Welcome to CompStreet!

At the end of each class period you will be responsible for posting a response to your homework readings. You may write about any of the following:

*your opinion of the piece
*a specific quote within the text
*how this information changes your perceptions
*the author's motive in writing the piece
*a question you have about the piece
*the significance of the piece

An alternative you will have as the semester goes on will be to blog about different subjects, songs, videos, quotes, or pictures that I post. From time to time I will find thought-provoking items and I want to hear your opinion! Your responses to these items could easily be used to help you write one of the four major essays.

After sharing your thoughts, see what someone else has to say. Feel free to comment on their blog. The most interesting blogs will be featured on my "Write On!" list.

Enjoy and Happy Writing!

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

1/24/11

We talked about "A Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe (and had an interesting discussion!) and learned about point of view!

I'm also working on getting the D2L issue taken care of.

The homework for Friday is:

· Read “Character” (pages 75-77)

· Write a comparative analysis (1-2 pages long) that examines the characters of Poe’s narrator and Emily from “A Rose for Emily.” Submit to Turnitin.com

· Read “Reader-Response Criticism” and “An Eskimo ‘A Rose for Emily’” (pages 1490-91)


This the first time we’ve read anything about criticism so think about the following questions: What did you understand from the articles we read? What do you think reader-response criticism is?


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