Midterm Exаm Essаy Questiоn: Chооse only ONE of the following three essаy questions. I am not expecting this to be a polished essay, but instead the product of concentrated thought over a short time period. If you are doing this at home, I do not want you to write on this question for more than forty-five minutes. Perhaps consider the question ahead of time and plan out your response but when you start to write, write without stopping for a short amount of time. Your answer to this question should include multiple paragraphs and should fully answer the question through having a clear thesis (this thesis should take a stance for you to support) and fully supporting that thesis with specific supporting details summarized from assigned texts. Because this is a quick essay and you may not use your book, I do not expect direct quotations or citations, but be sure to summarize specific details from the texts to support your thesis. This question is worth forty points. Using texts from at least 3 different assignments so far, support a thesis that discusses what values have been important to different communities. Thinking about the communities focused on in each text, what has been a core value or belief of that community? Do we see a shift in those values and beliefs over time and what helps explain why there is that shift, if there is one? What is interesting or strange about the similar and/or different values and beliefs that we see from different time periods in our course? Or… Using texts from at least 3 different assignments so far, support a thesis that discusses the different presentations of the American Dream this semester. What have been different versions of the American Dream that different communities have developed at different times or in different places? What is interesting or surprising about the similarities or differences of how this idea has been presented in readings this semester? Or… Using texts from at least 3 different assignments so far, support a thesis that discusses the different forms of literature that we've seen. Describe three different works that are examples of three different types of literature? What are some surprising similarities or differences in thinking about the examples that you mention? What could you say about the thought process of the author in deciding to write in one form or another? What types of tasks or purposes does one form of literature seem more appropriate for, but also are there examples of how different forms can be used in surprising ways?
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