Yearly Archives: 2022

Write out all this poem brings to mind for you starting with the line “I am from,” listing all the places, the people, the common expressions, the foods, and all the things unique to you. Think of the sights, sounds, smells, touches, and tastes that are all part of your childhood, from your earliest memories […]

A demonstrative speech on any exercise activities along with its outline Provide handout of slide and it’s outline Including three main points Materials – tools,utensils – directions a demonstrative speech on any exercise activities along with its outline Provide handout of slide and it’s outline Including three main points – Materials – tools,utensils – directions

Weber viewed social status as a social estimation of a person’s honor or prestige. Discuss how an individual’s status is measured differently based on Weber’s The Protestant Ethic (e.g., what were “signs” that you were one of God’s chosen) vs. Veblen’s status as based on conspicuous consumption and leisure (distinctions based on envy–lavish purchases and […]

Compare and contrast the women of Imitation of Life and Pariah. Choose a few ideas and either set of characters to compare and consider: Choose 1) The mothers of Annie, Audrey, and Lora, or 2) the daughters of Alike, Sharonda, Sarah Jane, and Susie. Consider ideas of race, representation, mothers and daughters, historical shifts in […]

In light of the entire course, take one or two of the course concepts that have resonated with you personally. Discuss why they are significant and use course materials to define and support your answer.  Feel free to use examples from course screenings, films you watched on your own for reflection papers or other films/media […]

Read "How to Beat Writer’s Block" by Maria Konnikova. Write down your questions and observations. 5 – 7 sentences 4. Read "Sing to It" by Amy Hempel. This reading is very short and very complicated. I don’t expect you to understand it. However, I want you to make 5 guesses or connections. What is Hempel […]

In the excerpt from Simulacra and Simulation, Jean  Baudrillard  argues that power  is derived from and maintained by creating  simulacra  or by presenting a reality that is ultimately untrue. He then suggests that to dismantle apparatuses of power we must “reinject  the real and the referential everywhere, to persuade us of the reality of the […]

You will produce an Informal Report. An Informal Report is a research document meant to benefit a specific audience with relevant data surrounding a research topic.                                                          Topic: […]

What made Medea’s character likable? And why is her story such a good classical myth story?  

Description: In this short writing assignment I am to select a speech (or a couple of speeches if needed) to analyze using public speaking concepts and applying some of the skills you have learned this semester. The speech(es) you choose to analyze can be: public/political speeches; Ted Talks; Oscar/Emmy acceptance speeches; speeches portrayed in movies, […]