Public Domain
Activity 1
This link will bring you to the BMCC library database Literature Resource Center and a secondary source literary article by scholar Dean Rader. The article is also available as a PDF file
Activity 2
Essay 1
Due Sunday, September 21, 11:59 p.m.
The first essay for this course involves a multi-layered process in which you will evaluate a sample literary essay. In effect, you will be playing the role of professor.
Click here for Essay 1 directions.
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Be sure to review the following documents before writing your evaluation:
Public Domain
OR Format Matters Video OR Format Illustration
PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”
MLA citation guide Click BMCC online library.
When you are ready to submit Essay: 1, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Essays” module and then, select “Essay 1.”
Your essay will be graded based on this rubric.
Activity 3
Click this link to access the short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes.
Activity 4
Click this link to access a Youtube lecture on “Salvation.”
Activity 5
The short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes is rich with various forms of irony, which will be relevant to the week’s discussion board. Click this link for a short video that explains the three types of irony.
Activity 6
Quiz 3
This is a 20-question multiple-choice quiz on formatting essays in ENG 201 and correctly incorporating quotations. The test is timed, and students have 90 minutes to complete it. Test will be available from 9:00 on Monday, September 8 through 11:59 p.m. Sunday, September 14. Test will not be reopened after the closing date.
For study materials, see the links below.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the homepage, click the “Review Quizzes” module and select Quiz 3.
To review for quiz:
PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”
Click here to review a guide on MLA citation from the BMCC online library.
