Communication in Close Relationships

Your must refer to the textbook and include quotations. Consider two of your friendships and create a cost-benefit chart based on the textbook discussion about “Communication in Successful Friendships,” pp.298ff. Refer to the textbook. 1. Analyze your two friendships based on the 11 characteristics noted on pp. 298-301. (Please highlight the characteristics in bold.) Give […]

online discussion for extremely loud and incredibly close

Part A – Discussion (700-1000 words) Jonathan Foer’s Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, published in 2005, was one of the first novels to tackle the subject of 9/11 head on. Interestingly, it does not dwell so much on the details of the terrorist attacks but, rather, on the persistence of their aftermath—a young boy’s quest […]

Do a close reading and analysis of one chapter of Harriet Jacob’s

Prompt: Do a close reading and analysis of one chapter of Harriet Jacob’s Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl, formulate an interpretative claim that drives your argument. The overarching question that needs to be answered: Why is this particular chapter important to the book’s power? Your thesis statement will posit an answer to […]

An issue close to this is the use by many contractors (as well as

The text for this course early on addresses the problem of the availability of skilled workers. An issue close to this is the use by many contractors (as well as other entities) of employing “cheap labor”, usually undocumented aliens, as workers. How do you feel about this? Find and use at least 2 reference sources […]

Close reading

  This essay is a close reading of the text. What is a close reading? A close reading is an analysis that synthesizes and reflects on the various aspects, components, elements (whatever you want to call them) of a text. It’s not necessarily exhaustive, as it may focus on a particular aspect or set of […]