A midterm paper written for my Shakespeare course.
Shakespeare’s Sonnet 12 Analysis
Category: University Assignments
A collection of assignments completed for my college courses
Frederick Douglass and Slavery
Douglass could not be more direct in offering his opinion of Christian slaveholders, and his testimony to support this opinion is damning: "I assert most unhesitatingly, that the religion of the south is a mere covering for the most horrid crimes,--a justifer of the most appalling barbarity,--a sanctifier of the most hateful frauds,--and a dark shelter under which the darkest, foulest, grossest, and most infernal deeds of slaveholders find the strongest protection" (1043). How does Douglass construct a counter-narrative in this chapter to the details he records of the behavior of these Christian slaveholders? Where is the moral center of the chapter, in other words? Where are we to look in order not to lose hope?
Hawthorne’s The Birth-Mark
Assessing whether The Birth-Mark by Hawthorne proves that he is a feminist or not.
Emerson and the Transparent Eyeball
A blog post for class discussing Emerson's "transparent eyeball" concept in "Nature".
Copyediting Portfolio
Disclaimer! I have posted this after our final exam for the class was completed, everyone had turned it in and got their final grade in the course. I did not post this with the intent of others to cheat but rather to show my skills on this website, which is my working portfolio. I also… Continue reading Copyediting Portfolio
A Siren’s Revenge
A short fiction story I wrote for a fiction writing course. This story tells the tale of a peasant boy living in medieval England whose brother ends up creating a siren. How? You'll have to read to find out.
Copyeditors In The Workplace
An oral presentation I completed for an online class where I discuss what copyeditors do and how to become a copyeditor.
Major Assignment 2
Preview This assignment was meant so the students could examine writing without our field/career choice. We were told to give an analysis of workplace writing, examine a piece of professional writing, then we could choose one of two things. The first choice was to give an example of workplace writing and analyze. The second choice… Continue reading Major Assignment 2
Rhetorical Precis of Scholarly Article
Preview We were given several different articles to create a precise of. precise is a summary of the text that demonstrates close reading. A precise is supposed to be short, which is why my assignment is so short. Completed Assignment George F. Hayhoe’s article, “Seeing Clearly” (2005), asserts that the government failed at their duty… Continue reading Rhetorical Precis of Scholarly Article
Correspondence Project
Preview For this assignment, we were asked to write several different piece of business correspondence. We were asked to include four piece. The first piece was a revision of a "bad" email that we were given to choose from. The second piece was a special request or inquiry letter. The first piece was a complaint… Continue reading Correspondence Project
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