NOTES for E1: Literary Analysis Essay
1. How to read and write about a a text
2. More about structuring analysis
3. Conventions of Literary Analysis
4. Norton LitWeb-writing about literature
5. Writing Commons- “Literary Analysis”
6. RESEARCH/POSITION PAPER GUIDE
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1. Atwood Canadian family living in their car in WWII
2. Bronowski- "Likenesses"
3. Berger - "Summer in the Alps" (collage essay)
4. Bronte-e.g. lit. analysis of Emily Bronte's work
5. Dillard,"My Father" | "Lenses" | “night-fright"
6. Carver,"My Father" & 5 videos of Carver’s life
7. Chopin story | Lit. analysis of Chopin's "Story of an Hour"
8. Ehrlich-"Island" ♦ Ehrlich-"Lost Dog"
9. Goldberg: "Listening" A Secret of Writing
10. Hughes--"Salvation"
11. Peterson--"ShadowPeople"
12. Silko-"The Man to Send Rain Clouds" | Silko on Native American story
13. Flash Fiction | Free to Choose| Blank Space | Knives... | Heartwood
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Notes E2: on writing about/explaining a concept
1. On the Definition Essay and an example
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Definition Essay HOW-TO
2. Notes on informing/explaining--story
OED word stories ♦
...excerpt from OED
3. Thomas Paine on the Meaning of the Word "Religion" more e.g. of writing about a word/concept
4. About word histories, definitions...
5. English Language Roots
6. Word Roots
7. Latin Dictionary and Grammar Aid
8. Babylon Latin Resource
9. Word Roots | Prefix/Suffix chart |
Etymology Dictionary
10. The Devil's Dictionary--word humor
11. Proverb search site--for titles/epigraphs
12. Words in English site--Rice.edu
13. Word Origins site-blog to search
14. OED--Search Dictionary link
15. WordsMadeSimple--writing and researching help
16. YOUTUBE:
Basics of finding journal articles |
Using Ebsco database |
How to Find Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
17. OWL
Sample MLA paper with notes
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NOTES Argument Essay Assignment/ Project-
1. Notes on Persuasion
2. ProCon topics | more topics
3. Editing form: Persuasive paper
4. Notes/Guide on Argument
5. Notes on Reasoning
6. Types of periodicals/articles-Peer Reviewed, etc.
7. ID: Popular, Prof/trade, Peer Review Journals
8. Counterargument
9. RESEARCH/POSITION PAPER GUIDE
10. MLA model of Annotated Bibliography
11. MLA citing and bibliography guide
12. OWL Sample MLA paper with notes
13. Documented Argument Editing Form
14. OnlineDocumentaries | Top Documentatries (all free) to demonstrate arguments and evidence in videos
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