Homework
Monday's writing assignment
1) Go
back and look at the
first text, lyrics from Immortal Technique’s “4th
Branch.” After you
saw the heading, “Song Lyrics,” did the lyrics look like lyrics,
before you
even read a word? Once you started reading, did they more or
less meet what you
might have expected from song lyrics? Write a paragraph or so
identifying what elements
you expect to see and read when you are engaging song lyrics.
2) Go
back and look at the
short story, “The story of an hour,” by Kate Chopin. After
seeing the heading,
did the story visually appear to be a short story? If you had
been asked before
reading the story to list what one comes to expect to find in a
short story,
would this story meet those expectations? Write a paragraph or
so explaining
what elements you might expect to see when you are asked to read
a short story.
3) Go
back and look at the
“Essay on The Importance of Form in Literature.” At the very
first glance at
the text, after seeing the title, did it look like an essay? Why
or why not?
Once you started reading it, what was your first reaction? Write
a paragraph or
so on what you expected to see, what you expected to read, and
how you felt
about having to read an essay rather than writing one.