Category: ENGLISH

How and why do authors make adjustments for different discourse communities, different audiences?

Module 7 writing prompt

Compare the decisions made by the authors that accommodate the expectations of their respective audiences.

How and why do authors make adjustments for different discourse communities, different audiences?

Analyze how writers navigate authority/ethos in various situations

Identify textual signifiers of authority as listed in the LibGuide

Explain authorial decisions in terms of audience awareness and accommodation in the REFLECTION concluding your writing.

Explain how the language and other textual signifiers of authority used by each rhetor indicate the authors’ ability to respond to audience expectations showcasing their ethos/credibility.

How and why do authors make adjustments for different discourse communities, different audiences?

Anna Maria Barry-Jester, “Patterns of Death in the South Still Show the Outlines of Slavery”

Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
Sendhil Mullainathan, “The Mental Strain of Making Do with Less”
Sherry Turkle, “The Flight from Conversation”

How Safe Is Northern Illinois University? Learn about Campus Crime Statistics.” How Safe Is Northern Illinois University?

How Safe Is Northern Illinois University? Learn about Campus Crime Statistics.” How Safe Is Northern Illinois University?

What Can Be Done to Reduce Crime and Fear?” Surveying Campus Crime: What Can Be Done To Reduce Crime and Fear?

https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/surveying-campus-crime-what-can-be-d one-reduce-crime-and-fear

Is Winston the novel’s hero, by Orwell’s definition? Is he a hero that readers can admire and emulate? Explain your position by tracing Winston’s actions throughout the novel and considering the results of those actions.

1984

Respond to the following in the form of a short essay. Your essay should consist of at least five paragraphs.

George Orwell once offered this definition of Heroism: ordinary people doing whatever they can to change social systems that do not respect human decency, even with the knowledge that they can’t possibly succeed.

In Winston Smith, the protagonist of 1984, Orwell creates an ordinary person, an “everyman” who stands for all the oppressed citizens of Oceania. Yet, as the novel closes, Winston cries as his love for Big Brother overwhelms him. Is Winston the novel’s hero, by Orwell’s definition? Is he a hero that readers can admire and emulate? Explain your position by tracing Winston’s actions throughout the novel and considering the results of those actions.

Which do you think is the better choice? State your position and support it with specific reasons and examples.

Diagnostic Essay: Expressing an opinion

In an effectively composed essay, express your opinion about the following:Some people go right on to college after high school; others take a year or more off to work or travel.

Which do you think is the better choice? State your position and support it with specific reasons and examples.

 

“What do you need all these for?” Arnya was sitting on her mattress smoking a cigarette and painting the peeled heel of her black booties with a small bottle of black Halloween nail polish. “How much do you even read in Grade 1?”

The side walk bleeding

“What do you need all these for?” Arnya was sitting on her mattress smoking a cigarette and painting the peeled heel of her black booties with a small bottle of black Halloween nail polish. “How much do you even read in Grade 1?”

Lucky was organizing the travel issues by continent. She coughed. “I’m in Grade 3, Arnya. And you shouldn’t smoke in here.” She pointed to the circular window over her shoulder with a thumb. “It doesn’t open.””Collect words? Why don’t you collect something normal, like dolls or some shit? Or cards.

What is the relation of the setting to the plot and the characters? What criteria will you use for your analysis/evaluation?What debatable claim can be made about the relationship that others may not have thought about?

The Man Who Was Almost a Man

You can select the short story you wish to analyze for this essay using one of the prompts below:

Do certain characters, objects, or setting seem to symbolize something or have greater meaning? What criteria will you use for your analysis/evaluation? What debatable claim can be made that others may not have thought about?

What is the relation of the setting to the plot and the characters? What criteria will you use for your analysis/evaluation?What debatable claim can be made about the relationship that others may not have thought about?

How has the point of view shaped or determined the style used in the story? What criteria will you use for your analysis/evaluation?What debatable claim can be made that others may not have thought about?

Compare specific literary device(s) between two of the stories. What is learned about the analysis process when the stories are compared? What criteria will you use for your analysis/evaluation?What debatable claim can be made that others may not have thought about?