handouts

Supplemental Course Materials

Study Questions

Middlemarch (Books 1-2) (Books 3-4) (Books 5-6)

Hard Times

Jude the Obscure (prepared by Professor Florence Boos, Univ of Iowa)

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde

Study Guide for The War of the Worlds (prepared by Professor Paul Brians, Washington State University)

Handouts

Course Syllabus (PDF)

Narrative Beginnings (PDF)

Some Definitions of the Novel (PDF)

Some Theories of the Novel (PDF)

18th Century Criticism of the Novel (PDF)

Some Title Pages of 18th Century Novels (PDF)

Narrative Terms (PDF)

Middlemarch Genealogy (PDF)

Background on Dickens' Hard Times (PDF)

Format of the Midterm (PDF)

Some Introductory Notes on Thomas Hardy (PDF)

More Notes on Hardy (John Stuart Mill and Hardy's Use of 'Thwart') (PDF)

Writing and Rhetoric

Everything You Should Have Learned in English 101

Ethos, Logos, Pathos: Three Ways to Persuade

Walvoord and McCarthy on Good/Better/Best

Organizing an Essay: Using Representative Cases

Organizing an Essay: Cause and Effect

What to Avoid and What to Do (Developing an Essay)

Use of Text (MLA Citation)

MLA Citation Examples

Writing Effective Sentences

Writing Effective Paragraphs

Notes to Style

Lesson 1

Lesson 2

Lesson 3

Lesson 4

Lesson 5

Lesson 7