Short Answer (50%)
Choose SIX of the following EIGHT questions and answer in 3-5 sentences. You should spend about 45-50 minutes on this section and it counts for 50% of your grade. Answer thoroughly and include detailed and specific reference to the course material being tested. Your answer must show knowledge of the texts in question.
Passage Analysis (25%)
The following passage is taken from Toni Morrison’s The Bluest Eye. Read it carefully and then write a brief analysis in which you clearly explain what is happening or being described in this particular excerpt. Then relate the passage to the concerns and themes of the book in general, as presented in the lecture and developed in your discussion section. You should spend 30-35 minutes on this passage analysis. Your answer should cover two large blue book pages and could be even longer.
Essay Question (25%)
Choose ONE of the following TWO questions and answer it in a substantial essay that fills roughly three large blue book pages. Make specific reference in your answer to the texts in question, and to the lectures, class discussion or study questions, where relevant. You should spend 30-35 minutes on this section and it counts for 25% of your grade.
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i was wondering if the passage analysis has to be in essay form, or just one big answer.
hi,
the passage analysis should be thought of as "an interpretation"--one big answer could be a way of thinking this; it does not need to be an essay (which would have a thesis, etc).
erin
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