How did they help you see interconnectedness or interrelatedness that you didn’t recognize before?

THEME ESSAY CRITERIA Estimated word count for the final essay is from 750-1000 words. However, there is no upper- or lower-word limit for the assignment. Write no less and no more than you need to write to accomplish the tasks associated with each prompt. For a strong essay, include references to at least one class […]

Choose a short passage that is interesting to you from the primary readings given.

Choose a short passage that is interesting to you from the primary readings given. Type out the passage and then write TWO discussion questions about that passage to share with the class and/or to develop later in an essay. Be sure to include the page number/s for the passage you’ve selected.  

Write about the novel The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron and compare it to the novel Dessa Rose, which was written in response to Styron’s novel.

It should be around 4,400 words, with well-structured chapters and sub-chapters, and uses at least 10 sources. Write about the novel The Confessions of Nat Turner by William Styron and compare it to the novel Dessa Rose, which was written in response to Styron’s novel. Primary source is “Nat Turner Before the Bar of Judgment: […]

How do such patterns guide tone, emphasis, or relationships between ideas in the poem? 

2 ½ – 3 pages, double spaced (not including the Work Cited page) This is the poem by Phillis Wheatley Analyze how a poem draws on a turning point (or turning points) to encode implicit ideas, claims, or worldviews.  What ideas, claims or worldview emerge in the poem before the turning point(s)?  How does the […]

How does Power imagine what sovereignty and self-determination mean?

The power of sovereignty! Draft. A focused introduction A complex thesis statement offering an argument in response to one of the two available sources for the mid-term essay Well-organized paragraphs with clear topic sentences Clear and persuasive evidence. This is the topic How does Power imagine what sovereignty and self-determination mean? And how does the […]