Response Question for R 9/30 and M 10/4

For this response question, please refer to the poem "My Last Duchess" by Robert Browning. This poem is a great example of the poetic form known as a dramatic monologue. One of the most interesting characteristics of a dramatic monologue is analyzing how the speaker inadvertently reveals him/herself through the words spoken.

In your post, please analyze what and how the speaker in Browning's poem unknowingly reveals his past and his true intentions to the audience. Make sure you reference specific lines, and if you don't know a word, look it up!

Vocabulary Help...

If you're interested in exploring options to help you improve your vocabulary, check out the link to the following site: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/vocabulary.htm. Read the tips they offer and explore some of the resources they suggest. Also, check out the OED (Oxford English Dictionary) Word of the Day. I've posted a link in my Writing Links and Resources section.

Reponse Question for R 9/23 and M 9/27

For your response, select one of the poems listed on your syllabus ("Mirrors," "A Valediction Forbidding Mourning," and "Digging") and identify and describe all of the figures of speech that you can find. Make sure that it is at least 250 words!

Link to the poem for R 9/23 and M 9/27

Here's a link to the Seamus Heaney poem "Digging" for class. Please print out a copy and bring with you.

http://www.wussu.com/poems/shdigg.htm

Q-Tips

Q Tips

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MLA Citation for Work in an Anthology

Author's last name (of the story), First name. "Title of the story." Title of the Anthology. Ed. Editor's name. City of Publication: Publisher, Year. Page numbers.

Cather, Willa. "Paul's Case." Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense. Ed. Thomas R. Arp and Greg Johnson. New York: Heinle and Heinle, 2002. 25-37.

(Don't forget to tab one space over after the first line. The formatting wouldn't let me do it here!)

Response Question #3

For your third response question, (due one hr. before class on Wed./Thurs.) I would like for you to spend some time working on your Short Story Essay. Come up with a tentative thesis and explore the thesis in a freewrite. Include at least three quotes from the story that support your tentative thesis. This is meant to be a time to work out some of your ideas, but you are not required to use any of them in the final draft of your paper. Review the PowerPoint presentation from last week if you get stuck!

Literature and the Writing Process

Literature and the Writing Process

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