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How was your experience learning about narrative writing, and how would you describe the narrative essay to another student?
Being able to tell a good story, involves details and descriptions. Why is telling an accurate story, with vivid descriptions sometimes difficult for novice writers? How was your experience learning about narrative writing, and how would you describe the narrative essay to another student?
What is your reaction to Whitman’s invention and use of “free verse” poetry?
Walt Whitman’s “Song of Myself” Choose two of the following prompts and write discussion responses of at least 150 words each (for a total of 300+ words). Your discussion may include quotes for support, illustration, and development. What are some important themes or messages in “Song of Myself”? (hint: greatness and bigness of America; freedom […]
If you could “unlearn” anything from your formal or informal education, what would it be?
Diagnostic Writing If you could “unlearn” anything from your formal or informal education, what would it be?
Compare and contrast driving in the winter and driving in the summer.
Writing Examination – Factual Writing Examination Questions Answer the following questions according to the instructions given. Write a composition using one of the following topics. Your composition needs to be three to five paragraphs long. It must contain an introduction, a body, and a conclusion. Argue for or against the limitation of speed limits. Compare […]
Did it remain peaceful or were there damage or casualties?
Call for change The topic you select for this assignment must be a protest or event where people are seeking change. The following are some possible topics for you to consider: Protests over the death of George Floyd Ontario high school students walk out for climate change Indigenous Day of Action G20 Summit Idle No […]
How do each of these essays view language and/or education?
Ancillary Assignment for 1/17 Respond to the following questions in two short paragraphs: Reading Reflection: 1)What stood out to you about Tuesday’s assigned reading? How do each of these essays view language and/or education? What do you think of their viewpoints? 2)Writing Project 1 Topic Brainstorm: What are some potential WP1 topics? What is interesting […]
What formal and informal groups/organizations/communities do you belong to?
Introductory essay Read What is Argumentation? (pp. 6-11) in the Introduction 1 of the English 200: Expository Writing II textbook. Then complete the Introductory Assignment and upload it to this assignment. Your Assignment: Identify a time when you were OR were not successful in persuading an audience (a person or a group of people) to […]
Identify and apply the core concepts of an explicit argument: claims and audience-based reasons, evidence, assumptions/warrants, credibility, conditions of rebuttal, as well as ethos, pathos, and logos.
Introductory essay • Adopt effective process writing strategies, including invention, drafting, analyzing their own drafts and those of others, revising, and editing. • Construct an argumentative claim and develop and adequately support audience-based reasons. • Demonstrate ability to respond thoughtfully to peers’ drafts. • Identify and apply the core concepts of an explicit argument: claims […]
Complete a pre-writing activity from section 2.1 in In Conversation to help you generate a topic focus and topic statement for how authors Mukherjee and Tan describe the immigrant-in-America experience.
D4 Complete a pre-writing activity from section 2.1 in In Conversation to help you generate a topic focus and topic statement for how authors Mukherjee and Tan describe the immigrant-in-America experience.
