Part A: Developing a Research QuestionPlease consider some of the themes of our readings thus far (e.g., work, human dignity, capital punishment, substance-use and perception). Pick a theme. Develop a research question about your theme, and investigate your question. Besides the sources we have used in class, find two other reliable sources of your own choice (newspapers, peer reviewed journals, websites of experts/authorities are all valid). Ea...
ResearchImagine you are a journalist/editor/author for a blog/podcast/YouTube channel/newspaper/magazine, and you have been given an exclusive interview with one of four figures from the Iliad — Briseis, Nestor, Thersites, or Thetis. You must chose one of these individuals and provide an interview, or a script of an interview, that you've carried out with them. Each of these four characters serves a role in the poem, some greater than othe...
Follow the steps of doing a close reading of a poemOver the past couple of weeks, we have engaged in the close analysis of some individual poems. This assignment asks you to do alone what we did as a group, to analyze and interpret a short poem, “There are delicacies” by Earle Birney (lyrics are on the next page; but you need to take the concrete poem as the object of analysis), for the purpose of developing a specific theme in this ...
Questions on Metre, Symbolism, and Figurative LanguageChoose any five of the following seven questions and respond in single-paragraph answers of five to eight sentences. Your responses should be concise but detailed, and should employ quoted material to support major points. 1) Define the metre of “Provide, Provide” and comment on why Frost might have chosen such a jingly rhythmical pattern. 2) What are the most important symbolic...
TaskTask: 1) Choose a current story in the news (less than 1 year old) that deals explicitly or implicitly with racism.2) Write a fictional script of four people discussing the issues in the news story: one person mentioned in the news story, two social analysts whose work you have read in class, and yourself. 1.Decide the context of the conversation (conference panel, train ride, dinner party, etc) and what your role is in...
Unfolding the Meaning of the Story through ExplicationTopic 1: Discuss how certain characters, settings, images, or symbols, stand for something in addition to themselves (that is, are they symbolic?) in the following short stories:Topic 2: Discuss the function of one or more literary devices (settings, characters, images, symbols, etc.) as it/they reveal/relate to theme in the following short stories:?Jesse Rae Archibald-Barber&rsqu...
Read the listed articlesThis assignment requires you to identify three sources you plan to use for your research paper (Assignment 2c), and explain why these sources are valuable to your project. 1) Read the articles listed below: note that the articles apply to Assignments 2a, 2b, and 2c. 2) Choose one of these articles as the starting point for your research. Do not summarize your chosen article for this assignment. 3) Formulate a re...
Polyphony versus Monologic Narratives1. In “Distance and Emotion,” chapter 11 of her book, The Classic Short Story, 1870-1925: Theory of a Genre, Florence Goyet observes that In Mikhail Bakhtin’s terms, a text is monologic and diametrically opposed to the polyphonic novel when it lets us hear one truth only, privileging one voice over all others.In order to create polyphony, as defined by Bakhtin, the different voices involved ...
Institutional Support1. Institutional Support • Using quoted material from the article, state the names of the institutions that supported this research and the explicit purpose of this study.• State what you believe may be the implicit purpose of this study. If you do not believe there is an implicit purpose, explain why.• Describe how the institutions may have influenced the explicit and implicit purposes of the study.2. Researc...
Instructions and Assignment DirectionsPart 1Instructions: Imagine that you are writing a literary analysis paper about “The Cask of Amontillado” by Edgar Allan Poe. You have already written your thesis statement for the paper. Thesis Statement: Montresor, though an unreliable narrator, is an effective villain because of his study of human nature.You have also planned out your body paragraphs. You already have body paragraphs one and ...
Format GuidelinesTask: Primary Source Analysis on Odysseus returns to Ithaca FORMAT Primary source analyses will be 3 full pages, double spaced, with standard 1-inch margins in Times New Roman 12 pt. font. Place your name, course information (HUM 2220), and the due date at the top of the page, aligned left. On the next line, place your title for the assignment, center aligned. Include page numbers at the top right [Insert ? Page Number ? Top of...
Syntax Tree Diagramming and Parsing Tasks1. Using the phrase structure rules studied in class, draw the syntax trees for the following phrases and sentences: a. She likes the new book. b. John swam in the pool yesterday. c. Mary will walk in the park tomorrow. d. The teacher said that the smart kid learned the lesson. 2. How is parsing different from comprehension? 3. Describe how a click experiment works, using the following two senten...
Your BlogBook of Choice: In the Skin of a Lion Blog Posts You have already investigated the audience, purpose and features of a blog post in Unit 1 Activity 1. You will continue to use your blog throughout this course to think about your book and communicate your thoughts about your book with your classmates. You will be expected to comment on the blog posts of your classmates in an attempt to help support them as they try to make meaning from t...
Scenario For this assignment, your group will research and write an informal recommendation report in memo format. This is a research based document, and correct APA citation will be used throughout. Scenario As tourist numbers in Kamloops grow, new opportunities for tourism ventures are coming to light. While general tourism to the city is on a rise, visitors to Kamloops are consistently seeking new, unique, and more personalized forms of ...
TaskTask: Select a grade 1-5 and an Arizona Mathematics Standards standard related to mastery of basic facts or Base-Ten Concepts. Using the “COE Lesson Plan Template,” create a learning target and design an activity to teach that target, incorporating and engaging students in generating and evaluating new ideas and novel approaches to find inventive solutions to problems. Include differentiation of the activity for students who per...