DISCUSSION BOARD/ PARAGRAPH AND QUOTE INTEGRATION
1st Assignment Instructions- Thinking about the readings from this module, write a 200-400 word discussion board post in which you explore one or more of these questions:
Choose one story or poem from this module and discuss how it portrays the theme of the past affecting the present.
How is the theme introduced and expressed?
What literary devices are prominently used to help illustrate or emphasize this theme?
Why do you think the work you’ve chosen does or doesn’t belong in this module?
What other theme is expressed in the work?
2nd Assignment Instructions- Choose a story or poem from this module to focus on.
Decide what aspect or element of the story to focus your paragraph on. (For instance, how the setting emphasizes the story’s meaning or how a character changes in the story).
Re-read or scan through the story or poem to find quotes to use in your paragraph.
Write a paragraph that includes:
Topic sentence
Explanation
Example from selected story or poem (summary or paraphrase)
Quote from selected story or poem
Analysis of evidence
Summary sentence bringing it all together
Please separate each assignment by placing the title of the assignment above each work completed.
“A Rose for Emily” by William Faulkner-https://xroads.virginia.edu/~DRBR/wf_rose.html
To a Daughter Leaving Home” by Linda Pastan -http://www.castlefordacademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/To-a-Daughter-Leaving-Home-poem.pdf
