept of…

For your final writing project, you will create a comprehensive study guide for the course, covering all three units in fiction, poetry, and drama. Think of the project as creating a guide for students taking the course in the future. Imagine that they will be taking a more traditional final exam that will ask them…

In this lesson, you will complete your study of punctuation marks by learning about the use of hyphens, dashes, and parentheses. Read the information about hyphens, dashes, and parentheses on pp. 910–917 in Writing with Power. Click on the link below to access the online textbook. Writing with Power (PDF) Now check your understanding. Rewrite…

n a multiple paragraph journal of a least 250 words please answer the following: How much blame should Hollywood, modern music, and video games accept for the violence we see among American youth? Does Marilyn Manson have any responsibility for Columbine? Do video games make children violent and aggressive? Or are Hollywood, modern music, and…

There are common themes that are interwoven throughout the books we have read this semester, such as race, class, gender, culture, generational struggles, assimilation, marginalization, migration, discrimination, food, addiction, and war. For your final paper, explore one of these themes (or another issue) that is a common thread in at least ONE of the books.…

Instructions: Summarize, analyze and evaluate two news articles. Practice lessons in language analysis and evaluation of evidence in Making Sense.Practice discerning and anticipating a reader’s acceptance or rejection of premises in the articles. Employ terms and concepts learned in Making Sense, Chapters 1-4 and lessons in analytical writing from Chapters 1 and 2 in Writing…

Write a research paper where you argue how racism and prejudice have an impact on the characters’ behaviors in August Wilson’s Fences . Use MLA style Number of pages, including the works cited page: 12 to 15 pages. Double spacing Font size: 12 The research paper should use between 5-8 secondary academic sources besides the…

Unit 2: “The Public Square”- Sherry Turkle “How Companies Learn Your Secrets” – Charles Duhigg “The Things we Eat Alone” – Kim Bosch Unit 3: “Won’t You be My Neighbor”- Peter Lovenheim “The Comfort of a Digital Confidante” – Navneet Alang Instructions in Files

This semester, you have discussed literature written in England from the 8th century to the early nineteenth century. In these discussions, we have examined works in a historical and literary context, drawing out themes and making connections between the author, society, and the text to define the terms “Old English,” Middle English,” “Early Modern English,”…

Directions: The goal of the Ten Days in a Madhouse (Hereafter abbreviated as TDIAM) essay is to create an argument that compares the treatment or social stigma of mental illness in Nellie Bly’s time and in our time. The goal of this essay is to develop or further an awareness of how mental illness impacts…