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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.)
