ENGL 240 Intro Fiction Poetry and Drama

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Table of Contents TOC \o "1-3" \h \z \u Final Portfolio PAGEREF _Toc15028927 \h 12.0. Course Outcomes…………….………….……………………………………………………………..13.0. List of All English and creative writing courses………………………………………………….…....24.0. List of English Papers….........................................................................................................................35.0. Acknowledgments………………………….…………………………………………………………36.0. Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………….........47.0. Paper 1…………............……………………………………………………………………………….48.0. Paper 2….................................................................................................................................................89.0. Paper 3...……………………….………………………………………………………..…………….1210. Paper 4…................................................................................................................................................16
2.0. Course Outcomes.
* Include papers that analyze works from different genres and include literary terms (Outcome 1)
* All papers (except a creative writing piece) must analyze literary texts to explain at least one of the following: stylistic, historical, sociocultural, and ethical significance (Outcome 2).
* Three out of the four papers must apply critical theory to literary texts (Outcome 3). 
* One or more of your papers must demonstrate effective research across a range of media, i.e. scholarly articles, websites, podcasts, blogs (Outcome 4). 
* All of your papers must effectively argue, persuade, illuminate, and/or inform (Outcome 5) 
* One paper must include a PowerPoint presentation or another form of media presentation (Outcome 6). 
3.0. List of All English and creative writing courses.
1 ENGL 240: Intro Fiction Poetry and Drama.
2 ENGL 303: Critical Approaches Literature.
3 ENGL 311: 17-18th Century British Lit.
4 ENGL 312: 19th-Century British Lit.
5 ENGL 363: Afro American Authors Colonial-1900.
6 ENGL 364: Afro American Authors 1900-Present.
7 ENGL 386: History of the English Language.
8 ENGL 406: Seminar in Shakespeare Studies.
9 ENGL 430: American Lit: Discovery to 1914.
10 ENGL 433: Modern American Lit: 1914-1945.
ENGL 495: Adv Sem English Lang, Lit & Writing.
WRTG 101S: Introduction to Writing.
WRTG 391: Advanced Research Writing.
4.0. List of English Papers.
1 ENGL 386: History of the English Language.
2 ENGL 363: Critical Analysis of The Life of Olaudah Equiano or Gustavus Vassa the African.
3 ENGL 240: Formalist criticism: Age of Innocence.
4 ENGL 303: A Feminist point of view of A&P by John Updike.
5 ENGL 363: “Life under American Slavery Was More Difficult for Women than for Men”.
6 Adventure Modernism.
7 Summaries of 6 Papers.
8 List of 4 Papers.
5.0. Acknowledgments.
It is a pleasure to thank everyone who made the whole process of drafting this portfolio possible and those who supported me in any respect during its completion. To my instructor (name), who guided us in writing this portfolio and teaching us in the best way (he or she) could. To my fellow students (names of fellow students or groupmates), I thank them for their excellent job in this project, their determination, their creativity, and persistence. Finally, and most of all, my greatest acknowledgment goes to our creator, God, who ensures that he provides us with everything we need. Behind all this, I would also like to thank my friends for their support and inspiration at doing my best.
6.0. Introduction.
Throughout my course, I have been writing many documents in the form of essays, poems, and other texts; I feel that I improve every time. My instructors have always offered their maximum cooperation and contribution in my writing, and this year, (name of instructor), has made me grow as a thinker, a writer, and reader. This year, one thing that I have learned and has been extremely helpful to me is the history of the English language. The process has been time-consuming but arguably worth it in the end. I have had a chance to understand the lengths that the language has undertaken to become the most popular and mostly used annotation throughout the world. I have escalated my knowledge of the different literary terms in the English language, types of papers, devices used in expository and figurative language as well as the influence of the language in the culture of many societies and associations in around the globe.
7.0. Paper 1: History of the English Language.
Original Draft.
Firstly, the paper explains the history of the English language, which shows that it is an expository text aimed at creating and shaping an understanding of the language. This makes the paper a work of non-fiction, a different genre and a notion that meets the requirements of outcome one which serves to analyze actions from another style used in the text which in this case is non-fiction (Algeo 130). Further, the author of the document uses analogy as the primary literary term to meet the second requirement of the same outcome when it compares two concepts; the Od and Middle English then compare a composition of the two with modern English, an extensive requirement of outcome one which serves to analyze works from another genre and literary terms used.
Secondly, the article looked at the earliest recorded forms of English and its features followed by the Middle English that was used until the 15th Century than the modern English, which is still used to date. This is primarily related to the second outcome, which serves to analyze literary texts to explain matters of historical significance.
Thirdly, the paper illustrates outcome number five which seeks to persuade that there is a significant utility in studying the history of English as a language and argues that the evolution of English is tied within the historical development of its current users (Algeo 157). Moreover, it illuminates the critical understanding of the English and informs parents to make it a basic knowledge since doing so also creates a massive appreciation of not only the present but also the early evolution of their predecessors.
Final Draft.
Firstly, the paper explains the history of the English language, which shows that it is an expository text aimed at creating and shaping an understanding of the language. This makes the paper a work of non-fiction, a different genre and a notion that meets the requirements of outcome one which serves to analyze actions from another style used in the text which in this case is non-fiction (Algeo 130). Further, the paper uses analogy as its primary literary term to meet the second requirement of the same outcome where it compares between two concepts; the old and middle English then compare the composition of the two with modern English, an extensive requirement of outcome one.
Secondly, the paper looked at the earliest recorded forms of English and its features followed by the Middle English that was used until the 15th Century than modern English, which is still used to date. This is primarily related to the second outcome, which serves to analyze literary texts to explain matters of historical significance.
Thirdly, the paper illustrates outcome number five which seeks to persuade that there is a significant utility in studying the history of English as a language and argues that the evolution of English is tied within the historical development of its current users (Algeo 157). Moreover, the paper illuminates the critical understanding of English and informs parents to make it a basic knowledge since doing so also creates a massive appreciation of not only the present but also the early evolution of their predecessors.
Works Cited.
Algeo, J., and C. Butcher. "The Origins and Development of the English Language." Cengage Learning, 2013. 128-167.
8.0. Paper 2: Critical 'Analysis of the Li...