World Cultures Assignment- Must Use Appropriate Sources Listed In Assignment
Reading selection from Samuel Johnson within the current text 21.12 from The Rambler.
Johnson was the editor of two coffeehouse magazines, The Rambler (1750-52) and The Idler (1758-60), and the author of Dictionary of the English Language, and subject of one of the first biographies by James Boswell. Johnson overcame numerous illnesses and handicaps.
For this Assignment Please see below:
The required assignment length (350 words minimum).
For the reading selection and topic you choose, your paper should cover the following:
You must use the class text and also any source(s) identified (with links) above for the topic you choose, focusing on the main primary source of that author.
1. Briefly introduce the writer and the situation that this reading is about. Identify the genre or nature of the reading. (Who is the author? Why did he or she write this piece?)
2. Using specific examples or lines within the reading, suggest the author's key views and key aims for the reading audience. (Give a 1-2 paragraph summary of ideas.)
3. Evaluate the author's strategy and what you see as the work's likely effectiveness (or lack of effectiveness) for the target audience. If there is any known historical result, discuss that. (Look at the writing style and discuss who would read this.)
4. Evaluate how the reading impacted you. Identify any analogous situations today, and also key lessons you get from the reading that could be relevant to one's professional and personal life. (How did you like this??How do the ideas relate to situations today?)
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.