Category: Literature

 
1.At least 1500 words 5 pages
2.An engaging introduction which gives a sense of the central meaning and / or theme of the play under discussion that does not assume we’ve read it.
3.A focused, specific and arguable thesis which gives a sense of the central problem you will be exploring( because you are putting several texts into dialogue , you might include a counter argument in your thesis l).
4.Transitions that connect your different observations about the essay
5. Focused paragraphs that draw on ample quotations and specific references to th various texts your using or support and begin with a topic sensitive
6. A conclusion that assess he overall effect and implications of your argument. Your conclusion that assess the overall effect and implications of your argument. Your convulsion should not in this case be a restatement of the thesis, but shou synthesize your claim

 
This assignment is for the preparation of a literature review paper. The topic of the paper is “How does music affect students during standardized testing?”
Collect your demographic data.
Describe your context and demographics of your population
Add this material to your AR project proposal

YOU MAY USE WHATEVER NUMBER OF RESOURCES THAT YOU NEED TO COMPLETE THIS ASSIGNMENT.
Prior to the development of strategies to implement in the educational setting, it is important to understand the makeup of the participants for your AR proposal through a description of the demographics of your study.
On the Action Research Proposal template, the demographics section is comprised of three subsections: Demographic Data, Target Group, and Baseline Data.
Answer the questions for each subsection below in a paragraph.
Demographic Data
• Where/what is the research site?
• Who is directly involved?
• What statistics will give a clear understanding of the context and culture of the research site?
Target Group
• Who are the students you are trying to impact?
• How do you think this strategy or content focus will benefit the target group?
Baseline Data
• What are the baseline data that support your choice for this area of focus?
• What patterns or trends do you see in the data?
• What is your proof that an issue exists in this focus area?
Reminders:
• Do not use names as identifiers for the research site or participants. Please also take care to be vague with details of your geographic site (e.g. a large urban city in the northeast rather than saying Boston). Finally, be conscious of the use of the place name or district name in any research references that you include for the data you are sharing. For example, if you consult the U.S. census data, please do not provide a link that includes the location name but rather include the link to the larger census database. For further information on how to cite confidential sources, please see this FAQ
• You may not depend solely on standardized test scores as your baseline data.
• You will be using this discussion to get feedback from your peers before you submit this as part of your final project for the Action Research Project. Please make sure to give thoughtful, meaningful feedback as well.

 
Dropbox Assignment 1: Genre Analysis

Read the section “Six Major American Genres” in Chapter 3 (pp. 90-117). Watch the tutorial videos, and complete the Interactive Exercise. You might also find this site helpful: filmsite.org’s genre descriptions.

Watch one of the movies listed below. Even if you saw it in the past, you will need to re-watch it to provide the level of analysis and specificity this assignment requires.

Write a two-page essay (roughly 750 words) describing how the movie does AND does not fit the criteria for BOTH genres, and possibly additional genres.The essay should not exceed four pages. If the essay is more than a few lines under two pages, it probably does not adequately develop ideas.

Blade Runner (Scott, 1982): sci-fi, film noir
Children of Men (Cuaron, 2006): sci-fi, drama
The Godfather (Coppola, 1972): gangster, drama
Star Wars (Lucas, 1977): sci-fi, Western
Singing in the Rain (Donen, 1952): musical, romantic comedy
The Shining (Kubrick, 1980): horror, drama
Unforgiven, (Eastwood, 1992): classic Western, revisionist Western
Review these documents
-Guidelines for Writing about Movies
-Dropbox Assignment Grading Rubric
Essay structure

Introduction
A. name the movie you chose and provides basic background (year, director, and any other
noteworthy facts)
B. provide a clear, arguable thesis about how well (or poorly) the film fits the genres

I. first genre (one or two body paragraphs)
A. briefly describe the genre
B. discuss ways in which the movie is typical of the genre
C. discuss ways in which the movie ignores or overturns genre traits

II. second genre (one or two body paragraphs)
A. briefly describe the genre
B. discuss ways in which the movie is typical of the genre
C. discuss ways in which the movie ignores or overturns genre traits

III. optional: third genre (or more)

Conclusion
A. sum up your findings (without adding new ideas)
B. give the reader a sense of closure

Essay elements
– specific examples from the movie (e.g. descriptions of scenes, actions, or dialogue) to illustrate genre-conformity and genre-bending
– discussion of relationship or connection between the genres: do they work well together? do they produce any surprising effects?
– observations and insights that go beyond the obvious
– application of concepts studied in the course so far
– clear writing and careful proofreading
also . . . you can strengthen your essay by referring to other films in the selected genres
Format
– put your name at the top (recommended but not required: MLA-style header and page numbering;
– double-space
– use 1-inch margins all around (top, botttom, sides)
– use 12-point Times New Roman or Calibri font

 
this paper is about review of literature I conducted for a professor at the school who is conducting a research about “best practices in nursing education”
I provided the professor with literature related using the following key words:
predictors of success
admission criteria
academic preparation
I am attaching some of the studies I sent the professor .
4 citations are needed 3 from primary sources and 2 from secondary sources .
the paper should include ideas about the literature and a sum of the fndings in general an the relevance to the field experience of literature review for a research study in nursing topic of ‘best practices in nursing education”

 
English 1A
Essay #3: Prompt

Edmund Burke
Prompt:
➢ Choose a book or movie from the horror genre and use Burke’s theory of the sublime to explain its appeal. Look specifically for elements that Burke lists, such as terror, obscurity, power, magnificence, and infinity

I chose the 2002 horror movie The Ring.So you’re choosing “The Ring” as the horror movie genre. Now make sure you are looking for the elements Burke lists in his text and show how those elements are used in the movie, explain how the elements are appealing according to Burke’s definition of the sublime.

The essay can’t be plagiarized. Avoid summarizing the actual movie.

Character Connection
Take any character from Othello and find a meaningful connection to a character you’ve encountered so far this semester from one of the short stories or from your novella. Compare Othella to The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Gilman. How are they similar? Give evidence from both the story of your choice and the play. When you quote from stories, remember to add parenthetical citation (page numbers). When you quote from Othello, include act, scene and line in your parentheses.

 
Essay 4: Literary Analysis

Essay 4 is due by noon on Monday, November 30. For Essay 4, you will write a character analysis of the protagonist in a story (see the Guide to Writing on p. 472-486 in our textbook for some help with your writing process on this essay).

This time, you have two topic choices:

Write a character analysis of the protagonist (that is, the main character) in a movie. You can choose any movie you wish, but the movie must have been released more than 20 years ago (i.e., before 1995). If you have trouble locating the movie’s year of release, you should be able to verify it via Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com).

OR

Write a character analysis of the protagonist in one of the short stories from James Joyce’s Dubliners, which is freely available online via Project Gutenberg (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2814/2814-h/2814-h.htm).

Your character analysis can include any details you think are important to understanding your subject, but your analysis must accomplish each of the following:

• In the introduction, state whether you think your subject is a flat or round character, and briefly explain why. A flat character does not change or grow during the course of the story, and a round character develops and changes during the course of the story.

• Describe your subject in detail. Do not become preoccupied with describing him/her physically, though that may be relevant as well, but make sure the focus of your description is on your subject’s personality. Give examples from your text that help reveal the character’s personality and illustrate how it changes—or does not change, in the case of flat characters—as the story develops.

• Discuss your subject’s relationship with one or more of the other characters in the story. How do these relationships change and influence your subject? Or, if your subject is flat, how do these relationships help prevent him/her from changing? Again, be sure to give examples.

Extend a Literature Review to two pages to include relevant research on building parallel corpora between other languages, and on evaluation metrics for Machine Translation systems; include the four example papers in the attachment.

 
This term, we have studied several different forms of electronic communication — telegraphy, radio, and now television. Overall, what would you say is the primary impact that electronic communication has had on literature and reading? Use examples from the sources provided:

1:•Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
2:Orson Welles, The war of the Worlds
3:Any Gertrude Stein poem
4:•Rudyard Kipling “The Wireless” (1902) – from Scribner’s Magazine

 

PERSUASIVE ORAL PRESENTATION REQUIREMENTS

Your oral report will consist of a PowerPoint presentation that includes a minimum of 11 slides for a duration of at least 15 minutes. Your slides should be creative, unique, and attractive and should include video and/or audio clip(s), pictures, clip art, and sounds.
The content of your slides should provide a detailed description and background of your celebrity and results from your methodology section. Include a discussion of your:

• data collection method;
• charts/graphs of your study population and/or demographics; and
• charts/graphs of your study results.
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