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Drawing from Lyndon Gill’s “Returning the Gaze” in Erotic Islands: Art and Activism in the Queer Caribbean, Jamaica Kincaid’s A Small Place and Angelique Nixon’s “Negotiating Tropical Desires in Social and Physical Landscapes” in Resisting Paradise: Tourism, Diaspora and Sexuality in Caribbean Culture, critically analyze how the texts are in conversation with each other. Specifically, discuss the ways Gill’s, Kincaid’s and Nixon’s texts invert “the tourist gaze” to underscore power imbalance via notions of invisibility, poverty as a determinant for movement of/between bodies, the external construction of Caribbean people and the “sexing”/gendering of the region.
Essays MUST:
1. Have a title. It should not be ‘Written Assignment #2.’
2. Address the prompt with a clearly defined and well-articulated thesis statement and relating topic sentences for each body paragraph.
3. Possess accurate use of quotes (no quote should be a stand-alone sentence and must be synthesized into the essay). All quotes should be followed by close reading analysis. Analyses of quotes should be more than 2-3 sentences after the quote.
4. Accurate in-text citation and Works Cited/Reference pages.
5. Edit to ensure that the paper is polished and does not possess mechanical, grammatical, or typographical errors.
6. Avoid chronological accounts and lengthy summaries. Instead, make the claim and provide critical analysis based on textual evidence.
All submissions should be Five (5) pages, double spaced using 12-point Times New Roman Font and 1-inch margins in *.doc or *.docx format.
Your Final Exam Writing Assignment Two is due Thursday, May 2nd.
Answer this question:
To complete your final exam, use the textbook, primary sources, and sources you have found, read, analyzed, and discussed during the semester to answer the question below.
What were the significant differences and similarities between Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.′s and Malcolm X′s philosophies? Highlight their primary similarities and differences in providing ideological and tactical guidance for the mass protests of the 1960s.
Constructing your writing assignment:
Step One: Introduction
Your essay must begin with an introduction that starts with a thesis statement. Your thesis statement must respond to the bolded prompt above. Underline or highlight your thesis statement.
Here is a tool to help you develop your thesis statement:
Thesis Development WorksheetDownload Thesis Development Worksheet
Step Two: Body of Essay (Using Evidence to Support Your Thesis)
Organize the body of your essay into four paragraphs with a clear topic sentence (the paragraph′s main point). The topic sentence must support your thesis, so always keep your thesis (the main point/contention/argument) of your paper in mind as you construct each paragraph. Organize your paragraphs by topic; then use one or more (related) primary sources that explain or illustrate your main point. Each paragraph should be several sentences long. Use transitions at the end of each paragraph to move from one topic to the next.
Each paragraph must use evidence from the primary sources we read and discussed during Weeks 10-15. Use the evidence to support your thesis. You must use at least three scholarly sources (primary or secondary). Use the information you learned from the textbook to help contextualize the primary sources. This means that you should consider the textbook information as ″background″ info from which you should identify and apply relevant historical information to make sense of primary sources. Don′t guess what the primary sources mean. Analyze them using the textbook.
Here are some tools to help you prepare:
Primary Source Worksheet Download Primary Source Worksheet
Constructing a Paragraph Links to an external site.
Step Three: Conclusion
Your essay must end with a concluding paragraph. Your conclusion should reiterate your central thesis from your introduction as well as the most important main points or topics you explored throughout the essay and should explain the significance of the case (in other words, ″Why is this important/significant to the study of African American history?″).
Mechanics and Citations
For your writing assignment, double-space your paper and use 12-point font and standard margins. Cite your sources (use MLA Links to an external site.or Chicago Manual Style. Links to an external site.
Your response must begin with an introduction with a thesis statement and include three additional sections (four total): paragraph one consists of an intro/with a thesis statement. You will submit four paragraphs, including an opening paragraph, two body paragraphs, a conclusion paragraph, and three historical sources, on a separate (unnumbered) bibliography page. You can use only one SCD as a primary source. Still, you need to find and consult at least two more outside scholarly historical sources, which can be found in the Ned McWherter library, including J-STOR or the online Google Books. All three references must be listed on your Works Cited/Bibliography page and formatted correctly using APA, MLA, or Turabian/Chicago styles. Your thesis statement must respond to the assignment above. Underline or highlight your thesis statement. Points will be deducted from papers that don′t adhere to the instructions.
You should include a parenthetical citation when referencing, summarizing, paraphrasing, or quoting a historical source. Every in-text citation in your paper must have a corresponding entry in your Works Cited list. For example, MLA parenthetical citation uses the author′s last name and a page number (Browne 107). In contrast, historians use the Chicago/Turabian format when writing, including author-date publication and page numbers in their parenthetical citations (LeDoux 2003, 116). If you number the Works Cited/Bibliography and title pages, I will deduct points.
Please include the Works Cited page as the last unnumbered page of your final exam and submit it in one file. Exams submitted in multiple files will have points deducted, so please double-check before submission.
Save your work as a Microsoft Word document file. Include your name and a proper heading: name your file YourLastNameFinal Exam (don′t use special characters in the file name). Submit your completed, proofread essay by 10:59 PM on May 2nd.
Rubric – HIST 3881 Final Exam Writing Assignment One (1a) (1)
Rubric – HIST 3881 Final Exam Writing Assignment One (1a) (1)
Criteria Ratings Pts
The essay provides Inro, Body, Conclusion
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20 pts
Excellent
The essay provides an accurate number of paragraphs with appropriate sections. Includes the proper heading and complete sentences and uses correct capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
10 pts
Adequate
The essay provides some desсrіptive paragraphs, but not all sections are included in the response. It only offers some of the following: the proper heading needs complete sentences and correct capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
5 pts
Minimal
The essay does not provide the required desсrіptive paragraphs in the response. The response needs to be better constructed and include appropriate sections. It does not have the proper heading, needs complete sentences, and correct capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
3 pts
Poor
The essay does not provide any required desсrіptive paragraphs in the response. The response should have included the appropriate sections, proper heading, complete sentences, and correct capitalization, grammar, and punctuation.
/ 20 pts
Primary and secondary sources are required
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20 pts
Excellent
Demonstrates thorough knowledge of the period in which the source was written; the essay relates the primary and secondary sources to the specific historical context in which it was written.
10 pts
Adequate
It uses previous historical knowledge to examine issues included in this essay and consists of some source material.
5 pts
Minimal
Limited use of historical sources to analyze issues presented in this essay.
3 pts
Poor
Does not use primary or secondary sources to place this essay question in a historical context.
/ 20 pts
Analysis of Essay Question
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10 pts
Excellent
In-depth analysis and interpretation; insightful observations; explores the reliability of author(s) and primary sources and places correct information in the essay question′s appropriate sections (intro, body, conclusion).
5 pts
Adequate
The analysis is generally sound, but the information could be more specific in some essay sections.
3 pts
Minimal
Minimal source analysis; little insight; the information must be placed correctly.
1 pts
Poor
No indication they read and attempted to analyze this specific source material to answer the essay question or place data in the correct sections.
/ 10 pts
Total Points: 0
This paper will examine a single social scientist of African descent to emerge during the era of what
many have called “The Black social sciences” (c. 1970s and 1980s). The intellectual biography should
include: 1) a scholarly background of the author that examines his or her dissertation topic (if
available), their advisors and/or scholarly influences, and their professional and organizational
affiliations, including the work done under the aegis of such institutions; 2) scholarly production (i.e.
What did they write? When did they write it?); 3) contributions to knowledge (i.e. What was the
intellectual content of these writings? The major conclusions?); and 4) their impact (i.e. What was the
effect that their work had? On the academy? On the community?). The main question (i.e. your thesis)
for your intellectual biographies and the connecting idea for each of the four components just
discussed is this: How has the intellectual work of your selected figure affected the development of
the their chosen discipline and/or Africana Studies? You are encouraged to begin the process of
developing their arguments early in the semester. There will be two check-ins before the paper/project
is due. Introduction and at least three additional paragraphs
Directions: Choose 1 prompt from the list below. Compose a well-organized, well-detailed, essay that answers the prompt. The essay should include the following:
Introduction with hook, background information about the topic, thesis statement.
2-3 body paragraphs with topic sentences, example sentences, lead-ins & quotes with citations, and explanation sentences.
Conclusion with restated thesis statement, summary of main points, lesson learned, or message to share with the reader about the topic.
12 point font
Times New Roman, Arial, or Calibri font
Name, date, hour, & title
An Illuminating Moment: In The Writing of Fiction (1925), novelist Edith Wharton wrote: “At every stage in the progress of his tale the novelist must rely on what may be called the illuminating incident to reveal and emphasize the inner meaning of each situation. Illuminating incidents are the magic casements of fiction, its vistas on infinity.” Write a well-organized essay in which you describe an “illuminating” episode or moment from Beloved and explain how it functions as a “casement,” a window that opens onto the meaning of the novel as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Irrational Behavior: One definition of madness is “mental delusion or the eccentric behavior arising from it.” But Emily Dickinson wrote: “Much madness is divinest Sense— / To a discerning Eye—”. Novelist and playwrights have often seen madness with a “discerning Eye.” In Beloved, identify a character whose apparent madness or irrational behavior plays an important role. Then write a well-organized essay in which you explain what this delusion or eccentric behavior consists of and how it might be judged reasonable. Explain the significance of the “madness” to the meaning of the novel as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Necessary Secrecy: Often in literature a character’s success in achieving goals depends on keeping a secret and divulging it only at the right moment, if at all. In Beloved, identify a character who is required to keep a secret. Then, in a well-organized essay, briefly explain the necessity for secrecy and how the character’s choice to reveal or keep the secret affects the plot and contributes to the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot.
Importance of Home: According to Sonsyrea Tate, “You can leave home all you want, but home will never leave you.” Her statement suggests that “home” may be conceived of as a dwelling, a place, or a state of mind. It may have positive or negative associations, but in either case, it may have a considerable influence on an individual. From Beloved, identify a central character who leaves home yet finds that home remains significant. Write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the importance of “home” to this character and the reasons for its continuing influence. Explain how the character’s idea of home illuminates the larger meaning of the novel as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Parent/Child Conflict: Many works of literature depict a conflict between a parent (or a parental figure) and a son or daughter. Write a well-organized essay on Beloved in which you analyze the sources of this conflict and explain how the conflict contributes to the meaning of the novel as a whole. Avoid plot summary.
A Tragic Figure: According to critic Northrop Frye, “Tragic heroes are so much the highest points in their human landscape that they seem the inevitable conductors of the power about them, great trees more likely to be struck by lightning than a clump of grass. Conductors may of course be instruments as well as victims of the divine lightning.” In Beloved, identify a tragic figure functions as an instrument of the suffering of others. Then write a well-organized essay in which you explain how the suffering brought upon others by that figure contributes to the tragic vision of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Desire for Power: One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. From Beloved, identify a character who struggles to free himself or herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Then write a well-organized essay in which you discuss this struggle and demonstrate how Toni Morrison uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Past Affects Present: In many works of literature, past events can positively or negatively affect the present actions, attitudes, or values of a character. In Beloved, select a character who must contend with some aspect of the past, either personal or societal. Then write an essay in which you show how the character’s relationship to the past contributes to the meaning of the novel as a whole. Avoid mere plot summary.
Search for Justice: In a novel by William Styron, a father tells his son that life “is a search for justice.” From Beloved, choose a character who responds in some significant way to justice or injustice. Then write a well-developed essay in which you analyze the character’s understanding of justice, the degree to which the character’s search for justice is successful, and the significance of this search for the meaning of the novel as a whole. Do not simply summarize the plot.
Conflicting Directions: The eighteenth-century British novelist Laurence Sterne wrote: “Nobody, but he who has felt it, can conceive what a plaguing thing it is to have a man’s mind torn asunder by two projects of equal strength, both obstinately pulling in a contrary direction at the same time.” From Beloved, choose a character (not necessarily the protagonist) whose mind is pulled in conflicting directions by two compelling desires, ambitions, obligations, or influences. Then, in a well-organized essay, identify each of the two conflicting forces and explain how this conflict within one character illuminates the meaning of the novel as a whole. Avoid plot summary
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Read all of the secondary sources and one of the primary sources assigned for the week. Write an essay in which you develop an argument about what your analysis of the primary source allows you to understand about race in the 17th and 18th centuries in the colonies and the Early Republic. As part of your argument, explain how your analysis of the primary source adds to or challenges the information and ideas about race in the secondary sources. Cite all your sources (primary and secondary) using APA style at the end of the essay