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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 in Context..
Activity 3
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This link will bring you to the BMCC library database Literature Resource Center and an intriguing piece of literary criticism by literary critic and scholar Dean Rader. It will shed light on the story—and the importance of storytelling.
If you do not have access to the BMCC library, please be sure to take care of this promptly. In the meantime, I have also attached a PDF file
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Activity 4
Please review this short PowerPoint presentation on thesis statements. There will be a quiz in Week 3 that includes the identification of good thesis statements.
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Activity 5
Click this link to access the Week 2 Discussion Board.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Work.
Click here for information about How Discussion Boards Are Graded.
