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Activity 1
Read “The Handsomest Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, linked here in PDF format.
Handsomest Drowned Man
Activity 2
Click this link to access information about the life and work of Gabriel Garcia Marquez from the BMCC library database Biography Resource Center.
Activity 3
Click this link for an explanation of primary and secondary sources. The story “The Most Handsome Drowned Man” is an example of a primary source. The biographical article in Activity 2 is an example of a secondary source.
Take this short quiz (for fun; not graded) on primary and secondary sources.
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Activity 4
PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”
Activity 5
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Quiz 2
This is a practical 10-question multiple-choice quiz on thesis statements. See PowerPoint for study materials.
Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, September 1 to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, September 7. Quiz must be taken in one setting, and students have 90 minutes in which to complete it.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the Review Quizzes module, click Quiz 2.
