Literature

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 75-150 words in length and is due on Sunday. By Tuesday, you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.  Analyzing a Music Video Go to YouTube and select a music video. For this particular discussion, it’s best to use a song, artist, or genre that is mostly new to you. However, keep in mind that you will be sharing this video and your notes with the class, so select something appropriate (no overt sex, blood, gore, and so forth). Once you have chosen a music video, complete the following steps in order: First, turn off your computer screen or turn away from the screen and listen to the song. Take notes on the effects of the auditory modality on you: How does listening to the song affect you bodily—your emotions, bodily sensations, etc. Next, turn off the sound and replay the video while watching the screen this time. Jot down how the moving images and other visual elements that affect you. Describe your sensations in as much detail as possible. Finally, watch the video with both the sound and image. What changes between the three different modalities (auditory, visual, and multimodal) did you notice? Include a link to the video or embed it in your initial post. Discuss your findings to the above three steps. For your responses, discuss your classmates’ findings. Do their sensations/reactions surprise you? Do you respond differently to the video? For more information on Analyzing a Music Video read this:https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=Analyzing+a+Music+Video&title=Special%3ASearch&go=Go&ns0=1

Instructions Using the six peer-reviewed literature articles from your annotated bibliography, compose an integrated review that focuses on a clinical issue of interest. Ensure that the topic of this integrated review is viewed from the perspective of a healthcare professional who is looking to validate the need for program evaluation at your hospital. Remember to use the APA format. For additional details, refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document. a. It is imperative to review the guidelines and use them to outline your paper. I posted the example of the table in week 7 announcements and again here. To help prepare for the final paper use the rubric to outline your paper to ensure all the required sections are covered. Please review guidelines for length and APA format requirements. b. Use Headers and sub-headers in your paper to keep you on track c. The abstract should be on a single page d. Please ensure you have your problem and scope with references to support e. Your research question and variables labeled as independent and dependent f. Provide examples of your methods, data collection, and statistical tests g. Address or identify any ethical issues h. Use the rubric to help identify the remaining sections…  i. Use APA format, double-space your content and references, also citations must be present j. Shapiro Library has wonderful APA resources in easy to read format. References should be alphabetized. k. The data table has 6 research studies and these are used in your synthesis sections l. Use a hanging indent for your reference list, all references in your list must be cited in your paper, For more information on Integrated Review read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integrated_Review

Topic/instructions: Write a short journal essay of 350 – 400 words.  This journal is due by no later than 11:30 pm on Sunday, 12/13.  Consider the video with Marcus du Sautoy that we saw in class on 12/8.  To see it again, here’s the link: https://vimeo.com/106089707 After watching the video and thinking about what we have learned about free will and determinism, are you more convinced that determinism (about human nature) is true?  Or do you think that determinism is not true, and that we have real free will?  Be sure to explain your position!  As you write your journal, it might be a good idea to think about incorporating the idea of compatibilism, and/or perhaps some ideas from the Sartre material that we have discussed. Making references: If you make specific references, then just make an in-text, parenthetical page reference, such as: (Solomon, 201). Submitting your journal here on Blackboard: First click on where is says ‘Journal 5’ above.   After this, scroll down to  ‘Assignment Submission’, and click on where it says ‘Write Submission.’  A text box pops up, and then you either type your journal directly in space or copy/paste your journal into space.   After putting your journal in that text space, you can either click on ‘Save as Draft’, or ‘Submit.’  If you click on ‘Save as Draft’, it means you have saved a draft of your journal in that space on Blackboard – you can come back to Blackboard later and continue to work on it.  Also, do note that I cannot see the journal when you have clicked on ‘Save as Draft.’  If you put your journal in the text space and then click on ‘Submit,’ then the journal is submitted to me, and I can see it.   I would like you to put your journal directly into space as described in the preceding paragraphs.  Also, do not email your journal to me.  For more information on Journal Essay read this:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essay 

? Instructions Choose only ONE of the following options and write a post that agrees OR disagrees with the assertion. Cite specific scenes and/or use specific quotes from the novel to support your position. Your answer should be written in no fewer than 200 words. When you are done posting your response, reply to at least one classmate in no fewer than 75 words. Although the novel is titled Sula, the real protagonist is Nel because she is the one who is transformed by the end. OR While the community ostracizes Sula, it is subconsciously grateful for her presence. For more information on Sula read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sula

Write an article about the impact of game art on the game. The theme I chose is the impact of Ray tracing on the game because this is the latest game technology. He changed the picture of the game. Request reference https://www.gamasutra.com/static2/blogsubmissions.html At least 1500 words. Original and punctual For more information on Game Essay read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game

Compose a thoughtful and original essay of 4-6 pages. Quote liberally the assigned texts, but build the argument with your own language and opinion, establishing a provocative thesis, proceeding with colorful commentary, and concluding with an unmistakable takeaway. John Leland titled his book Why Kerouac Matters. You will be setting out to prove why, in conjunction, Kerouac and Rechy matter. Hypothesis: On the Road purports to be a narrative of American freedom, but it is really a narrative of repressed male fantasy, whereas the City of Night purports to be a narrative of repressed male fantasy that is really a narrative of American freedom.  Prove by citing key examples from each book. Rephrase the hypothesis in your own language.  Touch base on the importance of the Beat Generation and shift in American literature.   Turnitin report must be provided with completed writing, with no less than 15% match.  For more information on Hypothesis read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypothesis

Write about Catherine Owens. 8-10 pages  For more information on Catherine Owens read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catherine_Owen

Of Mice and Men  Theme Final For this assignment, you will need to examine the plot and characters of Of Mice and Men to extract a theme. A theme is a complete sentence of topic and opinion, a judgment about life. Themes should be complex and not obvious statements. In a short essay, you will introduce your theme and support it with evidence from the novel. Necessary components: Introduction Discuss history context  Introduce the novel Introduce theme (CLAIM) Body Each paragraph focused on claim Separate ideas into paragraphs Conclusion Summary of the claim and support Implications for how we live You will need: 4+ substantial quotations Correct punctuation Paragraphs  To help arrive at the theme, complete the graphic organizer: Topic: Responsibility (Examples: oppression (racism/sexism), workers, friendship, responsibility, loneliness  1. Which characters exhibit this topic? George,  Candy 2. How is the topic being demonstrated? George is responsible for Lennie Candy – the dog. Slim is responsible for the ranch and its workers 2a. Quotation that shows how a character acts, thinks or feels about the topic “An’ whatta I got…I got you!  You can’t keep a job and you lose me ever’ job I get.  Jus’ keep me shovin’ all over the country all the time.  An’ that ain’t the worst.  You get in trouble.  You do bad things and I got to get you out…you keep me in hot water all the time”. 3. Incorporating all the above ideas together, what is being said about the topic? 1 Complete sentence. This will be your theme In Of Mice and Men, the theme of responsibility keeps men from unraveling is shown through George, Candy, and Slim. For more information on Of Mice and Men read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Of_Mice_and_Men

 In 2-3 pages final reflection essay and for this week, you’ll consider LeGuin, “The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas”  and ways it has prepared you to live a life of leadership and influence in the world.  We reflect to understand who we uniquely are (Composing A Life) and to grasp the critical questions of purpose and meaning, both individually and collectively (Searching For Truths).  The results of our reflection form the basis for our life’s work,  This is the ‘doing’ of life, Working for Community and Justice. As we reflect this week, consider: from the fourth-century monk and mystic John Cassian:  “Nothing is ours except one thing, which is possessed by the heart, which clings to the soul, and which can never be taken away by anyone.” What is your one thing? Knowing that, how will you use it for others in your one, precious life? Critical Thinking Questions (to guide your reading and reflection) In “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” the only people presented as taking any kind of social action are the ones who simply walk away.  Is there value in not participating in social injustice?  What other types of social action could result in solving the problem of the child’s suffering? For more information on LeGuin read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin

Choose any movie and the student will analyze a movie as part of the class requirement. The movie review is worth 20 points and should be about 600 words long. The first portion, about 200 words, should summarize the movie. You can use Wikipedia for this. After summarizing the movie, the student should discuss how the actors performed, does the music fit well with the movie, and is the photography crisp and clear. Any foreshadowing and symbolism in the movie also should be discussed. For more information on Foreshadowing read this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreshadowing