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What do the two poems suggest about gender roles and heteronormativity?

TOPICS for Reading Response 4 (choose ONE) Topic 1: Discuss Paul Laurence Dunbar’s “Sympathy.” • How do the poet’s use of rhyme and repetition contribute to the overall tone ?• How does the title relate to the content of the poem—specifically, the poem’s theme ? The word “sympathy” never occurs in the body of the poem itself. Why?• Discuss the metaphor of the

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What generalizations can you draw about the rose’s traditional meanings in poetry?

After reading Chapters 15-17, respond to the prompt below: Prompt: Consider the poems about roses (pages 887-889), and write a paragraph about each poem showing how it establishes specific symbolism for the rose. What generalizations can you draw about the rose’s traditional meanings in poetry? If you can, find other poems about roses outside of this

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How do Twitter’s perceived affordances compare with those of YouTube’s?

400-600 word response on chapter 1 of Twitter by Burgess & Baym Please consider how the Burgess & Baym book on Twitter is focusing on how perceived platform affordances both enable and constrain certain types of practices on Twitter, setting the parameters of what is permissable, profitable, popular, provocative, political about people’s usage. How do

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Explain how that quote reflects your stated theme

This essay requires that you focus on four stories from Carver’s collection, so there should be at least four body paragraphs in your outline. Know that specific attention will be placed on the body paragraphs, so make sure they’re clear, developed and that they present critical analyses of the quotes used. OUTLINE I. Introduction · Reference the title of work with

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What are the differences and the reasons behind the differences in the two?

Write a paragraph of 7+ sentences about the following. Summarize and comment upon what Douglass writes about city slaveholders vs. plantation slaveholders on pp. 1023-1024.  What are the differences and the reasons behind the differences in the two?  Finally, comment upon the exception to the “norm” that Douglass describes.

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