Speech Essay

KINESICS: the study of body motion or body behavior. Emblems: gestures that have a direct verbal translation and can stand alone such as the ok sign. Illustrators: gestures that complement our words such as pointing when giving directions. Regulators: gestures that may prolong or terminate the conversation such as looking at your watch, walking away, … Read more

MLA FORMAT ESSAY

Now, it’s your turn to practice using MLA format. Your assignment is to create a template for the first page of an essay and a works cited page formatted in MLA style. You may use this template over the course of the semester to help you format all of your major writing assignments. Please include … Read more

speech

Your values, beliefs, and thoughts make you the person you are today.  Each of us has four areas of potential growth. We have (1) Emotional potential: how we feel and what we want, (2) Intellectual potential: how we think and learn, (3) Physical potential: how we maintain our body’s well-being, and (4)  Social potential: how we … Read more

Response paper

 write a 250+ word original response that discusses the poem by Priscilla Lee tone. You should read your chosen poem out loud at least two times. What do you notice? Who is the speaker? What is the subject of the poem? What is the speakers attitude toward the subject matter? As you work to identify … Read more

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Miller and the Steward each tell stories involve exchanges and transactions, though not usually involving money. Still, you could think of the world of each story as representing a kind of non-monetary economy involving what the characters “invest” in one another and what they hope to receive in return, even though these transactions are … Read more

essay

Part 1: Art CreationSelect a poem, musical piece, or dance piece to use as a point of inspiration. Create a work of poetry, lyrics, music, or dance, inspired by your selected art piece. Video or audio recordings should be no longer than 5 minutes and must be in MP4 format. Note: If your art creation … Read more

help

Each student to write one email based on the following scenarios; 1- Give information; You are sending out an Emil to your employees for Christmas party at a downtown hotel, write an email and include driving instruction, and/or location information. 2- Email reply to a request: you work at a company, you can choose any … Read more

video

Watch that introduces the fiction genre and some important concepts. In the video, I talk about idiosyncrasies.  In the response box below, jot down a list of idiosyncrasies for two or three people (similar to what I did in the lecture). This can be used as a toolbox for characters you create in your writing.