3 assignment

ASSIGNMENT #1

PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR JOURNAL AS A FILE ATTACHMENT (MS WORD OR .RTF).

In at least 300 words, please answer the following question and support your answer with at

least five quotations from Ilo's "Rat and Finch Are Friends." This assignment does not require

outside sources other than the short story, but if you choose to use

any please cite them.

Using material from a source (quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing) without giving credit to

the source is plagiarism and will result in a grade of zero for the assignment for first

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time

offenders and in a failing grade for the entire c

ourse for repeat offenders.

In your opinion, Does Izu have any other friend, helper, or ally in this story other than

Okwudili (Rat)? Please explain your answer using

at least five

quotations from the story.

Cite from:

http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/

rat

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and

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finch

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are

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friends/

ASSIGNMENT #

2

In 300

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350 words, tell your classmates whether, in your opinion, Rachel is "a real girl," as she

wishes to be. Please explain your answer using specific examples from the story. Cite the page

number for each ex

ample.

Cite from:

https://onlinereadfreenovel.com/pat

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murphy/57630

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rachel_in_love.html

(

STORY

Starts with:

IT IS A SUNDAY MORNING)

ASSIGNMENT #

3

Please watch Neil Gaiman's argument about readin

g and libraries and respond to it in at least

two double

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spaced pages. What, according to Gaiman, are the two uses of fiction? Do you

agree with his points on literature and children? Why or why not? How well does he prove his

points? Can you think of any

works that we read this semester that prove or disprove his

claim?

W

ords:

150

Cite from

:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNIUWv9_ZH0

ASSIGNMENT #1

PLEASE UPLOAD YOUR JOURNAL AS A FILE ATTACHMENT (MS WORD OR .RTF).

In at least 300 words, please answer the following question and support your answer with at

least five quotations from Ilo's "Rat and Finch Are Friends." This assignment does not require

outside sources other than the short story, but if you choose to use any please cite them.

Using material from a source (quoting, summarizing, paraphrasing) without giving credit to

the source is plagiarism and will result in a grade of zero for the assignment for first-time

offenders and in a failing grade for the entire course for repeat offenders.

In your opinion, Does Izu have any other friend, helper, or ally in this story other than

Okwudili (Rat)? Please explain your answer using at least five quotations from the story.

Cite from: http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/rat-and-finch-are-friends/

ASSIGNMENT #2

In 300-350 words, tell your classmates whether, in your opinion, Rachel is "a real girl," as she

wishes to be. Please explain your answer using specific examples from the story. Cite the page

number for each example.

Cite from: https://onlinereadfreenovel.com/pat-murphy/57630-rachel_in_love.html

(STORY Starts with: IT IS A SUNDAY MORNING)

ASSIGNMENT #3

Please watch Neil Gaiman's argument about reading and libraries and respond to it in at least

two double-spaced pages. What, according to Gaiman, are the two uses of fiction? Do you

agree with his points on literature and children? Why or why not? How well does he prove his

points? Can you think of any works that we read this semester that prove or disprove his

claim?

Words:150

Cite from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNIUWv9_ZH0