ENG 125 week 2 DQ 1

  

Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Discussion 1

 

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the

Discussion Forum Grading Rubric

for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

 

     

Analyzing   Point of View

Chapter Five discusses the importance of point of view in literature and, more specifically, in the short story. Choose one short story from the course text about which you have not yet written, and analyze it in terms of point of view.
 

When writing your post, consider the following questions

• How would you categorize the point of view [e.g.,      first-person, second-person (i.e., “you”), third-person limited,      third-person omniscient]? 
• Is the point of view consistent throughout the story      (told from the same point of view), or does it shift at any points in the      narrative? (If so, make note of when and how those changes occur.) 
• How does point of view shape your reading of the work?      In what ways does it contribute to or detract from your reading of the      work? 
• How does point of view relate to the story’s themes or      content? 

Initial posts must be 200 to 300 words in length and posted by Day 3. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. In your response, indicate what you have learned from your classmates’ answers and share how their responses have improved your understanding of literature, literary devices, and textual analysis. Be specific in your responses. Response posts must be 125 to 200 words in length and posted by Day 7.