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WOC190 Spring 2023 Session 3

Day 2

Wed. Jan. 11

  • Share favorite details from McSorley’s

  • Intro to Essay 1: Portrait of a Place

  • Share Home definitions

Homework

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Essay 1: Portrait of a Place
Essay 1: Portrait of a Place

due Mon. Mar. 27

Visit an interesting place in Kunshan (or your current location) and write a short essay that attempts to capture its essence.

➤ WRITE ESSAY 1

(due next class)

Read the essay instructions carefully. Then go exploring!! (Don’t leave this assignment till the last minute — it’ll be more fun if the experience isn’t rushed.)

Please upload your assignment as a .doc or .docx file to our SharePoint folder.

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E. B. White, "Here is New York"
E. B. White, "Here is New York"

E. B. White’s classic essay published in 1948, one of the most famous literary essays about New York City.

➤ READ EXCERPTS FROM “HERE IS NEW YORK” AND “SHORT CUTS”

As you read, find one good example of each of these things, and come to class ready to share it:

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Susan Orlean, "Shortcuts"
Susan Orlean, "Shortcuts"

Journalist Susan Orlean paints a portrait of her neighborhood hair salon.

  • a scene (whatever you understand that to mean)

  • abstract language (whatever you understand that to mean)

  • concrete language (whatever you understand that to mean)

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