250 words .– answer H u m a n i t i e s

Participation in Classroom Discussions: 3 posts. Send a Response post by Thursday and 2 Reply posts (to another student or to me) by Monday.

Due Thursday: Response post

Respond to only one of the options below. Your answer/post should

–start by naming the prompt you are responding to.

–be 175-250 words.

–answer what is asked and not drift away.

–be academic: answer with details, from the readings or stories.

—list the sources of your information so you are not charged with plagiarism.

–be in proper sentences, correct grammar, punctuation, and capitalization–in other words, in good writing.

–not be about you for no good reason.

–be in two paragraphs if 6 sentences or more.

If you cite a sentence or more from a source then cite the source. If you do not, you are committing plagiarism.

Keep the meanings of denotative and connotative in mind. Denotative refers to the literal meaning; connotative means suggesting a meaning that is more than or beyond the literal meaning of a word, phrase, image, symbol, and so on.

Option 1

Discuss a fiction (short story, novella, or novel) writer whose work you have read. What is a specific work of that author that you enjoyed? If you choose a writer who wrote a series, discuss only one title from the series.

–What is a theme in that story?

–What are some things that society could learn from that one story? Please explain. Be specific.

Please answer what is asked. Do not go away from it.

Option 2

When we read a story, we want to see what issue/s the writer is addressing and what the writer may be saying about that/those issue/s. We figure those things by looking at the strategies the writer uses. For fiction, those include theme, conflict, character, narrator, protagonist or an antagonist, foil, setting, imagery, symbolism, and resolution.

Look at Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s short story “The Yellow Wallpaper.” Then

–discuss a theme/issue (just one) of the story

–what literary strategies the author uses to convey that theme/issue. –what the world can learn from that story. Be specific.

Please answer what is asked. Do not go away from it.

Option 3

When we read a story, we want to see what issue/s the writer is addressing and what the writer may be saying about that/those issue/s. We figure those things by looking at the strategies the writer uses. For fiction, those include theme, conflict, character, narrator, protagonist or an antagonist, foil, setting, imagery, symbolism, and resolution.

Look at Alice Walker’s short story “Everyday Use” Then

–discuss a theme/issue (just one) of the story

–what literary strategies the author uses to convey that theme/issue. –what the world can learn from that story. Be specific.

Please answer what is asked. Do not go away from it.

Option 4

When we read a story, we want to see what issue/s the writer is addressing and what the writer may be saying about that/those issue/s. We figure those things by looking at the strategies the writer uses. For fiction, those include theme, conflict, character, narrator, protagonist or an antagonist, foil, setting, imagery, symbolism, and resolution.

Look at James Joyce’s short story “Everyday Use” Then

–discuss a theme/issue (just one) of the story

–what literary strategies the author uses to convey that theme/issue. –what the world can learn from that story. Be specific.

Please answer what is asked. Do not go away from it.