No late work accepted! Only typed double spaced work accepted. All assignments to be completed before class starts in MLA format for credit IN CLASS only on day due. All essays MUST BE SUBMITTED to Turnitin.com VIA Canvas in a timely fashion or will receive No Credit. That is where they will be commented upon and graded.
- Demonstrate your thorough understanding of a poem/story/book/play and the parts that comprise it.
- Demonstrate your knowledge of the elements of poetrypoem/story/book/play and your ability to identify them in a work.
- Illustrate your familiarity with the correct format for MLA citations.
- Demonstrate your ability to organize details in a logical, persuasive fashion as to effectively explain the poem/story/book/play/story/book/play.
- Exercise the skill of writing well-crafted sentences, utilizing standard edited American English.
- Again, these are NOT a research papers. Do NOT go to outside sources for “ideas.” Your purpose is NOT to come up with a unique, innovative interpretation of these selections of literature. Your purpose is to show that you understand the main point of a poempoem/story/book/play and to explain how the author creates that understanding.
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Your Purpose in Writing These First Three Essays:
- Essay 1-3 See Canvas Course Essays Module
- Develop a valid, interesting, and arguable thesis
- Organize your essay in such a way that the reader can see a clear progression of ideas
- Support your argument with sufficient evidence and well-chosen quotes from the texts.
- Use appropriate literary terms where applicable.
- Cite references from various texts by using the correct format as explained and illustrated in The MLA Handbook section of your reader/current MLA Edition. Attach a Works Cited page.
- Demonstrate your skills of persuasive writing, organizing your argument and using language in a way that will lead the reader to adopt your viewpoint.
- Exercise the skill of writing well-crafted sentences, utilizing standard edited American English.
- Organize your essay in such a way that the reader can see a clear progression of ideas
- Essay 4-See Canvas Course Major Essays Module
Links of Interest: Oates' Short Story
- Bob Dylan - It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
- YouTube - Bob Dylan - Like A Rolling Stone
- You Tube - The Pied Piper & Screaming girls
- YouTube - Bob Dylan - Mr. Tambourine Man
- You Tube - Bo Diddley
- Bo Diddley Who Do You Love
- You Tube - George Thorogood's dedication-Bo Diddley
- Tales from the Morgue: The Pied Pier of Tuscon Series
- The Pied Piper of Tucson
- Author Tells His side of the 'Pied Piper of Tucson' Murder
- Bob Dylan Home Page
- Essay 5-See Canvas Course Major Essays Module
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Your Purpose In Writing These Last Two Essays:
Presentations and Presenters:
- Presentation Prompt: See Canvas Presentations module
- Presentation Response Guidelines: See Canvas Presentation Responses module
- Presentation Response Samples: See Canvas Presentation Responses module