Oral-Aural Final Exam, January 2nd

Oral Component (10 points)

You should meet with me for the oral exam by the time of the written test.

Logic Section (10 points)

You will need to write an analysis of an argument. Here is an example:

http://gre.learnhub.com/lesson/3392-gre-aws-analyze-an-argument

Join the Club! Section (20 points)

This section will involve terms from the textbook, Join the Club. Check the front of the book for a sample test from a previous semester.

Extension

Second exam has been moved back to December 19. Oral component deadline is December 14.

Third exam will be a written and oral assignment. To be explained in class next week.

Second Mass Media Test, December 12, 2011

The vocabulary section will include ten words taken from the first ten weeks of class. (5 points)

The essay question will require you to answer about an article of your choosing!! (Pick a 4-5 page article from The New York Times, Al-Jazeera, or other newspapers and have me approve it in advance. No two people can have the same article.)

The second writing portion will involve answering a question about the Society of Professional Journalist’s Code of Ethics. You should memorize the Code of Ethics.

Society of Professional Journalist's Code of Ethics

The oral component involves an oral quiz about the following four articles. (5 points)

Deadline: December 8, 2011

Up to three people can take the oral test together.

During the oral quiz, we will discuss any or all of the four articles in detail.

“King of Kings” by Jon Lee Anderson

“Changing Times” by Ken Auletta

“Closing the Gap” by Barbara Beck

“The Umbrella Man” by Errol Morris

“Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood” by Tariq Alhomayed

Test, November 14

Presentations are canceled. We will have a test on Monday, November 14.

Test One, Mass Media

Total of twenty points.

Definitions

I will give you twenty definitions (.25 points each), for a total of 5 points. You will have to give a definition and use it in a sentence. These definitions will be taken from the book and from slides. No word bank. No multiple choice.

Example Question: Lead

The first sentence in a work of journalism

The lead summarized all of the article’s main points.

Essay Answer #1

You will identify a quote from one of the following articles. You should write the author’s name and the title, and be able to explain the genre, medium, and occasion, for each of them. (5 points) You should also discuss how the quote fits into the article and what the strengths and weaknesses of the article are.

The articles that will be used are below. You can read and prepare before the test!

"Once Upon a Time in Damascus"

"Depression's Upside" by Jonah Lehrer

"The Possibilian" by Burkhard Bilger

Slavoj Zizek: 'Now the field is open'

Example Question: "This radical idea — the scientists were suggesting that depressive disorder came with a net mental benefit — has a long intellectual history." Where is this quote from? Discuss the article.

Essay Question #2

You will respond to a prompt that has been previously discussed in class, for a total of 5 points.

Example Question: What are the strengths and weaknesses for long-form journalism?

Long-form journalism includes articles that are longer than 5,000 words. These articles take a subject like the Arab Spring in the Middle East and go into greater detail than newspaper articles. The “I” voice is used, so that can provide information that is left out of “he” voice articles. Also, some readers will not read long-form journalism, because they don’t think the subject needs that much attention.

Essay Question #3

Answer a question regarding your assigned work of journalism (5 points).

The question might be one of the following:

What is the political importance of your assigned work of journalism?

Why should someone in 2011 know about your work of journalism?

What would have happened differently historically, if your work of journalism had not been created?

What is the social importance of your work of journalism?

Reading Assignment, Mass Media, October 19

We have three reading assignments for our class on op-ed articles:

Profanity in the Post

The Op-Ed Project

America's growing anti-intellectualism (Al-Jazeera)

Oral-Aural Skills

Presentation Schedule

English 213, Section 1

Philosophy of Aesthetics 1. __ayat kamal

2. kafa alasaed

3. dania smadi

4. ekram alghoul

5. shatha yousef

History of the Netherlands 1. __ibrahim manasrah

2. marwa Hassan karusheh

3. ___farah mohammad____

4. sawsan

5. ali aldebie

History of the Arab-Israeli Conflict 1. maha smadi

2. Isra` al ankasouri

3. doha alharahsheh

4. walaa hussein

5. Israa__awad_

Liberalism, John Stuart Mill, and the Political Future

1. ameera malkawi

2. Muna abu sahyoun ___

2. haneen shaheen_

3. taqwa mohammagd

4. Eyad Zain

The Turin Test and Artificial Intelligence 1. Sajeda aljawarneh

2. leen hijazi

3. maya halboni

4. donia saif

5. dalya al rabadi

History of the National Football League 1. sereen muafaq abu aqula

2. eman mosa mohammad

3. nehaya ali magableh

4. malak abdallah

5. yazan abdula frehat

6. diaa sleman alkaldy

Italian Neorealist Cinema 1. ala'a mahmoud abd-latef

2. elham ahmad thyabat.

3. alaa khairi.

4. hadeel awad

5. Maram Jameel

The Science of Memory 1. alaa atef

2. walaa jazi

3. walaa barakat

History of Chocolate

4. raya ayoub

5. mimi oweis

6. Muhammad Sheab

7. Alaa Mahmood

American Science Fiction Movies (1920-2000)

1. manar jahmani

2.maram jahmani

3. lama mashhour

4. anatolia

5. jamelah rashdan

Post-Humanism

1. falak halbouni

2. saba abanda

3. reema khasawneh

4. majd abbassi

5. salem oweis

History and Methodology of Advertising

1. Sharook Asaheb

Vocabulary, Aural Skills

Vocabulary, October 6, 2011:

aristocracy

humid

slavery

submerge

consciousness

sympathetic

empathetic

resilient

fulfillment

travel

riddle

lie

prevarication

white lie

perjury

defamation

developmental psychology

infamously

paradox

deception

lFabric

Polyester

lTailored

Cotton

lBlouse

Put on

lTry on

Striped

lSecond-hand clothes

Pattern

lDress

Silk

lTake off

Homework, Mass Media, October 10, 2011

Please print out an article on Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks. It can be an article in a mainstream magazine, a newspaper, a blog, or any other medium. This week's theme is "Alternative Mediums." I would like you to consider the relationships between journalism and 21st-century mediums, like blogs and email.

Key vocabulary:

whistle-blower

transparency

scandal

sunshine laws

freedom of information

corruption

activism

civil disobedience

hacktivism

The reading assignments for this week are:

Murder, Corruption, and the Beautiful Game

Mapping the Arabic Blogosphere

English for Mass Media: Presentation

You should read the work completely. You can do a Powerpoint, but this is not a requirement. The presentation must be no less than 10 minutes per person.

1.) Begin your presentation by covering the six categories that we've reviewed (occasion, subject, audience, genre, medium).

2.) Describe the historical situation. What was happening when the article was published?

3.) Explain the contemporary relevance of the article. For instance, did this work of non-fiction change a political or social situation?

4.) Tell us if you think this work is still relevant. Should we still be studying and reading it?

The topics are listed here:

http://everything2.com/title/Top+100+Works+of+Journalism+In+the+United+States+In+the+20th+Century

Oral-Aural Final Exam, August 24th

There will be a total of 40 questions, each one half a point. The thirty points on the written final exam, plus the ten points for the conversation in my office. All work has to be done by 5 pm on August 24th.

Fix this Expression! (5 pts.)

I will give you an incorrect Jordanian use of English, and you will need to rewrite the sentence correctly. Here is an example:

I went to college before two years.

Correction: I went to college two years ago.

Dialogue Section (5 pts.)

This section of the test will feature a dialogue between two speakers. The dialogue will be simple but will include vocabulary from the book. Here is an example, using vocabulary from page 2:

Jim: That movie was _________________.

Jane: I didn't care for the story, but I thought the actor was a _______________.

Jim: I heard he's not a nice guy. He's a __________________.

Fill in the definition (5 pts.)

I will give you ten words or phrases and you will have to write your own definition of each one. Here are examples:

No big deal __________________________________

Hang out _________________________________

can't stand ____________________________________

Plug it in (5 pts.)

I will give a complete sentence. Replace the underlined phrase with a colloquial phrase from the book. Here are examples:

We really need to pay attention and focus because we have to finish today.

She put on her long silk black dress and high heels for the dinner party.

If you're a messy person, you should get a house cleaner.

Secret Section (10 pts.)

This section will be a surprise essay question about a topic that we discussed in class. You should use appropriate vocabulary that you learned during this semester for full credit. For example, when we discussed revolution, we learned "foment" and "demonstration." For all ten points, you should use those two words and any other relevant vocab.

Oral-Aural Skills Exam, May 26th

There will be a total of 40 questions, each one half a point.

Dialogue Section (5 pts.)

This section of the test will feature a dialogue between two speakers. The dialogue will be simple but will include vocabulary from the book. Here is an example, using vocabulary from page 2:

Jim: That movie was _________________.

Jane: I didn't care for the story, but I thought the actor was a _______________.

Jim: I heard he's not a nice guy. He's a __________________.

Fill in the definition (5 pts.)

I will give you ten words or phrases and you will have to write your own definition of each one. Here are examples:

No big deal __________________________________

Hang out _________________________________

can't stand ____________________________________

Plug it in (5 pts.)

I will give a complete sentence. Replace the underlined phrase with a colloquial phrase from the book. Here are examples:

We really need to pay attention and focus because we have to finish today.

She put on her long silk black dress and high heels for the dinner party.

If you're a messy person, you should get a house cleaner.

Secret Section (5 pts.)

This section will be a surprise.

Cancellation

The conversation portion of the final exam has been canceled this week.

I will keep long hours next week, Sunday through Thursday. When you are on campus, just give me a call and I can meet you at my office. Please forgive me for the short notice; I found out an hour ago that I would be spending the week in Amman on official Peace Corps business.

Best wishes on your exams.

Oral-Aural Class, Final Exam

Oral Final Exam Schedule

Final Exam Total: 40 points

Written portion: 20 points, May 12; from Join the Club

Listening and speaking portion: 20 points, sign up below.

May 9

12:30-12:55 __________________________________

12:55-1:20 __________________________________

1:20-1:45 __________________________________

1:45-2:10 __________________________________

2:10-2:35 __________________________________

2:35-3:00 __________________________________

3:00-3:25 __________________________________

May 10

11:00-11:25 ___________________________________

11:25-11:50 ___________________________________

11:50-12:15 ___________________________________

12:15-12:40 ___________________________________

12:40-1:05 ___________________________________

May 11

12:30-12:55 __________________________________

12:55-1:20 __________________________________

1:20-1:45 __________________________________

1:45-2:10 __________________________________

2:10-2:35 __________________________________

2:35-3:00 __________________________________

3:00-3:25 __________________________________

May 16

12:30-12:55 __________________________________

12:55-1:20 __________________________________

1:20-1:45 __________________________________

1:45-2:10 __________________________________

2:10-2:35 __________________________________

2:35-3:00 __________________________________

3:00-3:25 __________________________________

May 18

12:30-12:55 __________________________________

12:55-1:20 __________________________________

1:20-1:45 __________________________________

1:45-2:10 __________________________________

2:10-2:35 __________________________________

2:35-3:00 __________________________________

3:00-3:25 __________________________________

The Essence of Humanity

For Wednesday, May 4th, we will be discussing the "essence of humanity." What makes us unique? What are the qualities that are worth remarking about human beings?

A quote to think about, from the French.

We do not know what our nature permits us to be. – Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Oral Class Trip

The oral class trip to Ajloun will be this Saturday, the 30th of April. We will gather in front of the south gate of Yarmouk University (under al Ameer Ra'ad Bridge) at 7:30 a.m. The bus will leave at 8:00 sharply. The fee is 7 JD.

Class on Monday

Reading 2: We will begin class promptly at 8:00. Be on time, as I will take strict attendance.

Oral-Aural Skills: Class in canceled. Please work on "Join the Club." The final will include material from throughout that book.

Class on Monday

For Reading 2: we will continue working on Chapter 6, "Music." Your annotated bibliographies are due May 7, at midnight. Nothing late will be accepted.

For Oral-Aural Skills: we will look at the Lincoln-Douglas debate style. Check out the link here.

Second presentations will need to begin immediately. The topics must be persuasive. That means that you should be arguing for or against something in a logical way. Here are some topics.

• The case for organ donation
• The need for recycling
• Why the death penalty should be abolished
• The need for gun control
• The dangers of taking illegal steroids
• How to pay off your credit card
• Why we should abolish school uniform
• Global Warming – What we can do about it
• Why we should wear seat belts in cars
• Why you should become a blood donor
• The dangers of gambling
• Has the DaVinci code just been made up?
• • Half man – half robot. Should we be scared?
  • Why there should be a United States of Europe
  • An easy way to give up smoking
  • How we can get more people to vote?
  • Why the death penalty should be abolished in the United States
  • Why we should not consume genetically modified crops?
  • Should religious clothes be banned in schools?
  • The war in Iraq – was it justified?

Class on Wednesday

Both Reading 2 and Oral will meet on Wednesday, April 6th. Be there or be square. Please prepare Chapter 6 (that's Reading 2 students only).

We will also have a test on Sunday, April 10th, in the Nursing Hall, 3:15-4:15. Class will resume on the next day, with the next chapter.

Class Canceled

Both Oral and Reading 2 are canceled for Monday, April 4th. The make-up class on Sunday, April 3rd, is also canceled. We will make both days up later. Enjoy the day off.

Use sunscreen if you plan on being outside!

English Club

On Sunday, we will have our third meeting of the English Club. The time and the place are M3 301, 11:15 am.

See you there!

Reading 2, March 30

Tomorrow we have a quiz. I will also be checking homework. All the vocabulary up to this point is listed below.

Analyze

Formulate

Controversial

Commercial

Consumer

Conduit

Information

Variations

Action

Stream

Methodology

Actions

Mediate

Memory

Govern

Applaud

Algorithm

Disassembly

Poignant

Ideogram

Reversion

Essential

Extend

Instinctive

Assert

Discount

Amplify

To weather

To trigger

Envisions

Distracts me

Tedium

Instantaneously

Slippery

Swiftness

Audible

Unaccountably

Burden

Abused

Repetitious

Exploitation

Dedication

Convicted

Tackle

English Club

The second meeting of the English Club is scheduled for Sunday, 11:15, in M1 301.

The theme of the meeting is "Your Favorite Song." Bring an iPod or an mp3 on your phone to share with the group.

Remember that Oral Skills will meet on Mondays in M1 303, where we have access to a DVD player and computer.

Class on Wednesday

Reading 2 Assignment: Finish Chapter Four on "Aging." This includes the article, "Lost Keys," by Paul Milenski. Below is a profile I found on Milenski.

Oral Skills Assignment: We will begin working on our StorySLAM activity. Try to think back on a formative experience that might be appropriate for a ten-minute autobiographical performance. Below is a sample from The Moth, a New York City story-telling club. There is some inappropriate language, so I apologize. Please avoid it if you are sensitive to that sort of thing.

Author's Bio

I helped incorporate the Berkshire Writers Room (Massachusetts) in the mid-80's, and it's still going strong. Although I write just about anything, including commentary, court investigative reports, and novels, I have a special fondness for those wee little fictions: the short-shorts, the best of which can be as powerful as good poetry.

Publications and Prizes

Anthologies:

Looking for America (Systime, Denmark, 2002), Sudden Fiction International(W.W. Norton & Company, 1989)

Journals:

Berkshire Review, Great River Review, Quarterly West, Wind Literary Journal, Witness,World of English

Prizes:

AWP Short-Short Competition, Four Consecutive PEN Syndicated Prizes, Bobst and Capricorn Runner-Ups, others.

Personal Favorites

What I'm Reading Now:

The Scarlet Letter by Hawthorne, Winesburg, Ohio by Anderson,Justine by Durrell, Wuthering Heights by E. Bronte, Best of/Short Story Collections by Many

Favorite Books:

I subscribe to about thirty literary periodicals and read contemporary fiction and non-fiction books, but I end each day reading selections from one or more of the classics noted above.

Favorite Authors:

All who grind it out. My best to the youngsters out there who write from the heart.

Class Tomorrow

In addition to the two presentations in Oral, we will also have a listening-and-response activity.

For Reading 2, you should read the article, "Strange Stones," about Peace Corps, and finish Chapter 4 on aging.

By the way, here's a funny video about American diplomacy.

U.S. Condemned For Pre-emptive Use of Hillary Clinton Against Pakistan

English Club

The first English Club meeting will be Sunday, March 20, at 11:15 in M3 301. You can bring your lunch with you.

Oral Class: Wednesday

Wednesday, we are going to discuss stereotypes of Arabs. We also have two student presentations, so be early and ready to go!

These are the two videos. Try to watch them before you come to class.

Reel Bad Arabs, Part One

Reel Bad Arabs, Part Two

Reading 2

Class on Monday will be in the library, at 8:15.

Vocabulary, Aural Skills

Maturity

Broadcast

Institutions

Society

Pattern

Leather

Silhouette

Layers

Drape

Texture

Navy

Luxurious

Technique

Tailor

Abandon

Flashy

Homework

Reading: For Monday, you should read Chapter 4, "Aging." Practice the skills of skimming, scanning for details, and vocabulary in context, because these will be the skills tested on the first exam, this Tuesday.

Oral: For Monday, you should read the two Twlight articles below. Also, in honor of the university elections, I've posted a video link below. Check it out.

Obama Win Causes Obsessed Backers to See How Empty Lives Are

Oral Class

I would like a couple of volunteers to present the two articles on "Twilight." You simply need to explain what the article is about, who the author is, and what you think of the article. Please email me if you have questions.

Assignments for Reading and Oral Skills, March 7

In both Reading 2 and Oral, we need to tighten up. Do the reading, do the assignments in the book, and come to class prepared.

For Oral, the assignments are "Touched by a Vampire," by Laura Miller http://www.salon.com/books/review/2008/07/30/Twilight and "Mormon Influence, Imagery Run Deep in Twilight" by Angela Aleiss http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/06/24/mormon-influence-imagery_n_623487.html

For Reading, we will have a quiz on Chapter 3, "Consumer Lifestyles." You should also turn in the bibliography blurb by Saturday and the writing assignment by Monday.

Advanced Reading Test

The first test in Reading 2 will be March 15, Tuesday, 3:15-4:15, in the Nursing Hall.

Presentations

This is the Oral Presentation schedule for the Oral class. I have pushed back all presentations seven days. All students will have fifteen minutes at the start of the next class to meet with their groups and discuss logistics for their projects. The date in brackets should be the day you present your project to me, in my office. That means Dania, Mannar, Sara, Wasan, and Doua should be prepared to present by this Friday.

Human Rights in the Middle East, March 9 (March 3)

Dania Jamal, Mannar Al-Sabbah, Sara Malkaw, Wasan Al-zoubi, Doua Al-Sahab

History of the Rivalry Between Real Madrid and Real Barcelona, March 14 (March 7)

Ahmad Ganrebah, Mohamed Saf, Ahmad Rosan, Ahmad Knaney, and Safan

Fashion (1970-2000), March 16 (March 9)

Munhaha Said, Bayan Mhmad, Aya Fbrahim, and Ahofran

How the Brain Works, March 21 (March 14)

Hanadi Lutfi Al-Othman, Bayan Abdullah Frihat, Saja Bassam Oumar, Abeer Muhammed Suleh, and Doa'a Waled Al-Khazaleh

Fashion (2000-current), March 23 (March 16)

Farah, Kareem, Reham, Raneem, and Heba

German Film History (1920-1960), March 28 (March 21)

Asma Sleeman, Wala Salamh, Esraa Elrosam, Alaa Seulbhat, and Nusaibah Feyad Abu Gragan

The Digital Divide, March 30 (March 23)

Jasmine Abaza, Rowand Obeidat, and Baram Al-Rousan

History of English Leagues, April 1 (March 28)

Sahaib Al-Momani, Noor Kawtawi, Balquees Walied Latteen, and Ghaida Basem Al-Quran

Turkish Oral Poetry, April 6 (March 30)

Ameera Malloki

The Philosophy of History, April 6 (March 30)

Annette Hejab, Dana Malkawi, and Amal Jaradout

Announcements

The British Council group will be leaving from the PH parking lot at 2:45 today, March 1st.

For the Oral group, if the readings prove too long, try to focus on the paragraphs that seem important. "Allegory of the Cave" is also available in Arabic.

The first email for the English Club should be going out in the next few days. For those of you that didn't sign up, the English Club will meet regularly and will be an opportunity to practice your English in a less structured environment. Some of the email addresses seem spelled incorrectly, so say something if you don't receive the email soon.

Vocabulary, Reading 2

Here is the vocabulary so far in Advanced Reading. Extra points for very inventive sentences!

Analyze

Formulate

Controversial

Commercial

Consumer

Conduit

Information

Variations

Action

Stream

Methodology

Actions

Mediate

Memory

Govern

Applaud

Algorithm

Disassembly

Poignant

Ideogram

Reversion

Essential

Extend

Instinctive

Engaged

Principally

Accumulation

Was weaned on fish

Drive

Self-indulgence

Fluid

To make ends meet

Skeptic

Gap

Remote

Confided

Audibly

Hysteria

Devouring

Rummaged

Enfeebled

Uncluttered

Congealed

Embrace

Qualms

Linger

Was exposed to

Inspiration

Assignments for Reading and Oral Skills, March 2

For Reading 2, you should complete Chapter 3. I will take up the "take-home quiz" (the vocabulary + definition + 20) randomly check both the sections in the book.

For the Oral class, we will have a Hollywood movie discussion. The first assigned reading is Plato's "Allegory of the Cave," which you can find at: http://webspace.ship.edu/cgboer/platoscave.html. The second assigned reading is "The Day the Movies Died," published in GQ. You can find it at: www.gq.com/entertainment/movies.../the-day-the-movies-died-mark-harris

About the Annotated Bibliography Blurb

For the Reading 2 class:

Please do not sweat the blurb. There are three things that I am grading you for. Below I have listed them and given a percentage:

(1.) Grammar and composition. Your word choice, spelling, and grammar should be accurate. 40%

(2.) Focus. You should have chosen a topic that is properly focused. Do not choose "Jordan," as you can't possibly cover this in four pages or five pages or twenty pages. Ask yourself: could I tell the class everything I needed to tell them about this subject within a twenty-minute presentation. 40%

(3.) Sources. You should give a handful of legitimate sources. Here is a website that describes how you can judge a source: http://www.thewritesource.com/judging_sources/.

Ask me if you have any questions. Below I have listed some topics, if you are stuck.

Academic Freedom Acid rain Advertising and women Animal testing Animé Assisted Suicide Attention deficit disorder Autism Bilingual education Binge drinking and colleges students Black Panther Party Body Image Business Ethics California propositions Capital punishment Censorship Child abuse Christianity Cloning College athletes Concentration camps Copyright and the internet Date rape Death penalty

Drunk driving Eating disorders Extreme Sports Feminism Fraternities Gangs Gay marriage Genetic engineering Global warming Gun control Health care reform Hip hop History of Long Beach Holocaust Homeland security Hooligans Human right Hurricanes Hybrid vehicles Identity theft Internet addiction Jazz Ku Klux Klan Labor Movement Liberal Arts Education Lesbianism Marijuana Media Bias

Nuclear waste Organized crime Plagiarism Pornography and art Plastic Surgery Presidential elections Punk rock music Rap music Rastafari Movement Reality Television Recycling School choice/vouchers Segregation Skinheads Slavery Social Justice Sororities Steroids Student Success Surfing Terrorism Tattoos Veganism Video games Voting Women's Movement Zoot Suit Riots

Assignments for Next Week (Reading 2 and Oral Skills)

For Reading 2, all students should read Chapter Three, "Consumer Lifestyle," in Global Outlook. Do all the assignments on pages 34-47. I will check homework on Monday. You should also send me your annotated bibliography blurbs by Saturday.

For Oral Skills, all students should read Chapter Two, pages 12-19.

Annotated Bibliography Blurb

Annotated Bibliography Blurb

From spectrum.troy.com: “A research statement that identifies your topic for research and set of questions surrounding that topic as it pertains to your case. You must detail how you plan to address your topic and a research question must be formulated. This should include a working thesis.”

Example of Annotated Bibliography Blurb (BUT IT MUST BE 500 WORDS!)

For my annotated bibliography, I plan to write about the relationship between the social network Facebook and the revolution in Egypt. I am interested in this topic because I believe that social media like Facebook will have an important impact in the next thirty years. I will use the New York Times, the Washington Post, and The Facebook Movement by Francis Young, as sources.

Examples of Credible Sources

Credible sources can include newspapers, television programs, websites, or other sources, but should be well-written and unbiased.

New York Times, www.nytimes.com

Washington Post, www.washingtonpost.com

Examples of Annotated Bibliography Entries

London, Herbert. "Five Myths of the Television Age." Television Quarterly 10.1(1982): 81-89. 

                    Herbert London, the Dean of Journalism at New York University and author of several books and articles, explains how television contradicts five commonly believed ideas. He uses specific examples of events seen on television, such as the assassination of John Kennedy, to illustrate his points. His examples have been selected to contradict such truisms as: "seeing is believing"; "a picture is worth a thousand words"; and "satisfaction is its own reward." London uses logical arguments to support his ideas, which are his personal opinion. He doesn't refer to any previous works on the topic. London's style and vocabulary would make the article of interest to any reader. 

Gurko, Leo. Ernest Hemingway and the Pursuit of Heroism. New York: Crowell, 1968. This book is part of a series called "Twentieth Century American Writers": a Brief Introduction to the Man and his Work. After fifty pages of straight biography, Gurko discussed Hemingway's writing, novel by novel. There's an index and a short bibliography, but no notes. The biographical part is clear and easy to read, but it sounds too much like a summary.

Links

http://wordsworth2.net/writing/annotbibguide.htm

http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/specific-types-of-writing/annotated-bibliography

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/614/01/

Message to English 213 and English 117

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