One assignment I feels I am most successful in was creating the Poetry Flyer. The reason being because I got do my assignment on to research no copyright pictures, a poem and use the BMCC Online Library to get the author’s Biography and apply it to my flyer. Also, it was different form the regular essay. However, I think I could have done better in my essays and understanding the literary devices use in poetry. Writing essays in this course is completely different from how I normally write them. I should have tried to understand applying citation and in quote more and the various literary devices use in poetry. Trying to figure out the literary devices and interprets what it meant is one of the areas I need to work on. Also, one thing I learn this semester is the structure of a paragraph, applying quotes and citations. Also, writing thesis, researching primary and secondary sources to my essays was also a huge help. In would try to apply whatever I’ve learnt in this course to my essays going forward, especially in writing the thesis and paragraph structuring.
Jenefeir Singh
The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W. B. Yeats is a short poem about a man who yearns for the peace and simplicity of nature. Yeats provides details as to what the speaker is going to do when he gets there. In Stanza 1, the second line, “And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:” The speaker plans to create a small home for himself. The use of the word small cabin to gives the impression that he is going to be the only one living in the house, without any family or relations of any kind. He plans to build the cabin from clay and wattles (sticks and rods). Once he’s living in his small cabin, he dreams of having “nine” rows of bean plants and a hive for, presumably, many honeybees, as in the next line, the glade (or small clearing in a forest), is filled with their sound.
What is your thesis for the research essay on fairy tales? Identify one article from List A and one article from List B that interests you. Please cite the author’s name and explain which ideas from the article caught you attention and why. I believe Fairy tales are important for children’s development as they encouraged imagination, teach valuable lessons and help them understands emotions. Fairy tales often involve magical elements, creatures and events that helps them think creatively beyond their everyday experiences. It also teaches morals such as bravery, honesty and kindness. “The Positive Impacts of Fairy Tales for Children” by Leilani VisikoKnox-Johnson, University of Hawaii and “Why Fairy Tales Matter” by Maria Tatar are two articles that interests me. According to the article: “The Positive Impacts of Fairy Tales for Children”, Jungian thinks that fairy tales teach children how to deal with basic human conflicts, desires, and relationships in a healthy way. She also thinks, “acquiring these skills can ultimately impact a child’s health, quality of life, or even influence its values and beliefs in the future.” This idea caught my attention because it helps children become aware of various moral values which are very important to everyday life. life. In the article: “Why Fairy Tales Matter” by Maria Tatar, demonstrates how fairy tale’s written language can spark a child’s imagination. This caught my attention because fairy tale helps children to have an active imagination.
What specific ideas did you come across in “A Good Man Is Hard to Find” that you would have missed if you had not read the article by the author in Activity 1? If I had not read the article from “On Her Qwn Work”: The Element of Suspense in “A Good Man is Hard to Find” (Flannery O’Connor), two specific ideas I would have miss are dishonesty and selfishness. The article makes me realizes that the grandmother is selfish and dishonest. The grandmother deceives her son by making her grandchildren believes there was a secret compartment with hidden treasures because her son did not want to stop at the plantation. Due to her dishonesty, her family was killed by the Misfits. She is trying to save herself from dying by telling the Misfits that he is a good man, since she realizes that he kills her family. The Misfit knows that he is a not good man. He eventually kills the grandmother.
Poetry is not really my forte. However, my ability in reading poems have improved a little. I can identify some of the literary devices use and tries to understand what it means. I enjoy reading poetry even though I cannot grasp what it means. Poetry in my experience can help with the reading of Oedipus the King by understanding it’s structure and literary devices use. Poetry also allows the readers to engage more deeply with the themes such as fate. The poem ‘The Lake Isle of Innisfree” by W.B Yeats resonates with the play Oedipus the King. Both explore the desire to escape from reality. “I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree, And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:” in The Lake Isle of Innisfree by W.B Yeats. In the poem, the speaker longs for peace in nature, while Oedipus tries to escape his tragic fate.
My experience in writing Essay 1 was a bit challenging. I learn and understands the outline which is requires in writing an essay more clearly. For example, the introduction requires the identification of the primary and secondary sources. I realizes the body was structure differently form how I would usually write it. I had a bit of a struggle grasping the structure of the body such as when and how to incorporate the sources and the quotes which was required. Writing a strong thesis statement was an issue as well. Also, citation is not one of my strengths. This is something I cannot grasp fully such as differentiating between MLA and APA. However, with the better understanding of the essay outline and how each part (the introduction, body and conclusion) is structured, I am hoping that I would improve in my essay writing. I would definitely incorporate what I leant in my essays going forward.
Hi everyone, I think I would write in an essay that is less about socio-economic issues and more about other interesting/important details or elements in the story is empowerment. Miss Moore is trying to get the students to take action that will change society. This would require them to stand out and speak up, to be different. Miss Moore is a good example of this with her “nappy hair and proper speech and no makeup.” She also doesn’t use her first name and doesn’t go to church. On the train ride back, Sylvia remembers one of Miss Moore’s refrains, “Where we are is who we are. . . But it doesn’t necessarily have to be that way.” The response she’s wants in return is “that poor people have to wake up and demand their share of the pie.” She wants to get through to the kids that they don’t have to be limited by where they grow up. The “demand” indicates that they will have to do something about it. She’s trying to empower them enough to take the necessary steps. I would name this story “Empowerment Awareness”.
Hi everyone. My name is Jenefeir Singh. I’m currently in my 1st year of college. I am majoring Business Administration. My goal is to transfer to a four-year college after BMCC. I choose BMCC because it gives me the opportunity and the flexibility to work and attend classes fulltime.
What is your understanding of the prewriting assignment in Week 1 Activity. 10? What do you have to do? What is the purpose of the prewriting assignment? Prewriting is the preparation process that you complete before you actually write your paper, essay or summary. Prewriting helps you organize your thoughts, plan your research or writing, and clarify your thesis. This week, we had to read “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez and “Overview of ‘The Most Handsome Drowned Man’” by Dean Rader. After which, we had to review the supporting guides in Week 1. The PowerPoints on Thesis Statements and “How to Insert Quotations into a Literary Essay”, were reviewed. Also, Format Illustration/Format Matters Video and MLA Citation guide were reviewed as well. Reading the Directions for Sample Student Essay and reading the Sample Student Essay were also done. The purpose of this prewriting assignment was to brainstorming ideas that allows us to connect with main points and highlights areas that need additional analysis or supporting evidence.
