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Activity 1
From Washtenaw Community College OER, read “What Is Critical Thinking” P 75
Activity 2
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 3
For your first essay, you will be evaluating a sample essay written by Student X. In other words, you will be playing the part of the professor.
For now, you do not have to write anything. Please just read the following documents:
Directions for the Student X Essay
Activity 4
PowerPoint “How to Insert Quotes into a Literary Essay.”
Activity 5
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How your ENG 201 papers should look.
OR Format Matters Video OR Format Illustration
MLA citation guide Click BMCC online library.
Activity 6
Mechanics Mini-lesson: Capitalization
Read pp. 19-22
Complete Exercise 4 p 20
Exercise 5 p. 22
Additional Resource on Capitalization
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Photographer: Carl Van Vechten
PART 2
Activity 7
Click this link to access the short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes.
Activity 8
Click this link to access a Youtube lecture on “Salvation.”
Activity 9
The short story “Salvation” by Langston Hughes is rich with various forms of irony, which will be the basis of this week’s quiz. Click this link for a short video that explains the three types of irony.
Activity 10
Quiz 2
This is a 10-question multiple-choice quiz that tests your understanding of the three kinds of irony often found in literary works.
Quiz will be available from 9:00 a.m. Monday, February 2 to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, February 8. Quiz must be taken in one setting, and students have 90 minutes in which to complete it. Study materials for this quiz can be found in Activity 3 on this page.
To access the quiz, navigate to your Brightspace course. On the Review Quizzes module, click Quiz 2.
