Summer Reading Assignment for English III 531

Home , Annabel Lee, The Bells (poem), The Purloined Letter

Directions

1. Read the Edgar Allan Poe literature identified below. (The literature is widely available in print and online. It is not necessary to purchase a book nor have it on hand during seminar.)

2. For each prompt, compose paragraph(s) with topic sentence(s) and support sentences as you were taught last year, with ample textual evidence. Type and double-space your answers. Label them 1,2,3. Use standard MLA format: 1” margins, Times New Roman, size 12, consistent double-spacing.

3. Supply just your answer; do not rewrite the prompt.

4. Submit a hard copy of your work in MLA format in the first seminar.

4. Electronically save your work. Your seminar teacher will then give you instructions about submitting the electronic copy of your work to TurnItIn.com for an originality check.  Global plagiarism and patchwork plagiarism cases result in a 0%, a letter home, and a rocky start to junior year.  Inadvertent plagiarism results in a no-grade and a mandatory re-do.

Review "Plagiarism Resources" on the onCampus tile, "CHOW" (Calvert Hall Online Writing Lab).

1. “The Purloined Letter” (short story)

The story of the purloined letter essentially juxtaposes the intellects of its two main characters--the Prefect and Dupin. How are they different? Why is Dupin able to discover the location of the letter, but the Prefect is not?

2. “Hop Frog” (short story)

Typically, a court jester is used to entertain and amuse a crowd of nobles. He is considered a simpleton and a fool. Explain how Hop Frog, within his role in the king’s court, is able to engineer his “final jest” and explain what makes his actions ironic.

3. “Annabel Lee” & "The Bells" (poems)

How does Poe use imagery in these 2 poems to treat the cycle of life and death?