Read: “Topics and Approaches to the Literary Essay” in the Resources folder. Choose one of the topics provided for you, or email the professor for approval of an alternate topic.

Prompt: 1. Post a working approach for the topic you chose. 2. Write a brief few sentences explaining why you chose this topic. 3. Respond to two other students.

Subject Line: In all Discussion Board posts, include your first initial and last name and a word or two from the title of the discussion in the subject line, for example: J. Doe Choose Topic/ Approach

Click on Create Thread to begin.

Rubric:Directly and completely post a response to the prompts in a minimum of 150 words or write as much as necessary to answer the prompt.30%Respond to two classmates. Please give a thoughtful response in more than one sentence. Give the reasoning behind your comment(s) and/or add to the information.   20%Use standard American English grammar and spelling,  with adequate sentence structure, correctly punctuating, capitalizing, and spelling.50% Total100%

Reminder: Please make sure to comply with all Netiquette Guidelines listed in the Getting Started module.