FINAL ASSESSMENTWe have studied a lot of styles--Gothic, mock heroic, satiric. For this final activity, you will have the chance to do some creative writing, mimicking the style you prefer. Select one of the options below. You may refer to the text we studied as a model as you compose your original work.Option #1: Gothic TaleUsing what you have learned about the conventions of the Gothic style (setting, themes, hero) compose a short Gothic tale. Your story can be "unfinished"--meaning it can sound like the introduction to a long story--or can be a complete story with a clear resolution. Requirements:Minimum 600 wordsIncorporates at least 3 elements of Gothic literature (found on the website at the beginning of this unit)Uses vivid descriptionIntroduces at least one character and one conflictOption #2: Mock Heroic/EpicThis will be done in the form of a poem. Like Pope's "The Rape of the Lock," you will select a trivial situation (social situation, school or celebrity gossip, etc.) as the basis of your epic. Following the elements of the mock heroic as explained in the PowerPoint notes and on the website (from your study of Pope), compose a poem in the mock heroic style. Requirements:At least 50 lines longWritten in rhymed couplets (aa, bb, cc, etc.)Contains at least one example of personificationContains at least one allusionUses vivid descriptions, hyperbole, humor, or other elements of satireOption #3: Satire EssayJohnathan Swift's essay proposed an outrageous solution to a serious problem. At the same time, it exposed the hypocrisy in the current popular thought and the scandal in how the poor were treated. Select an event of some seriousness/importance in your school, community, state, country, the world and compose a prose satire of the event. Requirements:Minimum 500 wordsAuthor adopts a different persona as the "speaker" of the essayContains at least one example of verbal ironyUses vivid descriptions, hyperbole, humor, or other elements of satireCan be done in the form of a parodyClear organizational structure

Description:  Information and digital literacy impacts the decision-making process in multiple ways from academic research to personal interest. More than ever before, information is at our fingertips and coming at us with lightning speed. How do we sift and use this information (CO1)? Step 4 of the Big 6 model relates to our use of information and the process of engaging and extracting relevant information. Next, Step 5 of the Big 6 approach focuses on synthesis of information (CO8). Your instructor will set-up four (4) conversation groups this week in which you will select one or more topics to discuss which are of high interest to you. Health and Wellness Buying a Car Hobbies Vacations To begin engaging in this forum, choose one of the conversation groups. Select a topic reference source from the web, which you deem credible and reliable. Read the source, extract the information and consider how you will engage your group members in the topic and information from the source. Be sure to include source attribution. As you are reading your source, consider the following:  How will you synthesize and present the content of the source to share? What do you want your group members to know, and what do they need to know? How will you share the information so that the content is clear and concise? This is an opportunity for you to practice use of information and synthesis as you share with one another your own knowledge combined with a supporting source. At a minimum, participate in one group, although you are welcome to participate in all group threads. Once the conversation is flowing, participate substantially with your peers to teach one another.

You must have 3 main points, an introduction paragraph, and a conclusion paragraph.Use subheaders to clearly identify your 3 main points.What is a "main point?" Each main point should be a separate paragraph with a sub header. The main point is the purpose of the paragraph, often referred to as the "topic sentence." The discussion in each paragraph will need to support your topic sentence with evidence and examples. You need to utilize the high quality references you selected in your previous wiki project benchmark submissions to do this. These references are your evidence to back up your statements and discussion. You may even need to find more sources to do this well. Here is a great explanation of how to organize paragraphs in an academic paper: https://www.scribbr.com/research-paper/paragraph-structure/ (Links to an external site.).You must have at least 3 references. Note: You can use your eText, but it does not count as a reference.You must have a minimum of 2 images/maps with in-text citations and corresponding full references.Your submission this week needs to be a minimum of 500 words (Note: Your final, Week 15 submission needs to meet the 750 word minimum for full points). Submission is in standard APA formatting (Times New Roman, 12 pt font).