Category: Literature

After reading the Colonial selections, answer the following:
1) how well do you

After reading the Colonial selections, answer the following:
1) how well do you think the colonists adapted to their new environment?
2) How were the lives Native Americans affected/disrupted/changed/enhanced by European colonization?
3) How did the colonists see the Native Americans?
4) What is your overall thought on the colonial pieces? How do these accounts sound to you?
Word Count for Initial Post: 250 -350 words
Reading links
– Early American and Colonial Period to 1776
– https://usa.usembassy.de/etexts/oal/lit1.htm#bradford
– William Bradford – Of Plymouth Plantation 
– https://learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet02-xythos.content.blackboardcdn.com/6109b0807316a/5087698?X-Blackboard-S3-Bucket=learn-us-east-1-prod-fleet01-xythos&X-Blackboard-Expiration=1706043600000&X-Blackboard-Signature=uXupUenGpPR6Ac3xofFxQrp%2FtXqWVbdEAdK5WnjC244%3D&X-Blackboard-Client-Id=100573&X-Blackboard-S3-Region=us-east-1&response-cache-control=private%2C%20max-age%3D21600&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%2A%3DUTF-8%27%27Bradford-Of-Plymouth-Plantation-excerpts.pdf&response-content-type=application%2Fpdf&X-Amz-Security-Token=IQoJb3JpZ2luX2VjEKf%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2F%2FwEaCXVzLWVhc3QtMSJIMEYCIQD7gNFpo0PUX8PfGJdGoowmAflim6HXs83VV7GIAyzDIAIhAIE9HrAEqgRsRerAhdyXJqnQJWRfHrjkTvuAHBwZUAA9KrMFCGAQAxoMNjM1NTY3OTI0MTgzIgxhW5eKG34c4ZKFAeMqkAUvqMxKNBKBjM73QypLhFBZlc5WuvuZ0IZQU6hsqfEe49L3DYyh1%2Fq9aeN0KFoxSCPwDS3lnDHcq%2F58sg8bA0d6j0EeSna8mrCTs73rSyvkNXLklQI6dTupDAc7fzUe%2Bsiw5IynV%2Bq6jk4u6BA%2FkqlfsXtXtlFpggK9sb90cbmTKCD69wn7gRTZ7qLFoQ0OyvPGKK11P7gDblAQxFfGSUxLsaj3zEoMv5Dtw166SIyKZjckY%2Bfph7PZhuZAJ4Zd6WpA3DEsX1%2BhGcwg4KgCjywYCzwkm9zQsqrYVQMhv72hnkXA0vCImdZfx%2FiMskitIrUkerRb5R3l%2F1g07DcrH7yl2nFBXsYDtN6LWywVRysvt8cZPPZ2c%2BRqAD37w%2Fa6lXOWEfLPcAGu2hyjTlLedqcAWJa3OfRfHpk6PE8haleobVS3CykWg6KYsKE6cIciDIjKHlrmTKFnXsTO8FGyXfv1pS0CPxcssAuKTiSdFLk1N%2FjhuCP9SBtsAsg13P8lOGFWZLEqKW5F5r16kMacJI%2FNNbhXAJHx2MM7N24c9szfZ6XaZ%2BizDuqwfEYUfRRGMGgRTC6aPpQ0HKFb95Ug6IQkqNWW4yTYU3B%2BMhkpSgQ1O7kfZOTMur9SE9jQebypFzYeiRcu6qhQ0GiDGbstO9%2BOqcGnTsZkBtYWgi1LEeekLVgNdMabUBtjw5yE3IzIga8rUhm99CoNbaSNdEe9iF6N4mlp0hUSWy6ilf7Mt8t7O3xGKZdFHX%2FJny4nf%2BlXOVYaG1ifsrwpXNFLWgB8xmTYTxrAzT7OvtSIq4bo0exdM9nBhiLXIkQJPHrUm1%2FcKLZqUpzMU%2F3ZdiQtI4b7sLnarvwehQ2WVjl1r9VkhToQIzDpmb%2BtBjqwAYJCZZASOec1QbKSayCKxeF%2FvN%2BgittsW1nEEij6mq4vc9WRr3qxxTjVGP9yHqcvXjjP8tsSwGgswVVOppIX2%2BAQGvK9Yn9o3zDtQ%2F9TcUwl4E9P6vzayxk3w7dzgbkTwRVKAhzwyTiEWulaZztUv9dK1%2FJe9rSAs8%2Bs7Pp%2FYJuqOqLPM6DLxPgc9qjNhR1ImEietlfdvOuEn9OpM7gfcdP7sFz74LrwSxISBha7rUum&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Date=20240123T150000Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=21600&X-Amz-Credential=ASIAZH6WM4PL7IGS2EZT%2F20240123%2Fus-east-1%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Signature=4c0d91d10d6e4d6a1d888a2cb109a34cc6641999b72a8b3133b348ae6693d868
– The Diary of William Byrd II
– http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/pds/becomingamer/economies/text5/williambyrddiary.pdf
– Anne Bradstreet – To My Dear and Loving Husband
– https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43706/to-my-dear-and-loving-husbanD
– Anne Bradstreet – The Four Ages of Man
– https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/43702/the-four-ages-of-man-56d22282befab
– Colonial Literature Video
– https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cAT8XQklLXs

There was 2 readings assigned to us, with a worksheet. I need both articles summ

There was 2 readings assigned to us, with a worksheet. I need both articles summarized with key points. I also need the worksheet completed.

Primary Source Analysis: you will write an essay, analyzing the HOURWITZ VINDICA

Primary Source Analysis: you will write an essay, analyzing the HOURWITZ VINDICATION OF THE JEWS document that I attached. I will also provide other documents and sources for context. The analysis will answer the following questions:
What is the historical context in which the document was created? (approx. 400 words)
Who was the author? What do you know about him or her?
What do you know about the intended audience? How did the audience influence the way the author chose to write the document?
Why did the author create this document? What did he or she hope to accomplish?
How can this document shape our understanding of history? What does it teach us?
Take a position on key issues and to support your argument with specific examples from text given.
-make sure there’s (thesis statement, the use of evidence, logical organization of ideas, clarity of prose.)
-take a position on key issues and to support your argument with specific examples
write in your own words, avoiding quotations and close paraphrase. Ideas borrowed from class materials will be cited by author’s last name and page number. For example, to cite the textbook, you would write (Brenner, p. xxx). It is important when citing items from the Mendes-Flohr collection to be clear about who authored the text you are citing. If it is from an endnote or introduction then it is authored by Mendes-Flohr and would be cited as (Mendes-Flohr, p. xxx). If it is from a document within the collection, then the person who created the document is the author, but you need to indicate that you found the document in Mendes-Flohr’s collection. Here is an example of how that citation would look for a document by Theodor Herzl (Herzl in Mendes-Flohr, p. 388). Class lecture notes are cited with the instructor’s last name and the date of the lecture (Feinstein month/day/year).

I upload the sample of the critical thinking questions and I also upload the art

I upload the sample of the critical thinking questions and I also upload the article for the questions. You need to read the article and give me a critical thinking questions. All the requirements are in the sample. The article for G Mate is the first Question, The article for On the clock is the second question. No AI please. The first question is due on 26 the second question is not very hurry.

Practice comparing and contrasting creation and/or flood stories. This discussio

Practice comparing and contrasting creation and/or flood stories. This discussion should build your critical reading and analysis skills, as well as help prepare you for your essays later in the course. Keep in mind that, as the Creation Stories and Flood Narratives page states, your central concern is to understand what these features reveal about the relationship between the divine creators and their creation, especially human beings.
Tasks: After carefully reading the materials in this unit and completing the quiz and discussion, respond thoughtfully to the prompt below in an essay with a minimum of 750 words.
Prompt: While reading Gilgamesh and the excerpt from Genesis included in the Unit 1 materials, consider the relationships depicted between divine creators and their creations, especially human beings. Select one brief passage roughly two to four sentences in length from each text (two total) that reveals something about these relationships, and then analyze them. In what ways might these relationships be similar? How do these relationships differ? Draw some conclusions from your analysis. In what ways are these similarities and differences significant?
Criteria on which you will be graded:
Your selection of passages to support your argument is thoughtful
Your analysis is specific and original
Your post speaks to the relationship between the divine creators and their creation, especially human beings
Your writing is clear and well-organized
Your in-text citations and Works Cited are correctly formatted in MLA style

“Please make sure that your writing is easy to understand with no plagiarism, an

“Please make sure that your writing is easy to understand with no plagiarism, and the answer is sufficient to the questions”.
You can use MLA formatting style for the writing. The writing will be about the short story book “The Little Knife”.
The instructions for the assignment is as follow:
Answer the following questions in a response at least 1 page in length. Responses should be typed, double-spaced, in size 12 font. If you use a source in your response, please include citations to give credit to that source.
1. In the short story “The Little Knife,” how does the main character grow or change?
2. At the end of the story, we learn that Nathan feels “responsible” for something. Why does he feel this responsibility? In your opinion, should he feel responsible?
3. What questions do you have about this story, and/or what details did you notice?

Hello, i am sending you an assignment again. I have uploaded the essay guideline

Hello, i am sending you an assignment again. I have uploaded the essay guideline and the articles. Please read the articles carefully. I also uploaded the course description for you to understand the lecture. Pay attention to the underlined areas in the articles and use references from the articles that i uploaded. Please choose 1 of the 5 topics for the essay.
Essay guideline:
The focus of the final essay is on self-definition in relationship to the West or Europe, as represented by one work of travel writing about a particular place, either early modern or modern. According to Khair, travel writing entails defining the writer’s relationship, explicitly and implicitly, not only to a visited place’s society and culture but also to his or her own home (4).
For the essay, please choose and write about one of the following five works:
1. al-Ghassani’s account of Madrid or Spain
2. Evliya Çelebi’s account of Vienna or Habsburg Germany 3. the Mirza’s account of London or England
4. al-Tahtawi’s account of Paris or France
5. Zeyneb Hanım’s account of Europe.
In addressing the topic of self-definition, please consider the following questions: What kinds of observations and comments are made? To what extent, if any, is there an effort to alterize or make other what is socially and culturally different? In this regard, how significant is the rhetoric employed? And is there a marked change in the perception or understanding of the world?
Once again, the essay should be 5-6 pages in length (or 1250-1500 words), double-spaced, and in 12-point font. Emphasis in grading will be placed on the clearness and conciseness of your discussion, with the appropriate textual support. So please do not just summarize. If you do so, it will affect your grade negatively. There is also no need for you to refer to secondary readings not assigned for class. If you do intend to refer to additional works, this applies as well to Internet sources, please cite using the MLA Style guide. If it is obvious to me that you used outside sources, without citation, your grading will begin at 65. The essay is worth 100 points total and constitutes 25 percent of your overall grade. If you have further questions, please do not hesitate to speak with me.

Task: Now that you’ve read about the Enlightenment and Sor Juana Enlightenment p

Task: Now that you’ve read about the Enlightenment and Sor Juana Enlightenment piece, consider the following questions:
How is critical thinking related to the Enlightenment?
How does Sor Juana represent the Enlightenment?
What parts of the text stood out to you as significant or interesting? Why?
What do you make of the style of the Sor Juana’s work. Our textbook refers to her as rhetorically savvy. Do you agree? Why?
Feel free to diverge from these questions. My goal for this
discussion is that you think about the Enlightenment and how Sor Juana
fits into the conversation. You can answer one or more of my questions
or offer your own critical interpretation.
Post an initial response of at least 150 words. Your response should
show that you’ve read and considered the readings. Adding a direct quote
or paraphrase is a great way to do this. Include quotation marks when
you quote directly from the text, but don’t worry about MLA formatting
for the discussion boards. Just make sure that readers understand what
you’re quoting.

Professor & Class,
1) On a scale from 1-10, how good of a communicator are you?

Professor & Class,
1) On a scale from 1-10, how good of a communicator are you? Why?
On a scale from 1-10, I am a 7. Why, 7? I developed most of my communication techniques in the military, and while they are the foundation of my skills, they hindered me in some ways. For the most part, communication in the military is about relaying information in the most efficient way possible, usually with the fewest words possible. There is not much thoughtful engagement in communication and little regard for tone. We use the word “interrogative” over the radio to eliminate the recipient having to gauge tone when receiving a question. Since the end of my military service, I have learned that efficient communication is not always effective communication.
Post-military service, I have been fortunate enough to work in leadership positions, which allowed me to develop a more nuanced approach to my communication. I can honestly say that before starting my college journey, I would have given myself a 9 out of 10, but after completing several college courses, I realized how little I actually know. Through continued education and engagement, there is no doubt that my communication skills will continue to improve.
2) How might you contribute to discussion forum posts this semester the most effectively?
I find the most effective way to contribute to discussion forums is to make posts thoughtful, engaging, and respectful. I have always leaned on my unique individual life experience to relate to questions presented on the discussion forums and engage with fellow students. I believe putting aspects of yourself in your posts presents a genuine authenticity to your writing.
3) What is the most important insight you gained from the Ted Talk and how might it impact your life?
To me, the most important insight from the TED talk is to ask better questions from a place of genuine curiosity that engages in a thoughtful way. I frequently ask my kids, “How was your day?” only to receive a one-word answer and sometimes just a blank stare. I never considered rephrasing the question until watching Amber Wright’s TED talk. She gives some great examples of creating genuine connections and developing relationships with dialog. It’s amazing what you can learn from a 14-minute video! I will definitely implement some of the techniques presented in the TED talk.

Readings:
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (langston hughes)
On Being Brought from Afr

Readings:
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (langston hughes)
On Being Brought from Africa to America (Phyllis Wheatley)
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July (Frederick Douglas)
Instructions
Create digital storyboards based on themes like Freedom, Autonomy, and Dehumanization from the readings we’ve studied. This assignment requires you to be thoughtful and creative. Follow these steps:
Identify Key Scenes and Quotes: You can begin by identifying key scenes or quotes from your readings that vividly illustrate the themes of Freedom, Autonomy, and Dehumanization. For each theme, pick at least two or three strong examples.
Storyboard Layout: Choose a layout for your storyboard. A traditional format is a series of rectangular frames in a sequence, but feel free to be creative. Each frame will represent a key moment or idea from your readings.
Visual Representation:
Freedom: Depict scenes showing liberation, escape, or the joy of freedom. Use open spaces, bright colors, or characters breaking free from chains or barriers.
Autonomy: Illustrate characters making their own choices or controlling their destiny. Use images of individuals standing apart from a crowd, or engaged in thoughtful decision-making.
Dehumanization: Show how characters are stripped of their humanity. This can be represented by robotic features, faceless crowds, or individuals in uniform, featureless settings.
Annotations: Next to or below each frame, include short annotations. These should explain how the scene relates to the theme, possibly quoting directly from your readings.
Use of Color and Light: Colors and lighting can powerfully convey mood. Bright, warm colors might represent freedom, neutral or balanced colors for autonomy, and cold, harsh colors for dehumanization.
Character Expressions and Poses: Pay special attention to how characters are depicted. Joyful, determined faces can convey freedom; thoughtful or resolute expressions can represent autonomy; and blank or distressed expressions can show dehumanization.
Background and Setting: The setting can reinforce the theme. Open skies or horizons can symbolize freedom, crossroads or individual spaces can symbolize autonomy, and stark, oppressive environments can reflect dehumanization.
Incorporate Symbolism: Use symbols to reinforce your themes. For freedom, birds or open doors; for autonomy, a compass or a steering wheel; for dehumanization, gears or cages.
Feedback and Revision: Once your storyboard is drafted, get feedback. This could be from peers, instructors, or anyone familiar with the readings. Use their insights to refine and improve your storyboard.
Remember, a storyboard is not just a visual representation but a storytelling tool. Ensure each frame contributes to the narrative you’re trying to convey based on your readings.
Here is a link to the rubric to help you think about where to place your time and attention.
TOOLS
Here are some free options that you can use:
Canva: Canva is a popular graphic design platform that’s user-friendly and offers a variety of templates, including ones for storyboards. It’s great for combining images, text, and other graphic elements.
Storyboard That: This is a specialized tool for creating storyboards. It offers a limited free version where you can create storyboards with a range of characters, scenes, and text bubbles.
Google Slides or Microsoft PowerPoint Online: These presentation tools are familiar to many and can be easily adapted for storyboard creation. They offer flexibility in layout, text, and image placement.
GIMP: For those who are more comfortable with image editing, GIMP is a free and open-source alternative to Photoshop. It’s ideal for creating more detailed and custom illustrations for storyboards.
Pixton: This is an online comic-making tool that’s great for storyboards. The free version allows access to a range of characters and backgrounds, which can be useful for visual storytelling.
Miro: Miro is an online collaborative whiteboard platform that can be used for creating storyboards. It’s especially useful for group projects, as multiple users can work on the board simultaneously.
Krita: Krita is a professional, free, and open-source painting program. It’s more suited for those who want to create detailed, artistic illustrations for their storyboards.
Adobe Spark: Adobe Spark offers a range of design tools, including options for creating web pages, graphics, and short videos, which can be adapted for storyboard creation.
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Discipline: African American Literature