http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/-t1.htm Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:34:11 GMT 10 http://www.salemweb.com/tales/images/7gables.jpg http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/-t1.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/read-to-page-60-hfinn-t198.htm Admin Read to page 60 HF Assignments Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:34:11 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/read-to-page-60-hfinn-t198.htm#682 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/read-to-page-60-hfinn-t198.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/ear-rock-not-eye-rack-t156.htm Admin http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/errors/iraq.html Want to sound like a good old boy who doesn’t give a hoot what foreigners think? Say “EYE-rack.” But if you want to sound knowledgeable, say “ear-ROCK.” Politicians who know better sometimes adopt the popular mispronunciation in order to sound more folksy and down to earth. Similarly in standard English, Iran is not pronounced “eye-RAN” but “ear-RON.” On a related matter, the first syllable of “Italian” is pronounced just like the first ... Assignments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 16:21:08 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/ear-rock-not-eye-rack-t156.htm#523 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/ear-rock-not-eye-rack-t156.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/ragtime-words-post-t145.htm pbr ]]> Assignments Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:26:17 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/ragtime-words-post-t145.htm#486 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/ragtime-words-post-t145.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/modern-american-authors-book-choice-mp2-t114.htm Admin American Moderns: Choose among: Zora Neale Hurston Eudora Welty John Steinbeck Ernest Hemingway Edith Wharton F. Scott Fitzgerald Nathanael West James Baldwin Richard Wright John dos Passos Sherwood Anderson Sinclair Lewis Gertrude Stein Ralph Ellison Also: Upton Sinclair, Frank Norris, Henry James Good link: http://www.nagasaki-gaigo.ac.jp/ishikawa/amlit/20/overview_20.htm Assignments Fri, 07 Nov 2008 16:37:19 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/modern-american-authors-book-choice-mp2-t114.htm#396 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/modern-american-authors-book-choice-mp2-t114.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/author-o-henry-t131.htm Admin O. Henry stories are famous for their surprise endings, to the point that such an ending is often referred to as an "O. Henry ending." He was called the American answer to Guy de Maupassant. Both authors wrote twist endings, but O. Henry stories were much more playful and optimistic.[citation needed] His stories are also well known for witty narration. Most of O. Henry's stories are set in his own time, the early years of the 20th century. Many take place in New York City, and ... Assignments Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:28:56 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/author-o-henry-t131.htm#451 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/author-o-henry-t131.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/as-i-lay-dying-quotes-and-power-points-t94.htm Admin 1. Break into small groups. Darl Jewel Cash Cora/Tull Anse Addie Dewey Dell Vardaman Working with the text, collect significant quotes that describe your chosen character (what the author says about the character, the character's thoughts, what others say about the character, the character's actions in terms of the plot). Note the page number to cite for MLA citation and for the powerpoint you will be developing about the character. Spend 15-20 minutes on this. Share ... Assignments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 15:16:11 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/as-i-lay-dying-quotes-and-power-points-t94.htm#346 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/as-i-lay-dying-quotes-and-power-points-t94.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/as-i-lay-dying-study-questions-t89.htm Admin Study Questions Group I 1. Why are Cora and Vernon Tull, Kate, and Eula at the Bundren house? 2. What reason does Anse give for not working? 3. How do we know Cora Tull is not a reliable narrator? 4. How does Dewey Dell explain why she got pregnant? 5. What reason does Tull give for people continuing to help Anse out? 6. Who is Anse’s main concern? 7. Why is Peabody upset at being called to the Bundren’s farm? 8. Why didn’t Anse send for Peabody sooner? 9. ... Assignments Wed, 29 Oct 2008 13:22:22 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/as-i-lay-dying-study-questions-t89.htm#322 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/as-i-lay-dying-study-questions-t89.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/bluest-eye-questions-and-writing-assignments-t48.htm Admin The Bluest Eye Daily discussions will be based on the questions listed below. Try to incorporate some of the activities and assignments in the structure of the daily routine. Softly in the background students will be listening to the voices of Lena Home, Billie Holliday, Dinah Washington, Ella Fitzgerald, and the incomparable Alberta Hunter. Autumn 1. When we first meet the speaker even before we know the speaker's name, what are we able to tell about this person? Cite ... Assignments Wed, 01 Oct 2008 20:29:26 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/bluest-eye-questions-and-writing-assignments-t48.htm#144 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/bluest-eye-questions-and-writing-assignments-t48.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/questions-alice-walker-t79.htm Admin Alice Walker: Beauty: When the Other Dancer Is the Self Question 1 1 Trace Walker’s image of herself from childhood onward as it is related to the disfiguring of her eye. Note particularly that paragraphs 34–40 take place prior to the following paragraphs that end the essay. The final image of the two dancers resolves the essay, but does it seem to you a true resolution for Walker? Why or why not? 2 Walker’s picture of herself here is of someone who is highly self-absorbed, ... Assignments Thu, 09 Oct 2008 12:56:18 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/questions-alice-walker-t79.htm#278 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/questions-alice-walker-t79.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/the-things-they-carried-page-188-t34.htm Admin "The Man I Killed," "Ambush.," & "Good Form" (1) When Tim O'Brien introduces the subject of "The Man I Killed," he does it with the following description. Why does he start here? Why use these details? "His jaw was in his throat, his upper lip and teeth were gone, his one eye was shut, his other eye was a star-shaped hole, his eyebrows were thin and arched like a woman's, his nose was undamaged, there was a slight tear at the lobe of one ear, ... Assignments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:58:10 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/the-things-they-carried-page-188-t34.htm#120 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/the-things-they-carried-page-188-t34.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/the-things-they-carried-on-the-rainy-river-t9.htm Admin In small groups, please discuss "On a Rainy River": (1) How do the opening sentences prepare you for the story: "This is one story I've never told before. Not to anyone"? What effect do they have on you, as a reader? (2) Why does O'Brien relate his experience as a pig declotter? How does this information contribute to the story? Why go into such specific detail? (3) What is Elroy Berdahl's role in this story? Would this be a better or worse story if young Tim ... 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In an appeal to ethics, writers attempt to persuade their readers by highlighting their own good character or the supposed superiority of the position for which they are arguing. An argumentative essay that appeals to ethics (ethos) might use phrases like you can trust me and the virtuous position is.

Write five sentences that appeal to ethics.]]> Assignments Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:25:49 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/quickwrite-ethos-t29.htm#72 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/quickwrite-ethos-t29.htm http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/the-things-they-carried-reader-response-t5.htm Admin ]]> Assignments Mon, 15 Sep 2008 15:23:34 GMT http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/the-things-they-carried-reader-response-t5.htm#6 http://apenglish.forumotion.net/assignments-f8/the-things-they-carried-reader-response-t5.htm