Literature

Choose any three authors. William Bradford, Anne Bradstreet, Benjamin Franklin. show how their writings help define a vision of what it means to be an American. Note that you will want to have some definition of “American” of your own so you can make judgments about the authors. Note also that some of the authors like Bradford or Edwards lived their entire lives as British citizens and that slaves and Native Americans were not thought of as “Americans” – this shouldn’t stop you from using these authors. As we’ll see throughout the term, “American” is very often thought of as a state of mind, not a legal term.

irst assignment is Humanitie for every day logic class two types of Logic (Aristotelian vs. the Modern Symbolic Logic),you have to refer to both types of Logic for that assignment and then choose one that you like the most and the reason why.

What is the purpose of each reading from Welty and Alexie’s articles? What was the intended audience for each? How would you characterize the tone of each article? In order to earn full credit, make sure to respond thoroughly and thoughtfully to the questions above in a minimum of 100 words. There is no requirement to respond to other students’ posts. Please review these three videos to better understand the relation of purpose, audience, and tone. Additionally, there is a link to a great document that explains different types of tones. https://youtu.be/vfY_rcAKIAw https://youtu.be/ehYMAVDkyLM https://youtu.be/_4tYwfng2KQ

What is the purpose of each reading from Welty and Alexie’s articles? What was the intended audience for each? How would you characterize the tone of each article? In order to earn full credit, make sure to respond thoroughly and thoughtfully to the questions above in a minimum of 100 words. There is no requirement to respond to other students’ posts. Please review these three videos to better understand the relation of purpose, audience, and tone. Additionally, there is a link to a great document that explains different types of tones. https://youtu.be/vfY_rcAKIAw https://youtu.be/ehYMAVDkyLM https://youtu.be/_4tYwfng2KQ

Must have the book and read the Education of Richard Rodriguez Comment on the connection Rodriguez makes between language and spirituality (he discusses his Catholic faith in the context of the language of the Church).

200-word reflection on Lloyd Bitzer’s “The Rhetorical Situation” http://www.arts.uwaterloo.ca/~raha/309CWeb/Bitzer(1968).pdf (For Bitzer reflection, simply tell me what you learned by reading him, as well as how this article affects your view of Kairos)

In his, “Fleeing the Wasteland of Alcoholism: Alienation, Recovery, and Hope in Raymond Carver’s Cathedral” (2011), critic H. Collin Messer argues that Carver’s later stories “move beyond the hopelessness of the alcoholic’s predicament” by providing for such characters the “real possibility” of “relationship and recovery” (44). Messer fails to mention, however, the masterpiece of Carver’s final collection, the titular “Cathedral,” in his analysis.  Your job, then, is to devise and defend an argument that either supports or refutes one of Messer’s claims as it applies to Carver’s “Cathedral.” Be sure to support your analysis with carefully selected textual evidence, but do make sure to avoid unnecessary plot summary. You should assume, after all, that your reader is familiar with the literature.

Both “The Tell-Tale Heart” and “The Boogeyman” deal with men who apparently have issues with their mental well-being — the narrator in “The Tell-Tale Heart” is defending his sanity and Mr. Billings is discussing his “case” with a psychiatrist. Do you believe either man is sane? Do you believe Mr. Billings at all? Was there some point in “The Boogeyman” that you stopped believing Mr. Billings’ story (if you ever believed him)? Your answers should be 2-3 paragraphs.

Task You have two choices for this essay: Revisit the poem you wrote about and perform a close reading, using your passage(s) from the Declaration of Independence as a lens. In other words, How does the poem relate to the values and beliefs expressed by Jefferson and his crew? Typically, a close reading works through the poem from beginning to end, pausing at words, lines, or stanzas to explore an overarching theme in detail rather than try to take on the whole thing. OR Revisit the short story you wrote about for this unit and perform a close reading, using your passage(s) from the Declaration of Independence as a lens. In other words, how does the short relate to the the values and beliefs expressed by Jefferson and his crew? Typically, a close reading of a short story focuses on a theme and examines how the author uses character, setting, plot, and/or literary devices to support that theme. Suggestions Your introduction should prepare your reader for the overall topic of your essay and fully introduce the poem or short story and author. Your thesis should make an argument about how the theme of the poem or short story reflects or rejects the idea(s) you focused on in your analysis of The Declaration of Independence. Note: you do not necessarily have to name the Declaration in your thesis or intro: the focus should be on the shared theme. The body of your essay should use specific evidence (quote, paraphrase, summary) from the poem/short story to support your claim. You can also use the Declaration as a primary source, of course, but you don’t have to quote from it directly. Go back to your posts and review what you and your classmates discussed. Use any of the words or ideas you have already written about — they are yours, so it’s not plagiarism!! Do not quote any of your peers directly unless you have reached out to them (via Pronto or the Canvas Mailbox) to get permission. If something a classmate said in our discussion lit a spark for you, it’s okay to take that idea and run with it, but you should credit them in the body of your paper, as in “A comment made by Isabel Anderson got me thinking about…” or something like that. You don’t need to list them in your Works Cited. Take a look at this Guide to Close Reading for tips on how to really dig into the poem or short story. You may want to use the conclusion to talk about how you/we benefit from access to the Literature in this unit OR how this theme/topic fits into your/our experience of the world today. Requirements Typed 3-5 pages, Times New Roman, 12-pt font, double spaced. In-text/parenthetical citations and Work(s) Cited Don’t forget to include an original title which leads your reader into your essay. No outside research on the poem or story!! Exception: you can look up words or the author’s background but be sure to cite properly Evaluation An introduction that prepares your reader for your thesis, including the author, title, and a BRIEF overview of the poem or short story. A clearly stated thesis Sufficient and relevant evidence directly from the poem Well-organized paragraphs which combine your ideas and the poet’s Careful analysis of evidence using the techniques and vocabulary covered in this unit Mechanics (sentence boundaries, spelling, grammar) MLA formatting and citation, including a Work Cited page (see sample, below) MLA guide for formatting MLA guide for quoting Poems to choose from: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper “Songs for the People” Sojourner Truth “Ain’t I a Woman?” Phyllis Wheatley “To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth” George Moses Horton “On Liberty and Slavery” Short Story option: Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins. “Two Offers.” Works Cited (separate page at the end of your paper; copy/paste whichever text(s) you use in your essay; use the last name of the author, not my name) Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins. “Songs for the People.” Rpt. In English 002 Class Reader. Isabel Anderson. Solano Community College. Print. pp (use page numbers from the reader, not on the original text) Harper, Frances Ellen Watkins. “Two Offers.” Rpt. In English 002 Class Reader. Isabel Anderson. Solano Community College. Print. pp Horton, George Moses “On Liberty and Slavery.” Isabel Anderson. Solano Community College. Print. pp ____ Jefferson, Thomas, et al. “The Declaration of Independence.” Rpt. In English 002 Class Reader. Isabel Anderson. Solano Community College. Print. pp Truth, Sojourner . “Ain’t I a Woman?” Rpt. In English 002 Class Reader. Isabel Anderson. Solano Community College. Print. pp Wheatley , Phyllis. “To the Right Honorable William, Earl of Dartmouth.” Isabel Anderson. Solano Community College. Print. pp

In this assignment, you will write a one paragraph summary of the Ted Talk “Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet” by Joachim de Posada. By summary, you will state what the Ted Talk is about without any opinion. The first sentence of the paragraph should include “TAG” information, that is, the Title, Author and Genre, and this can be in any order. For example: In the Ted Talk “Don’t Eat the Marshmallow Yet,” Joachim de Posada argues that…..(summarize the main points of his argument, without any opinion). Under that paragraph, you will have another paragraph that will offer your response, or your analysis of the material. Here you can include your opinion about de Posada’s argument. Do the same thing for the article “Why Rich Kids Are So Good at the Marshmallow Test” by Jessica McCrory Calarco, that is, a summary paragraph that includes “TAG” information and a separate response paragraph. On a separate page you will have what is called a Works Cited Page. The words Works Cited will be centered at the top, and you will have the citation below that (not centered, but at the left margin). On the Works Cited page, you will list the resources alphabetically by last name, first name. In this case, Jessica McCrory Calarco has two last names; you will list her after you list de Posada. You can only list the information that is available to you. The basic format is: Last name, first name; Title; Publication (meaning the name of the magazine it was published in, for example); Format (meaning Web or Print); Date. We see with the McCrory Calarco article, there is nothing listed about where it was published, so you do not have to include that. For de Posada, the Publication would be Ted Talk and the format is Web. Please just do your best with this and look in your English Skills Handbook starting on page 184 for information. Again, with the Works Cited page, just do your best. MLA formatting for the Works Cited page changes constantly. Please type this in 12 point font, preferably Times New Roman. You can submit it here. The file types accepted are Word and PDF (doc, docx, PDF). If you have any problems submitting it, please email it to me with the subject line Summary and Response