Writing Homework Help

be sure to fully introduce the source, identify the author’s claim or argument, and present their reasons for supporting details for his/her claim. The length of your summary should be between 6 to 8 sentences. Aim for conciseness and avoid giving your opinion.

• Johnson (Links to an external site.), “Unspeakable Conversations” (pp. 93-109)
  Brilliant writing and perspective from a writer who was physically disabled herself. A long read, but worth it – especially if you like writers with sass.
  Vocabulary: token, infanticide, assisted suicide, stereotypes, fungible
• West (Links to an external site.), “Bones” (pp. 111-117)
  An honest and thought-provoking take on the impact of societal perceptions of body norms. She doesn’t hold back.
  Vocabulary: euphemism, infantilize
• hooks (Links to an external site.), “Learning in the Shadow of Race and Class” (pp. 274-282)
  A deeply personal piece by the great bell hooks that reflects on race, privilege, and one’s place in higher education.
  Vocabulary: privileged, contempt, bourgeois elite
• Ehrenreich (Links to an external site.), “How the Poor Are Made to Pay for Their Poverty” (pp. 364-368)
  An eye-opening piece on how our laws and policies are designed to punish the poor.
  Vocabulary: perpetrators, wage theft, “turn a blind eye,” TANF, indigent, usury
• Coates (Links to an external site.), “Between the World and Me” (pp. 550-554)
  In an epistle (letter) to his son, Coates reflects on the black body as a sustained metaphor for the violence and racism inflicted on African Americans since the United States’ founding until today.
  References: the Middle Passage, Trail of Tears
  Vocabulary: deify, heresies, indelible