Explain the difference between a compound sentence and a complex sentence. Give an example of each.

What, exactly, is the “water faucet vision” in the story of the same name? Why is this vision significant to the narrator, both as a child and as an adult?

There is nothing wrong with paraphrasing another person’s ideas without citing the source.

What social issue does Sherman Alexie address in narrative form in “Indian Education”? How does he structure the narrative? (What sequence/order/categorization does he use)

Explain the role of both cause and effect as a mode of writing. In other words, what is “cause” responsible for asking, and what is “effect” responsible for?

Allison Flood’s article, “‘Textbook terror’: How the Haunting of Hill House rewrote horror’s rules,” presents the idea that “houses aren’t haunted—people are.” Given the readings and presentations that have dealt with a sense of haunting in one form or another, how do you reconcile this claim? Provide a few examples, from various sources, of how this might be true.

What can be inferred about the relationship of Theo’s friend at home? 

A media title from a collection, like an anthology (essay, short story, poem, song) should be put in…

What does the narrator mean in “Who’s Irish?” when she claims that, “Sophie is three years old American age, but already I see her nice Chinese side swallowed up by her wild Shea side”? (Jen 6).

Narration is a style of writing that is used to ________________________________.