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The reading for this paper is a book of your choice about Florida – fiction or nonfiction. Please include a complete citation of the book, title, author, city of publication, publisher, and copyright year. 

The assignment is designed to allow you the opportunity to make progress, in your own way, toward the course goal of enhancing your “sense of place.” In this paper, you are to articulate a thesis regarding the relationship between people and the environment in the book. The articulation of the thesis is the most important dimension of the essay. Be sure you have a clear thesis that you can defend. Report on the main ideas in the book by developing this thesis. 

DirectionsDirections:
  • Write a review of the Florida Book you have read
  • State and explain a brief thesis about the relationship between the Floridians in the book and their environment  (s).
  • Include a complete citation of title, subtitle, author, date and city of publication, publisher and a brief background on the writer.
  • 2 pages, typed (double-spaced)
  • Send this assignment as an attachment to the web board.

BooksBooks:

Florida Book List

RecommendedRecommended: Elements of Style, William Strunk and E.B. White, Macmillan, N.Y., 1979

Grading: Grading: See scoring Rubric for Short Papers

Due: Session 10

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