Literature

Read and answer the context:  The Paradis article allows some very practical assembly of several concepts we’ve studied so far – the role of the technical writer, legality, genre, ethics, and technology. The endnotes describe some of the origins of the stun gun, which may suggest it is not inherently a construction technology… but the […]

In a 500 word essay, discuss how one of the poems you have chosen is an example of modern literature and the other poem you have chosen is an example of postmodern poetry. Use the lists of ideas from the module on modernism and postmodernism to help guide you through what are the elements of […]

 Try revising your points to give them some kind of organizational style.  Consider 3 ARGUMENT structure – make a claim and then each main point serves as an argument for that claim.   Or you can consider PROBLEM – CAUSE – SOLUTION structure where you address the problem in the first main point, what’s causing it […]

In the poem “Barbie Doll” Marge Piercy writes out the poem What was your purpose? What effect were you trying to achieve? What was interesting about the process you went through in writing this paper, and what did you learn from it? What was the most difficult about this paper, and what did you learn […]

Please watch Crash Course US History #39: Civil Rights and the 1950s.  You can find it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S64zRnnn4Po After you’ve watched the video, create a new thread, using your name as the subject, in which you answer the following questions:1: Why was the 1950s a time of affluence for many Americans?2: What was Levittown?  How […]

(These are some tips that you can use to write this formal essay)This is an exercise where you explore a different view on the questions we have examined and give your own evaluation of the view’s value.  In other words, don’t spend time and effort trying to find out what other people think about the […]

Poetry often seeks to stretch, to transgress, to not just push the envelope but to rip it in half and dance around in its confetti.  From the sexual overtones in Whitman’s “Song of Myself” (In my opinion the greatest long-form poem ever written by an American) to the overt homosexuality of Ginsberg’s “Howl,” poets have […]

Read Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and in 2-3 pages let me know, not only what you thought, but how the work deals with not only the war in Vietnam but also all “war.”  What is O’Brien saying about war and how does he go about presenting it? For more information read this:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Things_They_Carried   […]

After reading Chapter 3 on stage spaces, and based on your understanding of the production needs of the play “Dinner With Friends”, what stage space would be best suited for a performance of “Dinner With Friends” and why? Be sure to use examples from the play script (scenic requirements, scene changes, etc.) and textbook (stage […]

Each week you will be expected to provide the following information to your community practice instructor through your journal entries: What are your upcoming week’s specific learning goals and objectives? What is your upcoming week’s detailed schedule at your community practice experience placement? Were there any placement items/issues that occurred this week that you feel […]