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Write a short background about the author--major accomplishments, when she lived, etc. (one paragraph) You should use Google to research the writer/speaker. Choose the most important points about the author's life and contributions to literature. Always cite the source of your information.

                                                            Here is the link for the text:  https://www.nwarctic.org/cms/lib/AK01001584/Centricity/Domain/1106/Reality%20Check.pdf

Print out and annotate these stories. Highlight important sentences. If there is not enough room for annotations on the printout, write notes in your binder. Focus on how different types of literary rhetoric (organization of plot, details, characterization, dialogue, imagery, mood/tone, shifts, setting, figurative language, connotations of diction, etc.) support a theme. Indicate page numbers, paragraph numbers, and line numbers, as appropriate. You might consider doing the "Shorter Analysis Activity" to better understand the texts:  https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html . This part of the assignment is optional. I want you to read the stories, annotate them, and think of good discussion questions, although the questions do not have to be written down.

Print out and annotate the following story by Kate Chopin. Highlight important sentences. If there is not enough room for annotations on the printout, write notes in your binder. Focus on how different types of literary rhetoric (organization of plot, details, characterization, dialogue, imagery, mood/tone, shifts, setting, figurative language, connotations of diction, etc.) support a theme. Indicate page numbers, paragraph numbers, and line numbers, as appropriate. Also, do "Shorter Analysis Activity"  https://scholarmulhern.blogspot.com/2019/11/analysis-of-text-shorter-version.html : You must have an electronic document (on your laptop) of the Analysis of the Text. You must also have a printed-out document in your binder for the entirety of the semester.

(Please note--The alignment of the text in the sample introductory paragraph is off--right margin; problems with the website.)                                                                                                                   

  Collaborative Essay--Political Rhetoric Listen and write down the names of the peers you will be working with on this assignment. I will tell you whom you are working with during class.

"The Lowest Animal" by Mark Twain (electronic textbook, Unit 5) Read the text. Then do the following:

https://learning.hccs.edu/faculty/selena.anderson/engl2328/readings/the-yellow-wallpaper-by-charlotte-perkins-gilman/view Read the text. Then do the following:

Please read every post very carefully (twice if needed). There may be a lot of important information in each post. You will read all of the speeches listed at the bottom of this post. Take notes on the main argument, important points, and examples of effective rhetoric.  For each text, provide the following (You will need to use Google to research biography and historical context):

Read this comedic story by Edgar Allan Poe, who is most known for his tales of horror. Click on the link.

https://www.wlps.org/files/page/4628/ernest_hemingway_a_clean_well_lighted_place_text.pdf

https://faculty.weber.edu/jyoung/english%206710/everyday%20use.pdf

Read, annotate (at least 20 annotations), and create the nine important reading questions (see Canvas)  with answers for "Building the Transcontinental Railroad."  Look up and memorize all words you do not know. Write the definitions down. Remember, there is also a required Vocabulary section in the Important Reading Questions document. You must have an Annotations document and an Important Reading questions document (electronic and printed-out versions). 

Read and annotate the text, as well as complete the usual assignment of a Word document for important reading questions (Canvas) and answers (with vocabulary). You should also, as usual, have a Word document for the annotations or a printed-out copy of the story annotated.

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm Take notes on the main argument, important points, and examples of effective rhetoric.  For the text, provide the following (You will need to use Google to research biography and historical context):