GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR DISCUSSIONS: Your contributions should be thoughtful and developed. Answer all parts of the question and use concepts from the course materials. Use a professional style of communication, with attention to grammar, spelling, and typos; cite your sources. Unless your instructor specifies otherwise, choose ONE of the following questions, and give a substantive response to at least two other students.1. FICTION & FIGURATIVE LANGUAGEChoose three of the pieces of fiction in the Learning Resources, identify the use of specific literary language in each, and explain how it expresses one of the character’s feelings or thoughts, functions to convey the mood of a character, or conveys the overall tone or theme of the story.Make sure to include a specific quote from each piece of fiction and to use one interpretative tool from the Learning Resources or Module introduction that refers to figurative language in your analysis for each (for example, metaphor, simile, hyperbole etc.) in your analysis. Underline or bold any interpretative tools in your post. 2. POETRY & IMAGERYFor each of the three poems in the Learning Resources ("Far Memory," "You,Doc Martin,", "A Bride in the 30s") identify some specific imagery used by the poet and explain how this imagery conveys additional meaning about the subject or creates a unique perspective on the subject through appealing to the senses. Make sure to include a specific quote or line from each poem and in your analysis, and to use at least one interpretative tool from the Learning Resources or Module introduction in your analysis. Underline or bold any interpretative tools in your post. 3. POETRY & FICTION THEMESPick one of the poems or stories from the Learning Resources and identify a key theme of the work. Using interpretative tools from the Learning Resources or Module introduction that refers to figurative language, carefully analyze and interpret your poem or story as an expression of this theme. Choose three specific quotes or lines from the piece of work and show how each exemplifies this theme through its use of literary language.Make sure to use an interpretative tool that refers to figurative language for each (for example, metaphor, simile, hyperbole, imagery etc.) in your analysis. Underline or bold all of the interpretative tools in your post.

separate documents for 1st one and second one1st discussionRead the article I Want My Baby To Read.pdf.Post your responses to the following reflective questions:What do you consider the most important reason that attempting to teach infants to read is not a good practice? Explain your response.Which of the achievements by age 3 listed in the article on (pg. 43, left column) do you feel is the most important? Explain your response.Give some examples (golden lines) from the article that you especially agree with. Is there anything that you disagree with?2nd discussionWhile we should not spend out time trying to teach babies to read, reading books with babies is a really valuable tool for supporting language and communication development. Infants and toddlers will gain a number of pre-literacy skills from repeated book reading sessions with an attentive care teacher.Let's work together and build resource list of truly awesome books for the infant and toddler learning environment. At the end of this week, I will compile all of our response into a resource list and share it back with you.Respond to the following:Part 1While there are countless books for infants and toddlers out there, what constitutes a high quality book? What are some characteristics that we might want to look for when selecting books to read with very young children?How are books designed for infants different from books designed for toddlers or even preschool children?Part 2Share three of your absolute favorite books for infants and/or toddlers with the rest of the class. List the title, author, a sentence or two summary, and tell us why you love this book.If you don't have any favorites or are not sure what books to share, visit the Children's Section of your local public library.1 hour agoATTACHMENTS