checkpoint

Students will create a 1 page-long typed response to one of three review prompts. Responses must be in MLA format.

Purpose:

• Explore in writing what you have read/watched and what we have presented in the modules.

Instructions:

• Reply to only 1 of 3 topics/questions located below.
• Students are to submit their assignment by April 28, 11:59 pm using the submission link on this page.
• Use citations and supporting evidence from texts/videos found in Modules Week 1-2.
• Restate the chosen topic/question in the first few sentences of your response.

MLA Format Review Purdue WebpageLinks to an external site.

Topic/Questions:

1. Compare and contrast beauty and aesthetics. Use examples when possible.
2. Choose two different works that were interesting to you, including Pollock’s work and Marvell’s work. What characteristics of these works entice you? What can you tell about the author’s/artist’s identity? Do the works’ characteristics represent anything of your own identity?
3. Use any of the humanities-based texts to support the argument that graffiti is art. Or use any of the humanities-based texts to support the argument that graffiti is vandalism.