Category Archives: English

Discuss what does Ferris Jabr tell us about “Red Riding-Hood,”a story that has different titles and details depending on which of the thousands of versions we’re looking at? What aspects of character, setting, or plot do those versions share in common? How have those versions changed in different parts of the worldand over time, according to anthropologist Jamie Tehrani?Based on that evidence, how specifically are stories “uncannily similar toliving organisms”(36)?How, over the “past few hundred thousand years,”did humansbecome “consummate storytellers”(38)?

Writing Assignment(due Tuesday 10/13):1.In the opening section of his essay, what does Ferris Jabr tell us about “Red Riding-Hood,”a story that has different titles and details depending on which of the thousands of versions we’re looking at? What aspects of character, setting, or plot do those versions share in common? How have those versions changed […]

Compare the values and motivation of Madame Loisel from “The Necklace” and Della Dillingham Young from “”The Gift of the Magi”.

Topic: Comparing characters Paper details: Write an essay comparing the values and motivation of Madame Loisel from “The Necklace” and Della Dillingham Young from “”The Gift of the Magi”. Which character best represents the values of today’s society? Minimum 5 Paragraphs How to set up your essay: Introduction: Begin with a Question, Quote, OR a […]

Discuss How do “native” and “non- “native”” English language teachers make sense of the EFL discourse?

my research questions for this study are as follows:(so chapter 7 should closely link back to the research question) 1. 1) How is EFL discursively constructed as a practice in South Korea? 2. 2) How do “native” and “non- “native”” English language teachers make sense of the EFL discourse? 3. 3) How do the NESTs’ […]

Describe your participants and explain how you will recruit them (e.g. age range, classroom members, members of a sports team, etc.)

ASSIGNMENT Recall the study discussed in (Chapter 3, Part A video) lecture by Leibert & Baron (1972). In this study, an experimental design (quantitative NOT qualitative) was used to determine whether viewing aggressive films was linked with an increased willingness to hurt another child. Unlike Leibert and Baron’s study (1972), which employed a quantitative approach, […]

Summarize three of the essays on Ms. Marvel that are posted on Blackboard.

For your first writing assignment, you will summarize three of the essays on Ms. Marvel that are posted on Blackboard. Each summary should be no longer than a paragraph, though for some of you these paragraphs may feel longer than you’re used to (If some teacher told you the number of sentences in a paragraph […]

What’s more important in the play–its social criticism or its conventional, even conservative structure? Why do you think this?

Topic: What’s more important in the play–its social criticism or its conventional, even conservative structure? Why do you think this? Paper details: Much of the humor in “The Importance of Being Earnest” comes as Wilde makes fun of Victorian culture, with its superficiality and snobbery. But the play does still use the traditional form of […]

Write a 5-page paper about someone who you think is talented. It could be anyone for whom you can find sources for in the Library database (so that does exclude some people!).

Write a 5-page paper about someone who you think is talented. It could be anyone for whom you can find sources for in the Library database (so that does exclude some people!). You will find and use two sources for this paper — one on talent in general (or research on talent) and one source […]

Write at least three (3) college leveled paragraphs expounding on key words mentioned in the poem such as solitude, depth, compromise, and others. Make sure your journal response relates and connects to the poem. You are to make interpretations and support your interpretations by using direct quotes from the poem.

Paper details: Writing Journal #2 – “In the Depths of Solitude” by Tupac Shakur You have to click the link above to access the dropbox. After reading the attached poem, write at least three (3) college leveled paragraphs expounding on key words mentioned in the poem such as solitude, depth, compromise, and others. Make sure […]