[Prof. Masiello]

Good answers, Jose.

It seems none of my students have ever read a play!

We will read essays, short stories, book and movie reviews and the novel you select for your research paper.

[Daniela S]

1. An essay is a writing of a topic arguing, explaining, and/or informing the reader about that certain topic.
2. A novel is a long book on narrative fiction.
3. A short story is a short book on fiction.
4. Other writing genres I’ve been assigned over the years in English class are poems, plays, and historical.
5. Co-worker, co-parent, co-dependent, co-host.

[Prof. Masiello]

Malkut,

Wow. That’s a long list of prefixes!

As for your reply “theater/playwrights,” I think you mean plays.

Can anyone in the class list some plays you have read in school?

These plays should be italicized, like Death of a Salesman.

[Prof. Masiello]

Thanks, Alexander.

Dramas are another word for plays.

[matthewf]

TO DO

Write five (5) original compound sentences and post your answers, your five compound sentences that you make up, in Discussion.

1) I wanted to go to Japan. But my friends wants to go to Taiwan.
2) I spent most of my saving. So now I can’t afford to buy a new computer.
3) Jackson was bored of playing games so he went out, and decide to make some friends.
4) Scott didn’t know how to cook, so he decided to ask his brother to order food online.
5) Adam was lonely at home. But then he found an app to make new friends and play games with.

[Jaheim Wilson]

1) I don’t haven’t read a lot of plays but a really good one I’ve read was called “A Streetcar Named Desire”.

[DanielM]

1) what is an essay?
An essay is a form of writing that can inform the reader or express the writer’s opinion.
2) what is a novel?
A novel is a story that has a cast of characters and a storyline with several events.
3) what is a short story?
A short story is usually a story that’s supposed to teach a lesson, like the story of the scorpion and the frog.
4) name other writing genres you have been assigned over the years in English class.
Autobiographies, playwrights, and poetry.
5) Please make a list of as many “prefixes” as you can find.

A prefix is a piece of a word that when added to a word creates a new one. For example, un- is a prefix. When you add it to a word like “forgettable” you get a new word: “unforgettable.”
Anti-, de-, re-, under-, over-, un-, de-, non-
Please make a list of words you already know that begin with the “prefix” co-
Cosign
Copilot
Coworker
Codependent

[Tatiana]

1. An essay is usually an argument writing about a stance on something
2. A novel is usually a book about the experience that could be real but aren’t and made to be entertaining
3. A short story is usually a fictional story just made short instead of it being this big book it consists of a few pages still entertaining
4. Poetry, fiction, and nonfiction
5. un, re, in , im ,dis ,dif ,en, em, pre, mis, able

Cosmetics, coefficient, Comanage, costar, cohost, coworker

[ALEJANDRA Romero]

1) An essay consists of minimum 5 paragraphs. The first is the introduction, the three after are the body paragraphs, and the last is the conclusion. An essay can be about any topic that you are trying to prove.

2) A novel is a long story with many plots and characters. It’s usually has realistic experiences and problems.

3) A short story is a writing with a smooth storyline and less characters involved.

4) Other genres I’ve been assigned were autobiography, plays, and drama.

5) dis-, extra-, a-, in-, de-, ir-, up-
Codependent, coworker, coparent, collaborate

[Obrien Eastman]

1) what is an essay?
An essay is a form of writing that uses an introduction, body paragraphs, and a conclusion to inform the reader about a topic.

2) what is a novel?
A novel is a fictional book contained with characters and events.

3) what is a short story?
A short story is a novel but shorter with less characters and less information it usually focuses on one singular plot and one singular character.

4) name other writing genres you have been assigned over the years in English class.
Fiction, Non-fiction and Poetry.

5) Please make a list of as many “prefixes” as you can find.
un
re
in-
im-
dis-
dif-
en-
em-
pre-
mis-
-able
-ible
-ition

5a) Please make a list of words you already know that begin with the “prefix” co-
co-efficient
co-exist
co-tangent
co-llaborate
co-write
co-sign
co-host
co-sine
co-invent
co-sign
co-active

[Prof. Masiello]

Very nice answers. You did not need the comma next to “or” because you are connecting two things, not two clauses.

Do you know the titles of any short stories?

[Prof. Masiello]

Impressive list, Obrien, but some are suffixes (at the ends of words).

A short story is a work of fiction, but not to be called a short novel. Plays are another literary genre.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Prof. Masiello.

[Prof. Masiello]

Tatiana,

Some of your “co-” words might need hyphens.

We won’t read any plays in this course. yet that is a major genre of literature.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 10 months ago by Prof. Masiello.

[Prof. Masiello]

Nice answers, Alejandra.

[Prof. Masiello]

Jaheim,

That is a classic play you mentioned. Have you seen the Marlon Brando movie of it?