Breakthrough Writer

1A Summer 2013 Quiz #4

Turn in your introduction (one paragraph), tentative thesis, and an MLA Works Cited page.

1A Quiz #3 Summer 2013

In 500 words, typed and double-spaced, explain the animosity between the husband and wife in "Say Yes." Or explain the hatred between the two brothers in "The Rich Brother."

1A Quiz #2 Summer 2013: Ha Jin's A Good Fall

In a 500-word quiz response, typed and double-spaced, compare The Third Eye, also known as metacognition, in "Choice," A Composer and His Parakeets," and "In the Crossfire."

1A Quiz #1 Summer 2013

In a 500-word quiz response, typed and double-spaced, compare and contrast pre-prison Jeff Henderson with post-prison Jeff Henderson.

1A Quiz #6 Spring 2013: Thesis, Mapping Sentences, and Works Cited Page

Part One of the Quiz for 15 points:

Write an argumentative thesis in which you agree or disagree with the argument that a vegetarian or vegan diet is a superior diet to the caveman (meat-eating or Paleo) diet on grounds based on, ethics, health and the environment. Follow your thesis with 4 or 5 mapping sentences. Some professors call mapping sentences thesis maps. Here's another example of a thesis map.

Your mapping sentences or components should be expressed using parallelism.

Links for Parallelism

Purdue Owl

Parallel Usage

Parallelism in a Thesis

Parallel Structure Quiz

Your guidelines for your thesis are as follows:

 1. This research paper should present a thesis that is specific, manageable, provable, and contestable—in other words, the thesis should offer a clear position, stand, or opinion that will be proven with research.   You should analyze and prove your thesis using examples and quotes from a variety of sources. 

Part Two for 15 points, the Works Cited page

 Provie a finished, polished Works Cited page with 5 sources.  You must use at least 3 different types of sources.

 

• At least one source must be from an ECC library database. (See tutorial for using ECC library database)
• At least one source must be a book, anthology or textbook.
• At least one source must be from a credible website, appropriate for academic use.
• The paper should not over-rely on one main source for most of the information. Rather, it should use multiple sources and synthesize the information found in them.

 Use MLA format for the Works Cited page. See Sample Works Cited page)

1A Quiz #5: 2 Choices

Choose ONLY one:

In 333 words, compare the symbiosis in "The Rich Brother" and "Desert Breakdown."

In 333 words, analyze the irony of hopefullness in the midst of blindness as you see it in "Our Story Begins."

Quiz #4 Spring 2013: "The Missing Person" and "Say Yes"

Research the word irony. Then write a single-sentence definition of irony followed by 300 words of analysis in which you apply your irony definition to the stories "The Missing Person" and "Say Yes."

1A Quiz #3 Spring Semester 2013

In 333 words, analyze 4 or 5 causes of The Third Eye evident in "Choice" and "In the Crossfire."

1A Quiz #2 Spring Semester 2013: Due March 13

"The past will haunt and destroy us, making love and tranquility impossible." Explain this statement in light of "The Beauty" and "Temporary Love" in 333 words.

On a related note, I made a HUGE error, thinking the quizzes were worth 25 (as they are in English 1C) when in fact they are, as noted by a student, worth 30. So make sure when you turn in Essay 1, that I adjust your score accordingly.

Quiz #1 Spring 2013: Cooked

In 333 words, about a page and a half typed and double-spaced, explain 4 life lessons Jeff Henderson must learn in order to undergo his excruciating personal transformation and become the successful man he is today.