English Discussions

Discussion 6
What does it take for a secondary source to be academically credible? What should you look for to be certain the source is reliable? Tell your classmates what worked for you to find the source you will use for Essay 2.  (just needs to make sense)

Discussion 7
In many ways, we analyze short stories the same way we do poems. We look at what it says and our first impression of it. We then go back and look at its parts: scenes, settings, characters, plot, and theme. Look closely at the details we learn about Miss Emily in “A Rose for Emily.” Most stories or academic writing follows a linear progress. This happens and then that happens. However, in this story, we have short scenes or stories that allow us to see Miss Emily as the town sees her. What is the effect of the narrator telling these little stories about her out of chronological order? What does this require from the reader? (READINGS FOUND ON INTERNET • William Faulkner, “A Rose for Emily,)