CC0 4.0 International
Activity 1
We will read relevant essays were not covered in Week 3.
Click here to read “On Being a Man” by Paul Theroux.
Click here to read “The Definition of a Gentleman” by John Henry Newman.
(Citation: Nordquist, Richard. “Definition of a Gentleman.” ThoughtCo, Apr. 12, 2025, thoughtco.com/definition-of-a-gentleman-by-newman-1689960).
Click here to read an excerpt from Act 1, Scene 3 from Hamlet by William Shakespeare (Lines 60 – 87).
Click here to read “A Definition of a Jerk” by Sydney J. Harris.
Click here to read “How It Feels to Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston
Click here to read “To the Slave, What Is the Fourth of July?” Frederick Douglass.
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Activity 2
OER TX A&M: Getting Started Chap. 2 – p 2.1-2.12
Prewriting p. 2.13 – 2.20
Activity 3
CCO 3.0 Unported
To review MLA formatting for essays, click on one or more of the following links.
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Activity 4
Quiz 4
Please complete the 10-question quiz on denotation and connotation. The quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m., Friday, April 10 through 11:59 p.m. April 12, Students have 90 minutes to complete the quiz. You must complete the quiz in one sitting. Problems occur when students leave and attempt to return to the test. Once the quiz has closed, it will not be reopened and will no longer be visible to students. Please do not request a reopening of a missed quiz.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the Quizzes module, click on Quiz 3.
Activity 4
Due: Sun 4/26
Click here for directions for Essay 2.
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