Year of Wonders By Geraldine Brooks Question Booklet Chapter Questions Epigraph 1. Why has Geraldine Brooks included the epigraph taken from the Dryden poem, Annus Mirabilis? 2. Who is the ‘audience’ for this particular excerpt? What does this tell us about the focus of Brooks’ writing? Part 1: Leaf-Fall, 1666 3.
Use evidence from the documents or sources to provide two to three details about Reason #1 or your Sub Thesis a. Make sure that you state according to what document In your writing EXAMPLE: (Document A, B, C, D, etc.) C. Argument 1. Explanation of why Reason #1 is one factor that answers that question III. BODY PARAGRAPH #2 (Reason Two) A. Sub Thesis: 1.
Course Syllabus HIS/145 Version 5 1 Course Syllabus College of Humanities HIS/145 Version 5 The American Experience Since 1945 Course Start Date: 06/25/2013 Course End Date: 07/29/2013 Copyright © 2012, 2009, 2008, 2005, 2004 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Whenever there is a question about what assignments are due and when, please remember this syllabus is considered the ruling document. Course Description This course is an overview of the principal social, political, economic, and global events which have shaped the American experience since World War II. Understanding modern American history is a necessity in today's ever-changing world.
Noah Eber-Schmid Expository Writing 101 Paper Assignment 1 Reading: “Rewilding North America” by Caroline Fraser on pages 110–131 in The New Humanities Reader: Rough Draft Due: Wednesday, September 12th Final Draft Due: Wednesday, September 19th Question: In “Rewilding North America,” Caroline Fraser discusses multiple forms of “connectivity” and connections. A wide variety of different types of connections appear throughout the piece from her emphasis that “[n]ature is not a closed system” (113) to the misconnection between the theory of corridors and the “corridor in people’s minds” noted by Bill Newmark (125). In Fraser’s essay, why are the connections important to the realization of rewilding? Use
Major settings, with a description of each and its effect on the reader: If there are too many settings, select 1-3 representative settings. Use the specific details (direct quotes if necessary) to create a vivid image. Include a concise analysis of the effect of the setting on the reader, ie. Extreme
Philip Studnitzer May 2, 2011 Julius Caesar v Martin Luther King Jr. In this research paper there is discussing the characters, discussing my historical icon and analyzing the character and historical icon in which of comparing and contrasting their lives. The character Julius Caesar in William Shakespeare’s Tragedy of Julius Caesar bares a likeness to the historical icon Martin Luther King Jr. The character Julius Caesar looks like, he has brown, short, and Curley hair. He also has brown eyes.
4/28/13 acecontent.apexlearning.com/Live/online/eng_III_sem_2_la_2011/Unit_3/Lesson_2/Activity_63943/printables/Practice_Assignment777495.htm 10.2.6 Practice: Persuasive Speech Writing English III: American Literature (S1768371) Points possible: 50 Practice Assignment swag yolo Date: ____________ Write a persuasive speech that makes a claim about a topic that relates to freedom and equal rights. Use rhetorical tools and audience appeals. Avoid logical fallacies. Your speech should last between five and seven minutes when spoken and should have an introduction, reasoning, and a conclusion. Your speech should be written in 12-point font with 1-inch page margins.
American Literature Topics | American History Topics | * Compare and contrast Transcendentalism and Dark Romanticism * The Development of Early American Literature * Analysis of Themes in Early American Poetry * Poe--his influence on American Literature * Literary nationalism as an emerging trend in American literature from the beginnings to 1820 * Women poets from the colonies – their challenges and contributions * Compare the Puritan focus with the enlightenment thinkers (using exemplary literary works from each period). * Dickinson's Explorations of Poetry * Native American oral and written traditions * The ideals of masculinity that helped shape the nineteenth-century figure of the American hero * Edgar Allen Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne contribution to Dark Romanticism * The elements of Naturalism * Characteristics of African American literature * An author’s influence on American literature (you pick the author) * The
Georgia State University ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University English Dissertations Department of English 12-12-2010 The Southern Gentleman and the Idea of Masculinity: Figures and Aspects of the Southern Beau in the Literary Tradition of the American South Emmeline Gros Georgia State University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss Recommended Citation Gros, Emmeline, "The Southern Gentleman and the Idea of Masculinity: Figures and Aspects of the Southern Beau in the Literary Tradition of the American South." Dissertation, Georgia State University, 2010. http://scholarworks.gsu.edu/english_diss/64 This Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of English at ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. It has been accepted for inclusion in English Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks @ Georgia State University. For more information, please contact scholarworks@gsu.edu. THE SOUTHERN GENTLEMAN AND THE IDEA OF MASCULINITY: FIGURES AND ASPECTS OF THE SOUTHERN BEAU IN THE LITERARY TRADITION OF THE AMERICAN SOUTH by EMMELINE GROS Under the Joint Direction of Thomas McHaney and Jacques Pothier ABSTRACT The American planter has mostly been presented as the epitome of the romantic cavalier legend that could be found in the fiction of John Pendleton Kennedy to Thomas Nelson Page: a man of chivalric manners and good breeding; a man of good social position; a man of wealth and leisure (Concise Oxford Dictionary).1 A closer scrutiny of the cavalier and genteel ethos of the time, however, reveals the inherent ideological inconsistencies with the idea of the gentleman itself, as the ideal came to be more and more perceived as an illusion and as challenges to traditional gender stereotypes came to redefine the nature and role of the Southern Gentleman.
| A Bibliographical and Literary Analysis of Stephen Crane | | | English 2130 aaaaaaa December 10, 2010 Thesis: Stephen Crane was a prominent writer in history, a rare breed contributor to American literature and a natural poet. * Title: A Bibliographical and Literary Analysis of Stephen Crane * The Purpose of this Paper is to demonstrate how Crane’s writings contributed to American literature, to tell about Crane’s life, to describe his stories and provide feedback from his audiences. * Introduction * Thesis statement * To describe Stephen Crane’s style of writing * To explain Crane’s contributions to American literature * To discuss his style of poetry * Analyzing Crane’s work * Identify sources to support Crane’s writing style, critiques and analysis * Sources to provide bibliography information on Stephen Crane * Present evidence and ideas from sources * Cite each of your statements used to support statements * Describe some of Crane’s stories and poetry * Conclusions * Restate thesis * Restate support of Crane’s writing styles * Restate Crane’s contributions to American literature * References * List each reference source using MLA format Ronda Vanek Betty Keel English 2130 November 11, 2010 A Bibliographical and Literary Analysis of Stephen Crane Stephen Crane was a prominent writer in history, a rare breed contributor to American literature and natural poet. Crane wrote with a knack for capturing the attention of his readers using imagination and originality. Crane’s creativity flows in his writing, capturing his audience and open one’s mind for imagination and realism all in one.