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Imagery in poetry “an album of world literature” from “the Bedford Introduction to Literature”
$30.00Literature & Composition, Essay 2 Topics
Purpose:
To write an essay that analyzes the use of imagery in poems by one of the poets from the chapter “An Album of World Literature” from The Bedford Introduction to Literature (pgs. 1325-1338).
To do outside research to find 2 more poems that complement the poem by your chosen poet from “An Album of World Literature.”
Essay needs to consider the poem in the anthology + 2 other poems written by that same poet that you discover in your research (depending on length, it might be enough to write about 1 other poem in addition to the poem in our book… I leave this decision up to you; essay should be 6-8 pages.)
Your argument must be supported with significant textual evidence from the poem; in other words, your close reading notes and explications need to be used for support.
In the process of writing and researching this essay, you will have the opportunity to read a diverse collection of poets. You have twelve poets (& twelve countries) to choose from: Anna Akhmatova, Claribel Alegría, Yehuda Amichai, Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca, Kishwar Naheed, Marne L. Kilates, Taslima Nasrin, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Yousif al-Sa’igh, Shu Ting, Tomas Tranströmer.
Topics:
The essay should present a focused argument about the use of imagery (you should be analyzing the use of concrete images—things that you can see, hear, taste, smell, touch—examples: rocks, doors, the sun, red flowers, a goose, a python, a bed, water…[not liberty, love, justice—these are abstract images ] see pg. 841 for review). To begin, you will need to explore the poems available online. Read the poems multiple times, take notes on the images in the poems: why and how are they significant? How does the poet use them; do images recur? This is a broad topic, and it is important that you eventually focus your argument on something that you have discovered in your exploration of the poems: the essay needs to go beyond merely pointing out that certain images appear in the poems to consider how the images are used and to what effect. The poems should also complement each other in supporting your argument—don’t pick poems that you have difficulty pulling together in a focused argument about imagery.
You might find that it is insightful to know some of the biographical details about the poet’s life, and this might inform your argument about the imagery. However: at least 3/4 of the essay should consist of explication “close readings” of the poems and discussion of the imagery. You are not writing an encyclopedia entry of facts about the poet’s life. You are analyzing an aspect of the imagery.
Your argument needs to be focused: for instance, to argue that a poet has experienced war and writes about war is not enough of an argument. You could, however, focus on that writer’s use of a certain set of images (maybe they are used metaphorically), and discuss what that reveals about his or her experience. Perhaps the writer explores certain scenes and settings, or an emotional state, and these things are made vivid and meaningful with the writer’s use of specific images.
Research will involve: finding poems to discuss in addition to the poem in our anthology; reading biographical material and interviews if you can find them. You may need to read a number of poems before you find the right ones to help support your argument. If you do not find enough information to satisfy what you think you need for a strong argument, you may need to focus on a different poet—this is all part of the research process for this essay…
Peer Review:
You will submitting a polished draft of this essay for peer review.
Please read “Directions for Submitting Essay for Peer Review and Completing Peer Review” within this Module.
Length: 6-8 pages, double-spaced, saved in a Word docx format.
Submitting Final Draft submit your final draft of the essay to the instructor through Messages, attach the essay as a Word docx. At the end of your essay (after the Works Cited) paste copies of the poems not in the book, and copies of sources that you used for your essay.
Documentation:
Please use MLA style format for documentation: including in-text citations and the Works Cited page. A link to MLA guidelines can be found in Unit 1 Fiction, Module 4. Be sure you understand the right format for quoting poetry.
Your grade will be lowered if you do not correctly acknowledge your sources using MLA style.
Using Outside Research Sources:
When you are using outside sources, be sure to evaluate their worthiness; use the most reliable sources for a strong essay..
For websites and print sources, consider:
1). Authorship: is there an author? Check the homepage of websites to find out more info. If there is no author, make sure the source is a reputable, academic source. Wikipedia is not a reliable academic source and should not be cited (people can make changes on this site before they are checked for accuracy).
2). Sponsorship: if a website, who, if anyone, sponsors it? Check the domain name: commercial .com, educational .edu, nonprofit .org, network .net. If a book, who published it?
For this assignment, educational and organizational (edu and org) websites will be most appropriate. An online search might send you to an actual book under Google books.
3). Purpose and audience. If a website, why was it created? If the website was made to pass essays on to college students, stay away from it! Make sure the purpose is legitimate, and not biased. Avoid sparknotes, schmoop.com, enotes.com, essays for sale.com, 123 helpme, termpapers.com, etc.
Feel free to use the library! Libraries have a wealth of information on hand.
Completing the Assignment:
For a complete assignment, you must submit the following (points will be deducted for missing materials):
1). Copy of your essay using MLA style documentation (includes in-text citations and a Works Cited). Essay must be saved in a Word docx format.
Include with your final draft of essay the following:
2). Copied sources that you referred to in your essay. Please copy and paste the information that you used into a Word document to attach at the end of the essay. If you used biographical material, or commentary on the poet from you research, you need to include these at the end of the essay so that I can read your sources.
3). Copies of the poems that you discuss in your essay. Copy these and attach them at the end of the essay.
(Messages on Sakai will only allow you to attach one document to a Message. So, copy and paste the supporting documents—2. And 3. described above at the end of the essay.)
What women’s lives are like in the play “A Doll House” by Henrik Ibsen
$5.00“A Nineteenth Century Husband’s Letter to His Wife,” 1783-1785, and “A Marxist Approach to A Doll House 1785-1787.
Answer one of the following. Use specific examples and explication from the play for support (see rubric below).:
1). Ibsen’s a Doll House stunned Norwegian audiences when it was first produced—it was as if they were exposed to the dynamics in their own houses, as if the “4th wall” had been lifted in their own living rooms. Reading it now, do the issues still seem relevant? Choose one aspect of the characters’ lives or relationships to discuss.
2). Nora lies several times in the play. What kind of lies are they? Do her lies indicate that she is not to be trusted, or are they a sign of something else about her personality?
3). Why does Nora reject Helmer’s efforts to smooth things over between them and start again. Do you have any sympathy for Helmer?
4). Describe Krogstad’s character. Does his shift in the play—from villainy to generosity seem adequately motivated?
5). What are women’s lives like in the play? Discuss two characters.
4 points, 200-250 words. Supply page #s in parenthesis after quotes.
Evaluation Argument- Titanic Film
$20.00Develop an evaluative argument on one of the following topics: a public figure, product, movie, skill, or a hobby. Further instructions below.
Use no less than 5 sources. Preferably focus on a film.
Evaluation Argument- Essay 3 Instructions
Paper Format/Organization:
- Introduction w/thesis
- Evidence-Body 1
- Evidence-Body 2
- Evidence-Body 3
- Refutation w/source
- Conclusion
- Works Cited
Length: Final draft should be a minimum of THREE, double-spaced pages of writing, with chronological page numbers, in Times New Roman, 12pt font.
Grading: This essay will be worth up to 100 points and contribute to 50% of your final grade in the course.
Description: Students will be required to develop an evaluative argument on one of the following topics: a public figure, product, movie, skill, or a hobby. Consider the following evaluative phrases to construct your thesis statement: useful/useless, effective/ineffective, successful/unsuccessful, trivial/important, valuable/worthless, interesting/dull, innovative/common. Additionally, here are some questions to consider in the construction of your essay:
- What phrase can be used to evaluate your topic?
- Does your evaluative thesis have sources that reinforce its stance?
- What are they?
- What is an opposing view to your evaluation?
- Do you have a concluding statement that captures your overall argumentative evaluation of your topic?
**This essay should be no less than THREE pages excluding your Works Cited page. **
Literary merits of James Joyce’s “Dubliners”
$37.50Literary merits of James Joyce’s “Dubliners”
The only reference needed are the stories in James Joyce’s “Dubliners”. Our task is to evaluate the literary merits of this book.
It’s supposed to be like a general literary analysis of the book. Like evaluating the literary devices used throughout the short stories in the book
Pages: 12, double spaced
Similarities and differences between Marcus and Torvald Helmer
$7.00Discussion on A Doll House
After exploring the supplemental material on A Doll House: “A Nineteenth-Century Husband’s Letter to His Wife” and “A Marxist Approach to A Doll House,” and watching a couple of scenes of the play from YouTube ( search for
www.youtube.com in your browser, type in “Ibsen’s A Doll House,” and a you should be able to find a number of versions of the play) respond to one of the following questions in the discussion forum. Be sure to add new material to the discussion. 150-200 words. (2 points)
1). After reading “A Marxist Approach”… do you agree, or disagree with the statement that the characters’ “human attitudes have been thoroughly shaped by socioeconomic considerations”? (1785). Discuss this quote as it applies to Nora. Give specific examples from the play to support your answer.
2). After reading “A Nineteenth Century Husband’s Letter…” Describe the tone of Marcus’s letter to his wife (with examples). What significant similarities and differences do you find between Marcus and Torvald Helmer?
3). Comment on one of the versions of A Doll House that you watched on YouTube. In particular, how did the actor’s interpretation of a specific scene enhance your understanding of the play, or the character? (Can discuss any character / actor.) Please identify the production so that others can go back and watch if they are interested.
150-200 words
Hamlet Acts 1
$5.00Read: Hamlet Acts I (pgs. 1602-1626), pgs. 1534-1544 (on Shakespeare) and 1439-1441 (on tragedy).
For Discussion 1, you will be looking closely at a selection of speeches and contributing to a “close reading”. As with the poetry, please pick out phrases that have not yet been commented on and discuss why they are significant. Length: 200-250 words. (2 points).
Respond to 1 thread. Identify 2 short phrases that have not yet been commented on and discuss why they are significant. For instance, what is revealed about character, plot, why is language revealing? Is there noteworthy figurative language, word choice? Do a close reading of 2 short phrases (leave others for other people)—do not give an overview of the entire speech & do not merely summarize the lines you are writing about: analyze details of the phrase.
Each thread in the discussion will give you the Act, Scene, and line #s of the speech (I’ll also quote the 1st and last lines to help identify the speech).
THIS IS THE QUOTE TO USE :
4). (I, 4, 104-135) Ophelia: “I do not know, my lord, what I should think.” through “I shall obey, my lord.”
Major Paper #2–The Personal Narrative Essay: Cops
$7.00We will be working on the Personal Narrative essay for the next three units. The Personal Narrative will be due at the end of Unit #7.
A narrative is simply a story. A personal narrative is a true story, focusing largely on the writer’s own life.
For Essay #2, the Personal Narrative, you will be writing a short essay (at least 3-4 pages in length) about a significant event in your own life. This event need not –and probably should not–be inherently, overly dramatic. Sometimes the most influential moments in our lives are smaller moments, events that we may not recognize as influential until years after the experience. In the personal narrative essay, you will want to tell the story as accurately as you can—search your deep memory—and tell the story from your own perspective. You will also want to exercise your selectivity as a writer, choosing to summarize background information/exposition, and really dramatize important scenes for the reader.
During the course of this unit, you will want to read the examples of the Personal Narrative in Chapter 2. You will want to start brainstorming ideas for your own personal narrative, and–by the end of Unit 5–you will want to have selected a significant event that you wish to focus on in this essay.
Pages: 5, double spaced
Major Paper #2–The Personal Narrative Essay
$20.00We will be working on the Personal Narrative essay for the next three units. The Personal Narrative will be due at the end of Unit #7.
A narrative is simply a story. A personal narrative is a true story, focusing largely on the writer’s own life.
For Essay #2, the Personal Narrative, you will be writing a short essay (at least 3-4 pages in length) about a significant event in your own life. This event need not –and probably should not–be inherently, overly dramatic. Sometimes the most influential moments in our lives are smaller moments, events that we may not recognize as influential until years after the experience. In the personal narrative essay, you will want to tell the story as accurately as you can—search your deep memory—and tell the story from your own perspective. You will also want to exercise your selectivity as a writer, choosing to summarize background information/exposition, and really dramatize important scenes for the reader.
During the course of this unit, you will want to read the examples of the Personal Narrative in Chapter 2. You will want to start brainstorming ideas for your own personal narrative, and–by the end of Unit 5–you will want to have selected a significant event that you wish to focus on in this essay.
Pages: 5, double spaced
Movie Essay 1: Tammy
$5.00Write a 2 page essay about any american movie you like. In your essay, describe the events of the movie and explain why you like this movie and whether you recommend watching it or not.
Pages: 2, double spaced
Essay About an American Movie: Internship
$5.00Write a 2 page essay about an American movie you like. Choose an interesting movie and tell the story in your own words.
Remember to use fancy words to make the essay interesting
American Movie Essay: Hours
$5.00Write an essay about any American movie you like. Tell the story or the events in your own words.
Pages: 2, double spaced
Essay About a Movie: The way, way back
$5.00About any american movie you like (better be a good one 🙂 ). tell the story/events in your own words.
Also it’d be great if you didn’t use “lots” of fancy words, some is good though, but not a lot. I want it to be believable.
Pages: 2, double spaced
Essay #4: Rhetorical Analysis of a TEDTalk
$27.50English 1A
Essay #4: Rhetorical Analysis of a TEDTalk
PART 1:
Go to http://www.ted.com/ Choose one TED Talk that is either 12 or 18 minutes long. Note that there is a huge range of topics to choose from: technology, entertainment, design, business, science, global issues, medical, psychology, art, leadership, and much, much more.
PART 2:
Complete a CTA (close textual analysis) of the talk, in which you
- explicate portions of the text thoroughly (close textual reading),
- cite textual evidence to support your claims, making clear connections between your argument and the text you are referring to (analysis).
Many things go on simultaneously in a text. Tone, diction, syntax, argumentation, and theme all develop at once, and the reader is constantly being supplied with clues for reading these developments. Such textual events happen to the reader; they are the elements of the text that help develop meaning for the reader. (See questions below.)
- Choose a short passage of the TEDTalk: about 50-100 words. Copy/paste the passage or retype it.
- Then, following the model, split the text into at least 10-20 sections, number the items (words, phrases, whole sentences, groups of sentences, etc.) to which you want to refer.
- Write a response in which you analyze the different sections of the textual event you identified. Work through the text in order, referring to your numbers. Be specific; do NOT merely write “develops tone,” but EXPLAIN WHY (ANALYZE) you made the particular notation and that event’s effect on the reader. Avoid paraphrasing (summarizing) the text. I will not give you credit for the assignment if you do not analyze the text. You should use the questions on the following page to help you along.
Part 3:
Write a 3-5 page well-structured essay that provides a rhetorical analysis of the TEDTalk of your choice. This will give you a chance to practice using all of the terminology from the first half of the semester and to display your ability to read actively.
- Provide a summary of the talk.
- Analyze 1-2 aspects of the writer’s rhetorical choices:
- APPEALS: Analyze the writer’s appeal to his/her audience. How does the writer display an appeal to ethos, pathos and logos? Are these appeals utilized in a balanced manner? Are the appeals effective? Provide specific reference to the talk.
- STRUCTURE: Analyze the writer’s structure. Does the writer utilize the classical structure? (Introduction/Exordium, Narration, Confirmation, Refutation, Conclusion/Peroration). If not, where does the writer deviate? How does this affect the writer’s argument? Provide specific reference to the talk.
- TONE: What is the writer’s tone? How does this affect the writer’s argument? (See below for questions to help guide your analysis.)
- STYLISTIC CHOICES: Analyze the writer’s style. Does the writer rely on figures of speech? Provide specific examples. How does the writer’s style affect his/her argument? (See below for questions to help guide your analysis.)
Response to the short story “Josephine, the Singer” by Franz Kafka
$3.00Answer 2 questions based on the short story Josephine the Singer by Franz Kafka. You must answer the questions based on the mice of the story.
- Using only the evidence taken from these stories, which would be most fit to be worshipped by a primitive people? and why?
- What is the secret message of the mice?
REACTIONS TO HONEY BOY: Expressing an Opinion about the Mother’s Actions
$7.00Expressing an Opinion about the Mother’s Actions
REACTIONS TO HONEY BOY
AN OPINION ESSAY
The ending of the story Honey Boy may have come as a surprise.However, the actions of the mother are quite decisive and strong.She performs an act (lying to the sheriff) for several reasons.The results of her act will probably be quite severe.In fact, Big Blue has already been arrested by the time she sits down in the police car for her return trip.What happens to Big Blue after she leaves is not told in the story, but we can imagine from the setting that he will probably be punished, perhaps even sent to jail for life or given capital punishment.
Write a five-paragraph essay in which you either agree or disagree with the mother’s actions at the end of the story.State your case clearly and support your opinions well.You might cite passages from the text to substantiate your beliefs.
Text-based Writing Assignment – five paragraphs
Opinion Essay
I agree with the mother’s actions in Honey Boy
or
I disagree with the mother’s actions in Honey Boy.
Additional Files:
Response to the story “Eveline” by James Joyce
$7.00Respond to the story “Eveline” by James Joyce. How do you feel about them? Why do you think that is? In what ways have the class discussion influenced your thoughts and feelings about the feelings? How is the story relevant to your life today?
Pages: 2, double spaced