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Writing Primer
Readings Assignments
A Writing Primer Reading Assignment 1
Questions of Fact, Value, or Policy Assignment 2:  Analyzing and Dividing
Beginning the Writing ...  
Attention Getting Devices  
Preview  
Body Paragraphs  
Concrete Examples  
Linking Statements  
Review, Restate, Tieback  
Argumentative Essays  
Sample of a B- C+ Essay  

Vividness and Clarity

Assignment 3:  Vividness and clarity
Sample Essay Topics More Sample Essay Topics
Common Critical Marks and What They Mean Assignment 4:  Puttin' it all together
  Reading Assignment 2
Literature
Readings Assignments
Narrative Structure of Lit
    
Podcast:  Narrative Structures (1 of 3) (direct link to file)
Narrative Structures 2
Setting
Podcast:  Narrative Structures (2 0f 3)  (direct link to file)
Podcast: Narrative Structures  (3 of 3)  (direct link to file)
   
From Theme to Genre  
A Note About Interpretation Podcast:  Interpretation   (direct link to file)
3 Main Divisions of Lit  
Non-Fiction  
The Essay as Literature
Biography and Autobiography Mandela's "Long Walk to Freedom"
  Autobiographical Writing Assignment
Podcasts
These are recorded lectures, saved as .MP3 files, that you can listen to on your computer or download to your IPOD or other MP3 player and listen to them at your leisure.  Or frighten and amaze your friends and relatives...

 

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My essays for Arenafan (click here)

FICTION

Readings Assignments
Fiction  
Reading for Understanding Reading (and writing) Assignment 2
H.G. Wells  The Time Machine
podcast:  audiobook of The War of the Worlds
Edgar Allen Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
Podcast:  Edgar Allen Poe, The Cask of Amontillado
O. Henry  The Ransom of Red Chief
podcast:  The Ransom of Red Chief
 
Dorothy Parker  A Telephone Call  
William Faulkner  A Rose For Emily Emily Assignment
James Joyce  Araby
Podcast
James Joyce  Araby
Critical Literature Assignment

Poetry

Readings Assignments
Poetry  
"How to Read a Poem," by E. Hirsch  
Shakespearean Sonnets
Podcast:  Audiobook version complete collection of lkShakespearean Sonnets (Librivox)
link:  Gutenberg etext of all Shakespeare's sonnet's
link:  Wikipedia on Shakespeare
Coleridge's, "Kubla Kahn" Podcast:  Audiobook version of Kubla Kahn
Podcast:  Audiobook ver. of Rime of the Ancient Mariner  (Albatross!)
Donne's "Death Be Not Proud." Podcast:  Audiobook ver. of Death Be Not Proud
Keats,' "Ode on a Grecian Urn." podcast:  Ode on a Grecian Urn
Sandburg's "Chicago" podcast:  Sandburg's  Jazz Fantasia
Thomas,' "Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night."  
Eliot's  "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock podcast The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock
Hughes'  "Theme for English B" and other works  
  podcast:  The Song of Songs
podcast O Captain! My Captain!
podcast:  Leaves of Grass
podcast:  The Charge of the Light Brigade
  podcast:  Paul Revere’s Ride
  podcast:  Dulce et Decorum est
Ginsberg's "Howl"
Audio Ginsberg Reading Howl and other poems.
Writing Assignment for Poetry
 

 

Writing the Research Paper

Readings Assingments
Choosing a Topic Research Paper Assignment
Research  
Dividing your topic into three to five sub-topics  
Organizational Outline  
Internet Research Tools  

 

 

 
Composition Primer

 

Literature

 

Samples

Assignments

Other Links of Interest

 

Great Books of the Western World
Etexts of many of the classics from the Great Books series. Includes Shakespeare's plays.

Alex: A Catalog of Electronic Texts on the Internet
A worldwide collection covering every age.

The Otis Index
Online books index and publications index--and more.

The On-line Books Page
Searchable by author and title. Browsing also available.

The Etext Archives
Etexts of all kinds: books, magazines, and even sections on religion and law.

Two secrets for success in college

The importance of a liberal arts education

 


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