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   The instructor assigns a grade from 1 to 100 points and submits (makes visible) the graded work to the student.

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   At this point, students can see their graded work, the original version, and the color-coded diffs.

1. Assigned on Mar 10 | List | Edit | Delete

   How would you define love?

   Title:

   How would you define love?

   Prompt:

   Poets, writers, philosophers, and artists of all ages have attempted to define love. Reiner Maria Rilke wrote, "For this is wrong, if anything is wrong: not to enlarge the freedom of a love with all the inner freedom one can summon. We need, in love, to practice only this: letting each other go. For holding on comes easily; we do not need to learn it." Robert Browning famously said, "Take away love and our earth is a tomb." Zora Neale Hurston thinks that "Love makes your soul crawl out from its hiding place."
   And Margaret Atwood wittily reminds us that "The eskimos had fifty-two names for snow because it was important to them: there ought to be as many for love."
   
   Writing Assignment Question:
   How would you define love? Using your own definition, describe one manifestation of love in your personal life and discuss its significance.

   Instructions:

   Plan and write a 350-500 word essay in which you develop your point of view on the given topic. Support your position with reasoning and examples taken from your reading, studies, experience, or observations.You will be evaluated on the following:
   - Focus and support;
   - Organization;
   - Grammar and mechanics;
   - Vocabulary and spelling.
   Be sure to revise, edit, and proofread your draft before submitting.

   Created on:

   Feb 22, 2010

   Created by:

   Professor Rousseva

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