First response:
In a three-paragraph essay structure that consists of 450-500 words (i.e. Introduction, Body, and Conclusion), write a response paper responding to Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale (p. 3-60). Firstly, locate two key passages (ideally one from the beginning and another from the latter section of the novel) that gave you an Aha moment, i.e., the most intriguing or thought-provoking moment that really struck you, and then mention the passages together or one by one as cited in MLA like you saw in the sample essays I have posted on Canvas Weekly Modules. As you cite the passage or excerpt from the text, just type up the first and last few sentences and use three dots to indicate the omission or elision of sentences in between those lines in the passage. Secondly, briefly summarize and contextualize each passage and then analyze both surface/literal and hidden/implied meanings with reference to the text. Here you may explain that particular passage in relation to the preceding and following passages or the text on the whole. Thirdly, you will have a good concluding paragraph that synthesizes the ideas from both passages or excerpts. And finally, you pose one good critical discussion question at the end of the paper that helps us to delve deeper into the text. Try to be analytical and develop strong arguments by quoting, paraphrasing, critically summarizing, and analyzing specific portions of the text by using MLA style (see the above OWL Purdue hyperlink for documentation guidelines). Don’t just summarize the plot of the text! Similarly, don’t just develop your arguments based on your personal opinions or anecdotes as a primary means of support. Neither should you rely on easy internet sources and an AI-based text generator for developing arguments. In this regard, you may look at key thematic aspects that raise or address the issues of culture, identity, race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, environmental degradation, and so forth. You may also connect those thematic ideas to characters, settings, contexts, intended readers, and other stylistic aspects such as narrative point of view, narration, tone, symbolism, the use of language, and different figures of speech.
Second Response:
In a three-paragraph essay structure that consists of 450-500 words, write a response paper or reading journal responding to Randy Hester’s “Subconscious Landscapes of the Heart” (Canvas-Files). Firstly, locate two key passages (ideally one from the beginning and another from the middle or latter section of the essay) that gave you an Aha moment, i.e., the most intriguing or thought-provoking moment that really struck you, and then mention the passages together or one by one as cited in MLA like you saw in the sample essays I had asked you to critique last week. As you cite the passage or excerpt from the text, just type up the first and last few sentences and use three dots to indicate the omission or elision of sentences in between those lines in the passage. Secondly, briefly summarize and contextualize each passage and then analyze both surface/literal and hidden/implied meanings with reference to the text. Here you may explain that particular passage in relation to the preceding and following passages or the text on the whole. Thirdly, you will have a good concluding paragraph that synthesizes the ideas from both passages or excerpts. And finally, you pose one good critical discussion question at the end of the paper that helps us to delve deeper into the text.
Try to be analytical and develop strong arguments by quoting, paraphrasing, critically summarizing, and analyzing specific portions of the text by using MLA style (see the above OWL Purdue hyperlink for documentation guidelines). Don’t just summarize the plot of the text! Similarly, don’t just develop your arguments based on your personal opinions or anecdotes as a primary means of support. Neither should you rely on easy internet sources and an AI-based text generator for developing arguments. In this regard, you may look at key thematic aspects that raise or address the issues of culture, identity, race, class, gender, sexuality, ethnicity, environmental degradation, and so forth. You may also connect those thematic ideas to characters, settings, contexts, intended readers, and other stylistic aspects such as narrative point of view, narration, tone, symbolism, the use of language, and different figures of speech.