Category: English

Goals
Write an in-depth, college-level literary analysis of of at least 1,250 words on your chosen Poetry Foundation collection. 
Identify literary elements and analyze their use in the poems in your chosen Poetry Foundation collection.
Poetry Foundation Collections
For your convenience, I’m including the suggested poetry foundation collections on this page as well. Also, you can visit the Collections at the Poetry Foundation Links to an external site.to locate the collection you will be exploring further. 
Poetry and the Environment. ( I choose this topic about environment)
First Poem ” Some questions about the storms ” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/49953/some-questions-about-the-storm
Second Poem ” Water devil”  https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/58642/water-devil
Third Poem ” Epithalamia” https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/58652/epithalamia
Prompt
For this essay, you are asked to develop an analytical argument (asking how and why) about the collection of poems you have chosen from the Poetry Foundation. You want to accomplish the following two objectives in your essay:
Offer an overview of the theme(s) and poems in your Poetry Foundation collection.
Offer a close reading of a few poems from that collection. In this close reading, you will identify and analyze the use of literary elements/poetic devices.
In considering those two objectives, you want to answer this question in your papers: how and why do these particular poems speak to the overall theme and focus of the Poetry Foundation collection you have chosen?
Textual Evidence (Quotations) 
This is an essay of literary criticism so you are expected to include textual evidence (quotations from the poetry). You’ll need to offer some “close readings” (of at least 3 representative poems), but you’ll be making an argument about your Poetry Foundation collection as a whole.
Please note that no secondary sources are required for this essay. In fact, I encourage you to keep your focus on the poems. If you decide to use a secondary source, please make sure to provide in-text citations and to include the source in the works cited list.
Formal Requirements
This is a formal essay, so you are expected to include the following components:
Introduction
Thesis Statement
Body Paragraphs
Transition/Topic Sentences
Conclusion.
Guidelines
Length: at least 1,250 words (about 5 pages) 
MLA Format: Times New Roman 12 pt. font, double spaced, 1 inch margins
In-text citations for quotations from the poems.
Works Cited List

DISCUSSION 1: 
While you are working on your Profile of a Graduate assignment, discuss why you chose your two characteristics. How do your chosen characteristics relate to the nobility of your chosen profession?
CHOSEN CHARACTERISITICS: 
critical thinking skills
and acquisition of evidence based resources
DISCUSSION 2: Our first poem, Goblin Market, is a long one; I’d say it’s more of a short story written in verse. The key here would be to read it first on the literal level. Just try to understand what’s happening in the plot of the story from verse to verse. Once you’ve worked out what happens in a literal sense, you can begin analyzing (inferential/interpretive level). Consider deeper meanings, symbolism, use of language, etc. Goblin Market was published in 1862, which is the same era as A Doll’s House, but the author is English rather than Norwegian. 
As with all of the literature we’ve read so far, do NOT look up any information on the poem for your discussion posts. The entire idea is for you to discuss what you think it all means and to exchange ideas with each other, supporting your theories with evidence from only the poem itself. There is no one right answer anyway when it comes to literature. Multiple interpretations are possible.
Once you’ve read the poem, respond to the following questions:
Provide a basic summary of what happens in the poem (just on a literal level).
Do you think that the goblins represent anything in particular in this poem? If so, what … and why do you think that?
List 2 separate lines of the poem that you feel include some sexual imagery and break down the language to help others understand the sexual imagery you’re referring to. 
What are some of the themes of this poem? What do you think it’s about deep down? What is the author trying to tell us? (This questions is asking you to look at the bigger picture on an evaluative level.) 
Add any extra thoughts/ideas/insights that came to mind for you as you read this week’s text. Try to bring to the forefront something interesting that you’ve noticed about the story and that you’d like to share with me and your peers for further discussion
POEM LINK: https://youtu.be/mCo22wYXYm0
please keep the words on the more simple basic side. 

Write an essay about a teacher you appreciate thanking them. You can write about any teacher from pre k to high school or guidance counselor. The essay must be Times New Roman 12 point font and 500 or more words. Word count is important. Each paragraph (yes paragraph) must start with capitalization. 

Directions
Use the following date and title for this journal entry:
8 May 2024
Research Body Paragraph #1
Prompt
Use information from one research source to write a single body paragraph of 8-12 sentences (in MLA format) for the research essay.
Begin by introducing the main idea (or topic sentence) of the paragraph.
Before quoting the source, introduce the author(s) and the title of his/her/their work.
Note: after introducing him/her/them for the first time, simply refer to the author(s) by surname only (i.e., last name).
In the paragraph, quote and analyze two passages. Be sure to follow the rules of MLA format.
Next, on a separate page, construct an accurate work cited entry for this article.
Make sure the entry conforms to the rules of MLA format, 9th edition.

This essay should be 3 1/2 pages long, a little bit longer if you are aiming for an A.
You must follow MLA guidelines, but you do not need a Works cited page. Please do not work with outside sources for this.
Since this is a comparison-contrast essay, you will be working with two sources. I still should see quotes in most if not all of the body paragraphs. I recommend the point-by-point method which we will discuss.
Note: Please do not simply summarize one source per paragraph.

The details in the document, paper has to be about Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. The other 2 sources have to be literary criticisms. Can’t use the same ideas in class so I cannot write about the effects of colonialism. I was thinking about writing about how the women in the novella are represented but I’m not sure. I have way too many exams and this paper is really stumping me.

Based on Peter Elbow’s “Believing Game” Exercise (TS/IS 31).
Write a paragraph summarizing your Underexamined Issue from the point of view of each of the “Ways to Respond” (Agree, Disagree, Both). Do your best to make each of the paragraphs convincing. You should have three fully-developed paragraphs written to complete this assignment (one for “Agree,” one for “Disagree,” and one for “Both.” Please review Chapter 4 in TS/IS on the “Three Ways to Respond” to make sure you’re providing a good understanding of a “Both” argument. It is not a summary of “Agree” and “Disagree” put together. The text refers to it more as an “Ok, but…” It should provide a compromise or different way of viewing the issue). Though the “Agree” and “Disagree” points of view may take place on either side of the extremes, try to make sure that the arguments represented in those paragraphs still feel reasonable and supportable. Try not to reduce the ‘other side’ to a caricature or cartoonish representation of a point of view. What might a reasonable person say in defense of that point of view?

compare the impact of technology on education has completely transformed how kids learn to a 25 hour internship at a daycare i had 

Descriptive/Narrative: Draw from a personal experience or create a fictional story from one of the chapter/unit themes. Use descriptive writing to enhance your audience’s perception of the story you create. 
o Example: When I was 17, I moved from Chicago, Illinois to Houston, Texas because my dad took on a new position at work…(Either Chapter 3: Work,Chapter 4: Stories, or Chapter 8: Home)
o Needs no sources, but has double the word count requirement of the other prompts (1,000 words, minimum)

Create a vodcast addressing media misrepresentation of an issue, group or individual in Australian society. Investigate the relationship between purpose, audience, language, and meaning. Construct a persuasive argument, invite viewers to reconsider their position, persuade them to accept your stance, and influence action, length must be around 5-7 minutes talking.