"Salvation," by Langston Hughes

Photographed at Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Summer 2009

HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT

DUE MONDAY, MARCH 29, 2010

@ 12:00 NOON EDT

Respond to the "post a comment" activity: Spiritual Encounter:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/spiritual-encounter.html

Read "Salvation," by Langston Hughes (p. 261)

or access the test online here:

http://www.courses.vcu.edu/ENG200-dwc/hughes.htm

Be prepared for a 5-question quiz on Wednesday (this quiz will be worth 10 points and will count as “extra credit”).

Write a First Response to Salvation.

You may free-write a response, or use some or all of the following prompts:

*Consider the methods of fiction: tone, plot, characterization, setting, point of view, irony, theme -- which method most affected your response to the literature?

*Discuss Langston's experience with salvation and compare it to one of your own.

Be sure to provide specific textual details and quotes from the story to justify and/or explain your response. Remember, a first response is not a summary -- use 3-5 quotes from the story and discuss how it affected you.

Guidelines for preparation and submission of first response papers are available here:

http://english102wcc01.blogspot.com/2010/03/first-response-paper-guidelines_6704.html

If you have any questions, send me an e-mail at english102wcc@gmail.com, and allow up to 24 hours for a response (although I will most likely get back to you much sooner than that).