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To stress, you should respond to ONE prompt (not all four). Your Primary Post must be 300+ words and you need to do one Reply Post which must be 150+ words. Please be sure to check out the Discussion Grading rubric as your publish your posts.For the discussion posts, I am looking for you to select a narrow topic, formulate an argument, support your claims with quotes/cited paraphrases from the text, and closely analyze relevant passages. The focus is on analysis/critical thinking as opposed to summary. If you do not have a topic in mind, I recommend consulting the posted prompts.Please be sure to cite using MLA format-Quotation with the author’s name in the sentence:Wordsworth stated that Romantic poetry was marked by a “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (263).Quotation without the author’s name in the sentence:Romantic poetry is characterized by the “spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings” (Wordsworth 263).Paraphrase with the author’s name in the sentence:According to Freud, actual but unacceptable desires are censored internally and subjected to coding through layers of condensation and displacement before emerging in a kind of rebus puzzle in the dream itself (7).Paraphrase without the author’s name in the sentence:Actual but unacceptable desires are censored internally and subjected to coding through layers of condensation and displacement before emerging in a kind of rebus puzzle in the dream itself (Freud 7).*I cannot stress enough the need to provide textual support. Including support is an easy way to ensure that you do not lose valuable points. It is essential that you cite ALL ideas that are not your own (even if you are paraphrasing). All instances of plagiarism will result in a grade of 0 for the assignment AND reporting to the Dean of Students Office. You can prevent this by citing appropriately.Important- Your posts must address Mama Day. Please see the Discussions section of our syllabus for directions. If you do not have a topic in mind, you may wish to consider ONE of the following:
1) What function do the supplementary materials (family tree, map and bill of sale) play within the text? When and why did you find yourself referring to these documents as you read?
2) In what ways are the city and country contrasted in this work? In particular, how is the city of New York depicted? Why do you think Cocoa moved so far from home?
3) Why might Naylor stage part of the novel in Willow Springs, a town that’s “actually in no state?” (29). In what ways, and for what purposes, does ambiguity enter the text? How would you describe the community of Willow Springs?
4) How does Naylor develop Ophelia/Cocoa as a character? (39) What point might Naylor be making with Ophelia’s nickname?
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