Category: Literature

Poems of interest
-Because I could not stop for death by Emily Dickinson
-Sonnet 130: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun by William Shakespeare
-Fire and Ice by Robert Frost
Must identify five (5) or more different possible literary elements/devices that are probable thesis points for analysis, also briefly have a explanation for each one (like 2-3 sentences). And, these are your notes, not any found online. You should have annotations that identify specific literary elements and devices that can serve as your thesis points to analyze the poem. (Allow me to provide a guide for your annotating.)- just a starter tool
1. What is obvious in the poem? Is it repeating words, sounds, patterns (punctuation, word choice, specific kind of image, negativity/positivity, message) etc.?
2. What is the pronounced message/theme of the poem? (There are almost always multiple messages/themes.)
3. Are there symbols in the work?
4. Are there similes in the work?
5. Are there metaphors in the work?
6. Is there evidence of an apostrophe in the poem? Why is it this reference? What does it mean?
7. Is there use of metonymy? What does it mean?
8. Is there use of synecdoche? What does it mean?
9. From what point of view is it expressed? Why is that significant?
10. Are any of the “-als” (This is my reference.) evident? (Spiritual, financial, economical, social, political, relational, marital, internal (struggle/influence), external (struggle/influence), mental, communal, revelational, etc.). What do they mean?
11. Are numbers referenced? What do they mean?
12. How is the device of time utilized/referenced in this poem/work?

Please choose ONE of the questions, and write 2-3 pages, double-spaced, to discuss the question. You are required to include quotations from the presentation titled “Realism and Naturalism,” to present the definition of Naturalism. Use only the literature from the online text, the material in the presentation, and posted videos from the module as sources. Use MLA format, including in-text citations for all source material.
Use the following citation for material from the online presentation (“Realism and Naturalism”).
1. Stephen Crane “The Open Boat”
What does Crane mean when he says,” When it came night, the white waves paced to and fro in the moonlight, and the wind brought the sound of the great sea’s voice to the men on shore, and they felt that they could then be interpreters” (Crane 316)? How do the final lines of the story show that the story is an example of Naturalism?
Be sure to include quotations from the “Realism and Naturalism” presentation to define Naturalism. You are required to include citations for all source material.
2. Jack London “To Build a Fire”
What does London mean in these final lines of the story? How does this quotation show that the story is an example of Naturalism?
“A little longer it delayed, howling under the stars that leaped and danced and shone brightly in the cold sky. Then it turned and trotted up the trail in the direction of the camp it knew, where were the other food-providers and fire-providers” (London 329).
Be sure to include quotations from the “Realism and Naturalism” presentation to define Naturalism. You are required to include citations for all source material.
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Class material is the following:
https://ung.edu/university-press/_uploads/files/Writing-the-Nation.pdf?t=1672284472990 Chapter 3 (p206-p329)
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Presentation on link titled “Regionalism and Naturalism,”
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WtcHhtIY8Aqne-_msjHF5syN7cZY97ejT9d3WW4dwk0/htmlpresent
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Week 3 discussion
In your post, please explore the themes of freedom, identity, and resilience in Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Specifically, I would like you to analyze how Douglass’s narrative serves as both a personal account of his journey from slavery to freedom and a powerful critique of the dehumanizing effects of slavery on both enslaved individuals and society as a whole. Please make sure that your post is at least 350 words and that you respond to a classmate in 250 words.
source :

https://docsouth.unc.edu/neh/douglass/douglass.html
will include classmates response

Assignment:
1. Review the characteristics of Local Color writing in the textbook readings, and review the videos:
Regional Realism (transcriiption of video in microsoft word is linked)
Mark Twain: Father of American Literature

2. Choose three characteristics of Local Color writing.
3. Write a two-page essay discussing three characteristics of Local Color writing in the story, “Jumping Frog,” by Mark Twain.
4. Use direct quotations from the textbook and videos for the three characteristics. Be sure to cite all source material. For example:
“After the Civil War, as the country became more unified, regions of the country that were previously “closed” politically or isolated geographically became interesting to the populace at large” (Berke, et al).
5. Use direct quotations from the story itself as examples of each characteristic you discuss. For example,
Twain wrote about an isolated mining camp in the story, “Jumping Frog”:
“I found Simon Wheeler dozing comfortably by the bar-room stove of the dilapidated tavern in the decayed mining camp of Engel’s. . . ” (Twain).
MLA format for the paper heading and line spacing is required.
You are required to use MLA in-text citations to cite material from sources. For material used from the videos, please use an in-text citation including the title of the video in italics: for example, (Regional Realism). For material used from the introduction in the textbook, please use the in-text citation (Berke, et al). For quotations from the story, use Twain’s name in the citations. If you have questions about how to use MLA format, go to the link entitled Purdue OWL listed in the “Start Here” part of the course.
No Works Cited page is needed for this assignment.
Please do NOT use sources other than our textbook and the posted videos.

Compare and contrast the themes of isolation and alienation in Yasunari Kawabata’s “Snow Country” and Kazuo Ishiguro’s “A Pale View of Hills.” How do the authors use literary devices and choices to convey these themes?

Write a 1-2 page typed essay in response to the prompt below. Your submission should be double-spaced, in Times New Roman size 12 font. The essay is due at the end of Week 8; your task for now is to begin organizing and outlining your ideas.
In Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Serving in Florida,” her comments on “starting conditions” and the piece as a whole, amount to a type of critique about Capitalism. Discuss the role that Ehrenreich sees workers as playing in the Capitalist system. Do you agree with her critique? Have you ever worked in a position that reminds you of the one where Ehrenreich worked while writing her book?

Please provide an answer that is 100% original and do not copy the answer to this question from any other website since I am already well aware of this. I will be sure to check this.
Please be sure that the answer comes up with way less than 18% on Studypool’s internal plagiarism checker since anything above this is not acceptable according to Studypool’s standards. I will not accept answers that are above this standard.
No AI or Chatbot! I will be sure to check this.
Please be sure to view and cite the sources provided.
Proposal to evaluate the results of the change
Chapters 12-14 (pages 415-516) The end of the novel: The afterlife
Please provide as many details as when answering the questions. Each question should be answered in at least 5 sentences.
Discuss how the following characters make their passage to the afterlife?
1.*The two mine men
2.*The three boys
3.*Angel
4.*Bala, Hope and Norm
5.*Will
6.*Describe how Wright presents the afterlife.
7.*Sometimes it is difficult to determine whether the characters have died. Why do you think the boundary between this world and the next is so fuzzy and undefined in Carpentaria?
Documentary: First Australians: We are no Longer Shadows
8.*What legal arguments did the Torres Strait Islanders used to force the Australian government to recognize their land rights?
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/first-a…
https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/first-a…
9.*How does the documentary present the 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy?
https://www.moadoph.gov.au/explore/stories/history…
Requirements: 600 Words Times New Roman Size 12 Font Double-Spaced APA Format Excluding the Title and Reference Pages
Please provide an answer that is 100% original and do not copy the answer to this question from any other website since I am already well aware of this. I will be sure to check this.
Please be sure that the answer comes up with way less than 18% on Studypool’s internal plagiarism checker since anything above this is not acceptable according to Studypool’s standards. I will not accept answers that are above this standard.
No AI or Chatbot! I will be sure to check this.
Please be sure to carefully follow the instructions.
No plagiarism & No Course Hero & No Chegg. The assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
Please be sure to include at least one in-text citation in each body paragraph.
Please be sure to view and cite the sources provided.

Hello, the paper that you will revise is 9 pages long. As we grow into the world of AI/ Chatgpt we also find ways into creating things like turnitin.com that will help teachers detect AI writing. This paper was completely written on chatgpt and needs to be revised/ rewritten to the point where it only show the bibliography that you shared. No plagiarism. No AI or Chatgpt writing.

This week, we’ll focus on integrity. For this discussion, use any of the Week 4 readings except for “Woman Hollering Creek” and describe how two of the characters display strong moral principles.
William Cullen Bryant:
Biography, Vol. 1 pp. 486-488 and “Thanatopsis,” Vol. 1 pp. 488-490 (poetry)Criteria:
300 words minimum (excluding quotations and citations)
Include two properly and integrated quotations (one from each work) to support your claims. You may use either direct or paraphrased quotes. See the Literary Analysis Tools Modules in Weeks 1 and 2 for information about integrating and citing quotes.
use capture as recourse

we’ll focus on perseverance and how it is reflected in two of the readings. Choose one character from a work of fiction (“The Soft-Hearted Sioux, and one person from a work of non-fiction ( “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?”). Describe how perseverance is reflected in each.
Criteria:
300 words minimum (excluding quotations and citations)
Include two properly integrated and cited direct or paraphrased quotations (one related to each character) to support your claims. See the Week 1 and Week 2 Literary Analysis Tools Modules for information about integrating and citing
quotations
.use the captures as a resource