Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 6; pp. 31-47
- Lesson 1, 2
- Link (library resource): Coherence (English Composition & Style) (Links to an external site.)
- Week 1 Assignment (a full paragraph developed from the planning template)
- Minimum of 1 source: the article by King in the textbook and/or the following library article:
- Link (library article): Narrative Therapy with Latinx Clients (Links to an external site.) (Click on PDF Full Text to access the article.)
Optional Resources
Review the following writing resources:
- Link (multimedia presentation): Citing References in Text (Links to an external site.)
Initial Post Instructions
This discussion has two parts.
- Read the following in your textbook: “Even Anthropologists Get Culture Shock” by Conrad Kottak (pp. 103-105). In complete sentences and with depth and detail, answer the following:
- Identify two specific sentences that you feel taught you the most about descriptive writing.
- Write each sentence with quotation marks around each and with an in-text citation after each quotation for proper citation to avoid plagiarism.
- Under each of the quoted sentences from Kottak’s essay, explain what the sentence taught you about descriptive writing. Also, explain exactly what you can do with this understanding by applying it to your essay.
- Post one paragraph from your narrative essay by expanding fully on an aspect of the planning template (Week 1 Assignment). Then, address to the following:
- What descriptive sensory words have you used here (specific colors, shapes, motion, patterns, sound, smell, touch, taste)?
- List at least 4 additional descriptive words you will add to the paragraph for your final draft due this week – words that represent specific colors, shapes, motion, patterns, sound, smell, touch, and taste.
ANSWER
After my reading of this fabulous text from Conrad Kottak, a lot of sentences came back to me but since I had to choose just 2, here are my pick for the assignment of this week…. To access full answer, click on the purchase button below.