Read Virginia Postrel’s “Superhero Worship,”and then write an essay, using Postrel’s definition of superhero as a critical framework, in which you analyze glamour in two Hollywood superhero films.

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Superhero Worship

Read Virginia Postrel’s “Superhero Worship,”and then write an essay, using Postrel’s definition of superhero as a critical framework, in which you analyze glamour in two Hollywood superhero films. Be sure to address whether or not you agree with Postrel’s understanding of glamour. Provide specific examples (characters, scenes, images, etc.) from two films to support your argument. Use the films Iron Man(2008) and Spider-Man(2002) as 2 sources and citations in the essay along with “Superhero Worship”

To what extent do you agree or disagree with Murray? Make sure you refer specifically to Murray’s ideas, summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting where appropriate as you discuss and critique them.

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Option #1—To Be or Not to Be (an engineer or middle manager!).

In his article, “Are Too Many People Going to College,” Charles Murray questions common assumptions about the economic and social value of a college education, criticizing the higher education system and society at large for promoting the idea that a four-year degree is the most important step on the path to economic and personal success.

To what extent do you agree or disagree with Murray? Make sure you refer specifically to Murray’s ideas, summarizing, paraphrasing, and quoting where appropriate as you discuss and critique them.

Briefly discuss the title of the novel with regard to possible meanings and/or connotations. Write in depth about each of the following parts of the structure of the story: exposition, complication, climax, and resolution.

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A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

At this point, you should have used the provided list to choose your novel, started reading and taking notes. (You must read a novel from the approved list unless you have discussed alternative options with me or Mrs. Nass.) While reading the novel, consider the various elements discussed throughout your high school career.

General Directions:
● Complete ALL work in the Google doc assignment.
● Include a Title Page with the title of the novel, author, your name, my name, class, and submission date.
● Also, include a Table of Contents with every category listed and the page number on which it begins.
● The TOC should match the assignment categories, such as: Plot/Structure, Style, Tone/Point of View, etc.
● The project format should match that of an MLA outline.
● Please remember to follow MLA Format and all of the rules of proper writing.
● You will turn in a works cited page and a list of works consulted as part of the final project.
● Be prepared to show and discuss progress at each of 3 check-ins.

I. Plot and Structure (2-3 pages)
A. Briefly discuss the title of the novel with regard to possible meanings and/or connotations.

B. Write in depth about each of the following parts of the structure of the story: exposition, complication, climax, and resolution.

C. In TWO paragraphs discuss the significance of the structure of the story, considering its arrangement (overall and chapter structure) and purpose, and analyze this importance in relationship to the conflict and its developments.

D. Discuss what point of view (or points of view) the author used to write the novel. Why did the author chose the p.o.v s/he did? Discuss what conditions affected the point(s) of view the author chose.

II. Characterization (2-3 pages)
A. Cite textual support from the novel for the following in relation to the protagonist and how s/he is developed. Choose 3 of the 5 to discuss.

  1.  Character’s action
  2.  Character’s appearance
  3.  Character’s thoughts
  4.  Character’s words
  5.  Statements/thoughts of another character about the protagonist

B. Cite textual support from the novel for the following in relation to other character(s) and how s/he/they is/are developed. Choose 2 of the 4 to
discuss

  1.  Discuss a flat or static character that plays a major role in the story. What is this character’s role and why is it significant?
  2.  Discuss how the author directly and indirectly characterizes a character other than the protagonist or the flat/static character you described above.
  3.  Discuss the external and internal conflict(s) the protagonist faces.
  4.  Discuss the role of the antagonist in the novel and how he/she serves as a contrast to another character.

III. Style (1-2 pages)
A. Choose three examples of Figurative Language/literary elements

  1.  Label the literary element
  2.  Analyze how this example enhances the plot, theme, character development and/or mood
  3.  You must use quotes for this section. Be sure to include the page number using correct MLA in-text citations
  4.  You may only use the literary devices listed here
  5.  1- ½ pages

Choose three of the following (these are the only terms you may use):
-Allegory Colloquialism Motif Stream of Consciousness
-Allusion Epigraph Oxymoron Understatement
-Ambiguity Extended Metaphor Paradox Use of Dialect
-Analogy Flashback Personification Use of Diction
-Anecdote Foreshadowing Pun Vocabulary
-Apostrophe Juxtaposition Stereotype

IV. Literary Lenses (1-2 pages)
A. Choose one literary lens/criticism to discuss a scene /character
a. Include an outside source (remember to use proper in-text citations and include in Works Cited)
b. Provide support – use specific examples to explain the analysis
c. List the literary lens from which you are analyzing the character. The only one you can use first-person for is Reader-Response.

V. Setting (1-2 [pages)
A. Discuss three of the following six purposes/functions of setting in relationship to your novel.

  1.  Setting and credibility
  2.  Setting and symbols
  3.  Setting and character
  4.  Setting and mood
  5.  Setting and organization
  6.  Setting and irony

B. Integrate textual support to explain the significance in depth

VI. Symbolism (1-2 pages)
A. Discuss two symbols from the novel

  1.  Integrate textual support to explain their significance in depth
  2.  Indicate whether they are cultural, universal, or contextual symbols
  3.  Clearly label the symbols
  4.  Include quotes from the novel to help prove your points

B. 1 ½- 2 pages

VII. Theme (1-2 pages)
A. Discuss the main theme in the novel
1. Cite specific examples

Grammar, Mechanics, and Works Cited
● Works Cited AND Works Consulted pages
● Correct spelling and punctuation
● MLA Format
● No slang or contractions
● No first or second-person pronouns
● All sources correctly cited in Works Cited
● Parenthetical in-text citations match Works Cited

What does the Misfit mean at the end when he says about the grandmother, “She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life”?

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Critical Strategies for “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”

Write a two-paragraph (5-8 sentences per paragraph) response to one of the prompts below.

What does the Misfit mean at the end when he says about the grandmother, “She would have been a good woman . . . if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life”?

Characterize the Misfit. What makes him so? Can he be written off as simply insane? How does the Grandmother respond to him.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~DRBR/goodman.html

Write a page on the poem you will analyze for the paper. Explain why you chose this poem. What themes do you plan on writing about? What is difficult about this paper? What do you need help with?

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Reader’s Response

Write a page on the poem you will analyze for the paper. Explain why you chose this poem. What themes do you plan on writing about? What is difficult about this paper? What do you need help with?

Write a comparrison essay comparing life as a house film, and ordianry people book. Using quotations from both the book and film, compare the sons and other characters like the dads.

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life as a house vs. ordinary people

Write a comparrison essay comparing life as a house film, and ordinary people book. Using quotations from both the book and film, compare the sons and other characters like the dads.

Do you believe that throughout history our government has held too much control over our personal lives?

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Government control over personal lives

Do you believe that throughout history our government has held too much control over our personal lives? You must support your answer with examples and evidence that is accurate and can be verified.

Summarize a text that represents an issue important to you. Interpret and analyze the text based on its rhetorical effectiveness for its intended audience. Discuss examples from the text to illustrate and support your analysis.

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Working For The Minimum Wage

First, select and summarize a text that represents an issue important to you. Then, interpret and analyze the text based on its rhetorical effectiveness for its intended audience (and beyond). Remember to cite and discuss examples from the text to illustrate and support your analysis. Your response might consider the author’s ethos, the emotional appeals he or she uses, and the arrangement of logic in the text. You may also wish to address the ways in which your text chooses to represent others, what it includes and excludes, its use of figurative language, and the combined effect of these decisions are on the overall purpose of the text.

Why do you think this text has been included in the Latinx and American literature canons for the last 30-50 years? Do you think this text will/should still be read 50 years from now?

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Latinx literature canon

Pick one of the readings in this module and critically evaluate why this text is considered part of the Latinx literature canon. In a short essay, 2-3 pages (750-1000 words), answer the following questions:

1. Why do you think this text has been included in the Latinx and American literature canons for the last 30-50 years?
2. Do you think this text will/should still be read 50 years from now?

3. Would you recommend this reading to a friend? Why or why not?

Give specific reasons to support your opinions. Refer specifically to the text you’ve chosen. You do not need to consult outside sources to write this essay.

Proficiency in grammar is essential for finding a good job, making a good impression, earning your allowance, getting good grades, but did you know it even makes a difference in making friends?

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Write a 5 paragraph, minimum 500 word essay in response to the prompt below. Your essay must have an Introduction as the first paragraph, 3 paragraphs to form the Body of the essay and a final paragraph as the Conclusion to form your 5 paragraph essay. (Be sure to use the APA Format guidelines.)

Proficiency in grammar is essential for finding a good job, making a good impression, earning your allowance, getting good grades, but did you know it even makes a difference in making friends? Almost half of our population find those who speak or write poorly, demonstrating a lack of ability in grammar, to be a “major turnoff.” Defend or oppose why grammar and proper speech and writing is such an important subject in school.