Read three essays covering certain aspects of the American Revolution. They are Gary Nash’s “The American Revolution in Red and Black,” Courtney Rubin’s “A Bow to the War’s Less Storied Heroes,” and Christopher J. Gearon’s “Primitive Medicine.” All of the essays are on a PDF file in the Canvas Home Page under “Writing Assignments.” After a close reading of each essay, answer the following five questions with as much clarity, insight and support as possible. Five (5) point questions should be answered within one-two solid paragraphs while ten (10) point questions should be answered within three-four paragraphs. Be sure your answers are typed and have clearly numbered responses. To submit the assignment, you may send the assignment via a Word, Google Docs, or PDF to my email address: robert.henry@gcccd.edu. Or you may send the assignment via Canvas to the Assignment button for Writing Assignment #3 and I’ll grade it through SpeedGrader. 1. What would you say is the primary purpose of “The American Revolution in Red and Black?” What does Nash wish us to understand further about the American Revolution and the people involved? What kind of examples or support does he use for his essay’s goals? (10 points)2. After reading “A Bow to the War’s Less Storied Heroes” by Courtney Rubin, do you believe the essay has a similar purpose to the Nash essay? Or does it take different approach in its selection of these revolutionary figures? Support and construct your view. A good start would be to examine the kind of revolutionary activities of the people performed in the Rubin essay vs. the Nash one. (10 points)3. In “Primitive Medicine” by Christopher J. Gearon, explain why American colonial medicine was seen in a “sorry state.” What kind of fallacious and erroneous medical concepts guided doctors when treating patients? (5 points)4. According to the Gearon essay, describe how soldiers were medically treated for wounds on the battlefield. What were fatal wounds and how were surgeries performed? (5 points)5. Once again in the Gearon essay, describe how diseases caused by bacteria/microbes posed just as much of a threat to American soldiers than fighting the British in the American Revolution. How did American doctors and American and British military leadership respond? (5 points)

Were the Mongols barbaric?Sources: Escaping the Mongols: A Survivor’s Account from the 13th Century” http://www.medievalists.net/2018/01/escaping-mongols-survivors-account-13th-century/ “William of Rubruck’s Account of the Mongols” https://depts.washington.edu/silkroad/texts/rubruck.htmlInstruction:Through roughly 70 years of military campaigning, the Mongols established the largest contiguous land empire in world history. As the historian Morris Rossabi explains, because of the speed and ruthlessness with which they did so, the Mongols have been portrayed as barbaric in Persian, Chinese, and Russian accounts. Yet, the Mongols were certainly not the first or the last to brutally conquer others in the quest for empire. This raises the question as to whether, in other facets of their lives, the Mongols are as barbaric as these sources show them to be.Outsider accounts of the Mongols are available that offer insight into their culture and way of life. For example, one of the earliest and most useful accounts was written by William of Rubruck, a Catholic missionary (a Flemish Franciscan, to be precise) who traveled through Mongol territory from 1253 to 1255 CE.For this discussion, review the short article about Mongols methods of warfare, “Escaping the Mongols.” Then read sections of William of Rubruck’s account that pertain to Mongol culture or that are of particular interest to you (especially “Mongols social and religious customs”, “Funeral Practices”, “The Khan’s Palace at Karakorum”, “Religious Customs”).Does William of Rubruck’s account show another side to Mongol culture different from what one might see solely from considering the way they waged war? Are they wholly barbaric or also civilized and sophisticated? Choose at least four examples from William of Rubruck’s account to explain your answer.For more background on the Mongols, see “The Mongols in World History” under “Supplemental Learning Materials”Please post your own response (2-3 paragraphs)

KSA (Take Home Exam Final) (Cover Page for Marking) FACULTY OF LANGUAGE STUDIES Course number and title: E304A Exploring English Grammar I Second Semester 2019-20 Student’s Name: ID: Section:Branch: Tutor name: Signature: TUTOR’S REMARKS: Content Language and Organization Earned Mark Answer the following two questions Question 1: (10 marks) For each statement, write T if it is true or write F if it is false. If the statement is false rewrite it or change a word or a phrase so it becomes true. The term attitude is used in linguistics to suggest that particular texts assume or influence listeners or readers to have a particular stance or orientation. The link between grammatical choices and meaning-making is the key focus of E304 module. The generative grammar approach is very important for E304 module/course. The E304 course takes a prescriptive approach to grammar, one which focuses on how grammar is used in a wide range of real situations to communicate meaning. When we set out to describe grammar, it helps to have a range of words, phrases and terms with precise and clear meanings which we can use. These words and terms are known as a metafunction. Grammars which are designed to assist learners of a language are called functional grammars. Pedagogic grammars are generally based on descriptions of standard language and often set out ‘rules’ of English with lots of examples and precise material. They thus combine elements from descriptive and prescriptive grammars. The theoretically-driven study of grammar as an academic discipline is sometimes called ‘languistics’, a term coined by Halliday (1996). The E304 course is based on functional grammar only. In the early twentieth century, the American anthropologists Whorf and Sapir proposed that the structure of the language of a given social group determines the way in which its members see the world. Both one-morpheme and multi-morpheme units are called words. In SFL, there are three overarching functions of language- known as three communicative functions. In SFL, participants are the elements of a clause that indicate extra information (when, where, how, etc.) that is directly involved in the process. The term used in SFL to describe the interface between context and language choice is known as lexis. The three varying components of context – field, tenor and mode – are known as the register variables. Hedging is one type of modality. The term is used to describe the way language allows a speaker to indicate the desirability or likelihood of a proposition or a proposal. A verbal text can be only spoken. When we set out to describe grammar, it helps to have a range of words, phrases and terms with precise and clear meanings which we can use. These words and terms are known as a metafunction. Grammars which are designed to assist learners of a language are called functional grammars. The intermediate-sized units between those of word and clause are made up of groups of words, such as verb groups, noun groups, prepositional groups that seem to belong together more closely than they do to other words inside the clause. Question 2: (10 marks) Write the correct label of each of the following underlined groups as: Noun Group (NG), Adjective Group (AG), Adverb Group (AdvG) or Prepositional Group (PG). Then circle the head word of each group. My little brother is sick.I’m happy to be here.This is good enough.She feels very tired.He is a nice looking boy.Come and sit right next to me.I was immediately after him.Hardly ever would he come early.These are very important events of the day.Many classic items on display are from Italy.In the coming years we will build a new project.This is pretty close.They ran very quickly.Luckily enough no one was hurt. Good people are always honest.This fabulous English (eacher is my brother. Very (smart) and good looking men are wanted for play roles. It is really fascinating. She can stand right in front of him. A hundred years goes faster than you think. End of Questions