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Saint ENG122 module 1 discussion

Module 1 Discussion

Within the module, we learned writing an effective academic argument is a major focus of this course. A claim plays an integral part in a successful argument. In your own words, provide a brief paragraph describing the function of a claim and its importance to the overall written work. Make certain that you provide examples and details (not from the text) in your response.

Saint ENG122 module 2 discussion

Module 2 Discussion

Week Two – Discussion Prompt

In week two, the first writing assignment will be submitted. Aside from writing the essay, you will also complete a prewriting strategy. Below please find two prompts designed to help us think critically about the writing assignment to be submitted. For each prompt, write a brief paragraph in response.

Did you find the prewriting strategy helpful in terms of discovering your individual sense for knowledge and individual power?

What pattern of development have you decided to use when writing the first assignment? (You might want to look at the information sheet closely before responding to this question.)

This is a post first exercise – Consider the task carefully prior to responding.

Saint ENG122 module 3 discussion

Module 3 Discussion

Our writing assignment for this week consists of a 1000 word text. Specific review questions are to be examined in order to help generate ideas with responses. Within the discussion of heroes, either of Saint Leo’s core values of Integrity and Excellence are to be part of the text, specifically with the writer’s own definition of the core value included and a demonstration as to how the core value is connected to the hero.

In your own words, provide a single paragraph for each of the core values (integrity and excellence) –two paragraphs total.

Saint ENG122 module 4 discussion

Module 4 Discussion

Topics for the research papers will be selected and submitted for approval this week. Throughout weeks two, three, and four, a number of works have been read; each piece, each author appealed to the reader in its own unique way. Identify a minimum of one but no more than three works read that had an influence on your selection of a topic for research paper. Briefly explain why this work had an influence on you.

Saint ENG122 module 6 discussion

Module 6 Discussion

DISCUSSION PROMPT FOR WEEK SIX

Our writing assignment for the week asks us to address the concepts of leadershipand integrity. For the purpose of this discussion only, consider your personal interactions with leadership in regard to your experience(s) in the work force or military. Briefly discuss one of your leaders in terms of his/her effectiveness. Was integrity a key concern upon which you based your opinion? Did you base your opinion solely on his/her ability to lead others to completion of tasks?

Saint ENG122 module 8 discussion

Module 8 Discussion

Read at least one classmate’s paper and provide feedback utilizing the peer review form. Do not attach the peer review form to your post; rather, after you’ve completed it, copy and paste its contents into the body of your message.

Important: If a student has already received a peer review, please select another until all students have received feedback.

Respond to the classmate who reviewed your paper, specifically addressing the feedback included in the review and how (if at all) you incorporated the feedback into your revised paper.

Saint ENG122 module 2 Quiz 1
1. Question :

Research-based arguments are less formal than personal perspective arguments.

True False

Question 2. Question :

How is a Works Cited page organized?

In the order cited within the paper

Oldest works first

Print sources then electronic sources

Alphabetically

Question 3. Question :

What does a Works Cited page include?

A list of sources you directly cited within your essay

A list of sources you read when researching your essay

All sources consulted during writing process

A list of sources you directly quoted within your essay

Question 4. Question :

Which best describes the tone of a successful Rogerian argument?

Aggressive

Objective

Biased

Confrontational

Question 5. Question :

An argument that relies on emotional appeal uses _____.

Logos

Ethos

Pathos

Question 6. Question :

Appealing to an audience’s logic and reason uses _____.

Logos

Ethos

Pathos

Question 7. Question :

You do not have to cite quoted material.

True False

Question 8. Question :

In compiling a body of evidence, writers may draw upon primary sources only, excluding secondary sources.

True False

Question 9. Question :

What’s the first step in creating an argument?

Gather and analyze the issue

Clearly identify the issue

Provide adequate support for your claim

Create a claim that is well-defined.

Question 10. Question :

The majority of college writing is in the _____ point of view.

First person singular

First person plural

Second person

Third person

Saint ENG122 module 3 Quiz 2
1. Question :

The speaker of “Hard Rock Returns to Prison…” looks up to Hard Rock.

True False

Question 2. Question :

Despite failing to pay his poll-tax, Thoreau described consistently paying his highway tax in “Civil Disobedience” because he wanted to be a good neighbor.

True False

Question 3. Question :

In “The Train from Hate” the speaker and his mother and sister were let off in town.

True False

Question 4. Question :

What biographical experience does Thoreau write about in “Civil Disobedience?”

Spending one night in jail

Staging a protest

Beginning a revolution

Failing to vote

Question 5. Question :

Mr. Blessington focused his curriculum on English writers instead of Hispanic writers, displaying his bias.

True False

Question 6. Question :

What does Thoreau argue is more important than government in “Civil Disobedience?”

Heeding one’s conscience

Having a standing militia

Enforcing laws

Stifling revolutions

Question 7. Question :

Which word best describes the tone of the last few stanzas of “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock?”

Exuberant

Determined

Melancholy

Angry

Question 8. Question :

In “Hard Rock Returns to Prison…” Hard Rock becomes a metaphor that represents:

Succumbing to power

Accepting racial discrimination

Defying social discrimination

Defiance in the face of discrimination

Question 9. Question :

In “Bodega Dreams” why did the principal want Tapia to be the gym teacher?

He was a terrible science teacher

The state appointed him to be gym teacher

The principal wanted to minimize Tapia’s influence on the students

He was a professional basketball player

Question 10. Question :

What word best describes the form of “A Modest Proposal?”

Documentary

Comedy

Satire

Drama

Saint ENG122 module 4 Quiz 3
Question 1. Question :

Who does Snyder think is responsible for the war against nature in “The Call of the Wild?”

Americans

Animals

The government

The speaker’s sons

Question 2. Question :

Abbey advocates using sabotage in order to protect the American wilderness.

True False

Question 3. Question :

Why did the narrator of “May’s Lion” decide to retell her story?

To correct May’s version

To give dignity to May’s version

To make May’s version universal

To make May’s version known

Question 4. Question :

What is the purpose of Snyder’s “The Call of the Wild?”

To promote industry

To promote deforestation

To denounce Americans’ agenda of anti-environmentalism

To advance the author’s agenda

Question 5. Question :

What is the purpose of “The Mending Wall?”

To question arbitrary human division of nature

To divide land equally among neighbors

To enforce land ownership rights

To promote fence building

Question 6. Question :

Who does Huxley believe is most susceptible to the constraints of time?

Greeks

Orientals

Indians

Americans or Englishmen

Question 7. Question :

What does Abbey claim is attacking the American wilderness in “Eco-Defense?”

The public

Legislators

Industrial megamachine

Commercial and industrial interests

Question 8. Question :

Why did the mountain lion visit May in the narrator’s retelling in “May’s Lion?”

To give birth

To die

To find food

To attack Rose

Question 9. Question :

Huxley believes that the loss of reliance on natural, cosmic time will benefit American society.

True False

Question 10. Question :

What does Huxley claim is our tyrant?

Factories

Time

Office workers

Machines

Saint ENG122 module 5 Quiz 4
Question 1. Question :

In Fierstein’s “On Tidy Endings” why is Arthur angry with Marion?

She’s rude to Collin

She can’t let go of Collin

She’s cold to Collin

She lies to Collin

Question 2. Question :

In Fierstein’s “On Tidy Endings” what do Arthur and Marion come together to do?

Commemorate Collin’s life

Raise Jimmy

Bury Collin

Sell Collin’s apartment

Question 3. Question :

In Fierstein’s “On Tidy Endings” which character carries antibodies for HIV?

Marion

Arthur

Jimmy

Collin

Question 4. Question :

In Meinke’s “Advice to My Son” what does the wine of the last line represent?

Substance

Labor

Pain

Enjoyment

Question 5. Question :

In Fierstein’s “On Tidy Endings” which word best describes Arthur’s relationship with Collin?

Strained

Angry

Patronizing

Loving

Question 6. Question :

The tone of Fierstein’s “On Tidy Endings” is _____.

Mournful

Joyful

Sarcastic

Confused

Question 7. Question :

In Fierstein’s “On Tidy Endings” who was with Collin when he died?

Jimmy

Arthur

Marion

No one

Question 8. Question :

In “Everyday Use,” what does Wangero want to take from her sister in the name of preservation?

The benches

The butter churn

The handmade quilts

The house

Question 9. Question :

In “Everyday Use” Maggie is an assertive, outspoken character.

True False

Question 10. Question :

What does the speaker compare to his father’s spade in Heaney’s “Digging?”

His typewriter

His computer

His desk

His pen

Saint ENG122 module 6 Quiz 5
1. Question :

Respond to one of the options below.

Option 1:

Draft a paragraph that explains the importance of the physical things the troops carried in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.” Include how these physical items are connected to the author’s argument presented within the story.

Option 2:

Intangible concepts and emotions are included among the physical items the troops carried in Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried.” Which are more important to the troops, and which does the author emphasize more? Include the connection between this emphasis and the author’s argument presented within the story.

Option 3:

Describe the speakers of Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carried” and John Crawford’s “Lies.” What do the voices of these writings have in common? What kind of argument does each voice present? Are there similarities between the voices, or are they specific products of their experiences?

Saint ENG122 module 8 Final Exam
1. Question :

Respond to one of the options below.

Option 1:

How do the ideas of power and responsibility change between the inaugural addresses of Lincoln and Kennedy? Explain your answer with no less than three examples of support from the text.

Option 2:

In their inaugural addresses, do either Lincoln or Kennedy address the ideas of democracy that Hughes expresses in “Democracy?” Explain your answer with no less than three examples of support from the text.

Option 3:

Are the inaugural addresses of Lincoln and Kennedy relevant today? Explain your answer with no less than three examples of support from the text.

Saint ENG122 Module 2 Writing Assignment

Complete the following on pages 89-90: Exploration 1 and Exploration 2. Choose three of the literary works to read, and base your responses to questions a-d upon your choices. Develop your responses to questions a-d into a full-length essay (no less than 750 words) that includes at least one example from each literary work.

You are encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work. Submit the assignment to the Dropboxno later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (The Dropbox is linked to Turnitin.)

A standard grading rubric is available inDoc Sharing for this and all subsequent Writing Assignments and the Research Paper

Saint ENG122 Module 3 Writing Assignment

Review the Strategy Questions for Organizing Your Argument Essay in Chapter 4, and then write a 1000- word response to Chapter Activity #5 at the end of Chapter 6. In doing so, consider the Saint Leo University core values emphasized in this course, Excellence and Integrity. Incorporate into your discussion of a hero either core value, including your own definition and its relationship to the topic.

You are encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work. Submit the assignment to the Dropboxno later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.(The Dropbox is linked to Turnitin.)

Saint ENG122 Module 4 Writing Assignment

Review the Strategy Questions for Organizing Your Argument Essay in Chapter 4, and then write a 1000- word response to primary question of Chapter Activity #3 at the end of Chapter 7: What is our personal responsibility toward the natural world, toward what we term our natural resources?

You are encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work. Submit the assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (The Dropbox is linked to Turnitin.)

Saint ENG122 Module 5 Writing Assignment

Review the Strategy Questions for Organizing Your Argument Essay in Chapter 4, and then write a 1000- word response to the primary question of Chapter Activity #4 at the end of Chapter 8: How do family traditions and cultural legacies contribute to and/or inhibit an individual’s self-identity?

You are encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work. Submit your assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.).

Saint ENG122 Module 5 QEP Assignment

Thinking and writing are connected activities. We think before we write, and writing changes our thinking. While all kinds of pre-writing activities are useful, answering a series of questions before writing a literary analysis can be particularly productive. The following is practice and will take the place of this week’s discussion forum.

You will not necessarily write an essay on this specific story, but practicing the prewriting process with it will be a useful exercise to develop the necessary critical thinking for literary analysis and argument. Read Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and answerthese questionsthat are geared toward helping you understand her narrative point of view and purpose. Offer specific support from the text. You are encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work. See the rubric in the syllabus for specific details regarding the grading of this assignment.

Submit your assignment to the Dropbox no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (This Dropbox basket is linked to Turnitin.).

Saint ENG122 Module 6 Writing Assignment

Review the Strategy Questions for Organizing Your Argument Essay in Chapter 4, and then write a 1000- word response to Chapter Activity #5 at the end of Chapter 9. In doing so, consider the Saint Leo University Core Value of Integrity emphasized in this course. This assignment asks you to address qualities of leadership. What is the relationship between integrity and leadership? Please include in your writing your own definition of Integrity and whether those in leadership roles are assumed to have (or demonstrate) integrity.

You are encouraged to complete a first draft of the assignment then revise your work. Submit the assignment to the Dropboxno later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (The Dropbox is linked to Turnitin.)

Saint ENG122 Module 7 Research Paper First Draft

Submit the assignment to the Dropboxno later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (The Dropbox is linked to Turnitin.)

Additionally, post your draft as an attachment to the Discussion Board in Module 8no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT of Module 7.

Note: You can enter the Module 8 Discussion Board ahead of time to post your paper. You must post these by the conclusion of Module 7 in order to have time to review your classmates’ papers by Thursday of Module 8.

See theResearch Paper Guidelines link in the Course Home menu for further details regarding the Research Paper.

Saint ENG122 Module 8 Research Paper Final Draft

Submit the assignment to the Dropboxno later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT. (The Dropbox is linked to Turnitin.)

Your final draft should incorporate any relevant feedback provided in the peer review, as well as a works cited page.

See theResearch Paper Guidelines link in the Course Home menu for further details regarding the Research Paper.