Write the equivalent of a 2-3 page report giving a review of the concert you attended. Your review must include the following: What kind of listener were you at the concert? Why?  What pieces were performed?  What was the style of each of the pieces performed?  What was the instrumentation of the orchestra?  Draw out the seating arrangement of the instruments in the orchestra. Analyze […]

  Diverse populations existed in the colonies and in the new nation; however, the tensions among these different groups reached new heights in the pre-Civil War period. Representatives of these different groups actively contested the shape the nation would take. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you analyze these conflicting public rhetorics. When analyzing, consider the role of ethos, pathos, and logos. In […]

Compare and contrast some of the poems from this week’s readings or the poet you selected for part 1 of the forum. You may compare poems from a single poet, or compare poems across poets. Have a debatable, persuasive claim and focus on specific points of comparison, using the Lesson in week 7 to guide your structure. View the list of American Essayists. Select an essayist who […]

For this assignment, you’re going to compare two rulers. Select a group of either two male rulers or two female rulers from different cultures using the following list:    Ancient Male Rulers: Ramses II, Shihuangdi, Constantine, Ashoka, Pericles, or Charlemagne    Ancient Female Rulers: Compare Tang Empress Wu Zetian (Chinese Culture) with either the Pharaoh Cleopatra (Egypt Culture) or the Pharaoh Hatshepsut (Egypt Culture)      […]

Module 12 Discussion:  “Look the Other Way”  8      8 unread replies.    8      8 replies.          Overview and Prompt The film, “Spotlight,” covered the journalistic team at the Boston Globe that broke the story about child abuse in the Catholic Church; however, this clip touches on a much larger issues:  the tendency of people to “look the other way.”  Why is Michael Keaton asked to “kill” […]

Link to “Things Fall Apart” story: https://d3jc3ahdjad7x7.cloudfront.net/K6VMedMRtwYZgIkkMchdXL4L1NPrA9UgqYAgYZtFvNWU9Scc.pdf On separate pages write 2 discussions for these 2 questions – 1. What are some of Okonkwo’s characteristics? Think of how you’d describe him to someone who has not met him. Is he someone you’d like or dislike? Why? Based on what you’ve read so far, is Okonkwo representative of the community or too exceptional to represent the […]

3.1.5 Practice: Online and Off-Line Character Sketches Practice Guide Media Literacy (S2318458)   Points possible: 30 Date: ____________   In this assignment, you’ll be writing three short character sketches that focus on the differences and similarities in each character’s off-line and online lives. Your creation should be at least three paragraphs in length, with one paragraph devoted to each character. If you need to write more, feel free […]

Choose one assigned poem each from Bradstreet and Wheatley.  The purpose of poetry is to touch the reader’s life in some way.  In order to do so, one needs to connect to the poem on a personal level.  Using reader response theory, discuss how you connected to the poems with comparisons to your life, your experience, your opinions or your knowledge of the topics.  In your post, […]

NEED TODAY 5/7/2017 BY 3PM EST   MLA FORMAT Name a contemporary music selection, painting, sculpture, movie, or other art experience that you feel is a good piece of work, and name the author of your selection. Describe the aesthetic qualities of this artwork as to why it is pleasing to you.  (What makes this work special? How does it make you feel?) How does […]

Paper must include introduction, thesis, body of paper and resource  For this project assignment, you will submit your Literary Analysis paper on the assigned novel selected for the course, which should focus on three or more elements of fiction to show how this novel is an example of modern literature in both theme and style. Please review the literary terms explored in this course. These […]