In “The Way to Wealth,” Franklin stresses the importance of frugality. He uses several aphorisms to depict this. One that deeply resonated with me is “beware of little expenses; a small leak will sink a great ship.” Over the last five years, I have worked with cutting back on unnecessary expenses. Social media advertises that you need these luxuries and that to prove that one […]

Part A: One of the major themes in The Inferno is the conflict between good and evil. Let’s explore what the scholarship has to say about this topic. First, review the lecture on evaluating sources and locating peer-reviewed articles. Then, go to the SUO library and in a scholarly journal find a credible, full-text, peer-reviewed article about The Inferno, preferably one that examines the story’s […]

Chapter Eight of Making Connections: Understanding Interpersonal Communication addresses the various elements that attract us to other people when we first enter a relationship. It might be just one thing that we like about another person or it could be several things. What do you look for in other people when you first meet them? This could be a potential romantic partner or even a […]

The Response can be: _ A short report on an eligible cultural event, _ A written, critically aware discussion of a researched subject of interest, clearly related to interdisciplinary humanities, _ Your informed observations and critical comparison two or more works of art or fiction, or perspectives on a subject, theme, issue, or event (this is not the place to write a course overview).  – […]

The research paper should discuss a major character, theme, or issue in one or more literary works of any of the authors we are reading in the course (one of the required readings). The paper is to be three pages long and should include at least one good secondary source. You may write your paper on any of the following authors: Sophocles, William Shakespeare, E. T. A. Hoffmann, […]

Topic 2: Choose any song you wish (contemporary is fine). Look up the lyrics using a website such as http://www.azlyrics.com/ or http://www.elyrics.net/ (Make sure to cite the source you use!). Using AT LEAST one verse and the refrain, discuss the lyrics in terms of poetry. Be SURE to discuss the following: content (story), including poetic components such as alliteration, simile, metaphor, and personification. In addition, identify the rhyme scheme, and include imagery […]

Week 4, discussion prompt option 4: Media and Bias The media we consume affects us, but we also affect it. Most people think that they perceive truth objectively, as it is. However, we all see things from a point of view. Furthermore, people tend to seek media that supports their points of view. This can serve to further entrench us in a more narrow way […]

The task is basically simple I’ve sent the instructions below and the scoring rubric for the task. It should be 1 full page long or 2, Ive sent you the book also , you only have to skim  reading this part: Mukarovsky, “Standard Language and Poetic Language” (skim) . The task will be about on the section you read , Ive attached the file below […]

 An Annotated Bibliography will be developed including Five (100 word minimum for each) Annotated Citations.  With the exception of the first, these references will be based on topics obtained from the Language Development Hypotheses in the list provided at the end of this survival document, and again in the Class Requirement Section online. You may use the same Topic for all, or different Topics for […]

 Several of the works we have read this semester focus on a relationship between two or more people (Gilgamesh and Enkidu, Bata and Anubis, Joseph and his brothers, Ruth and Naomi, Medea and Jason, Phaethon and his father, Orpheus and Eurydice, etc.). Choose two different works and write an essay that makes an argument aboutthe theme of relationships. Some questions to consider: What defines a […]