Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures
LNG 121: Language and Society
Final Exam: Instructions
Winter 2022
LNG 121: Language and Society – Final Exam: Instructions
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The LNG 121: Language and Society Final Exam is worth 25% of the overall grade in the course and is composed of two parts worth 50% of the exam grade each. Please submit your exam as a new file to the designated Assignment folder on D2L no later than 6:10 pm on Tuesday, April 21st. Completed exams must include your full name and be submitted as one .doc, .docx, or .pdf file. Please include your name in the file.
Please make sure that all work completed for the Exam is original to you and the assessment, as all exams will be put through Turnitin in order to ensure their originality. This would also apply to any work completed for your Research Essay Proposal or Research Essay assignments, so please make sure to not resubmit this same work for the exam. While you are allowed to write on the same topics and texts you worked on for these assignments in the exam, all writing completed for the assessment should be original to the exam and use only the key passages provided.
Exams will be evaluated based on engagement with course content, argumentative structure within paragraph and essay forms, and overall language use and efficacy, While all your hard work this term is appreciated, and you may refer to our course resources and materials when completing the exam, please see the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures’ statement on Academic Integrity below:
Consistent with X-University’s Policy 60: Academic Integrity, I understand that all forms of academic misconduct are prohibited. By submitting this exam to our D2L course shell, I am signaling my willingness to abide by the Ryerson Code of Conduct. I will not commit academic misconduct and am aware of the penalties that may be imposed if I commit an academic offence.
Details on Academic Integrity in on-line assessments can be found in D2L Academic Integrity website and Policy 60: Academic Integrity.
Further instructions regarding the assessment are also provided on the following page, and please do feel free to reach out with any questions you may have when completing your essay. While I am unable to review responses in draft form during the submission window, I will be monitoring my e-mail closely during this time and will be happy to help with any questions you may have regarding the instructions.
Thank you, and good luck,
John
Pt. 1 – Key Passage Analysis
Part 1 of the exam is composed of three key passage analysis responses. The passages have been provided in a separate document via D2L and are organized according to their designated week and theme. You must select 3 out of a possible 15 passages to write about, and each passage must be selected from a different weekly theme. Responses should be approximately one paragraph in length (i.e., 5-7 sentences) and should identify the text, author, and why the passage is important to the article overall in terms of both the argument being made and the bigger societal or cultural issues being discussed. Efforts should also be made to incorporate your selected passages into the responses using the quote integration and APA in-text citations skills developed and practiced in the course.
Pt. 2 – Short Argumentative Essay
Part 2 of the exam represents a short (i.e., 400-500 word) argumentative essay. Two essay prompts are provided below; please select one to write your essay on. The essay must incorporate two of the key passages provided for Pt. 1 into the argument being made. These can be the same passages utilized in Pt. 1 of the exam or be drawn from different texts, but one passage should be used as your primary source while the other should represent your secondary source. All quotes must also be integrated into your own sentences and cited using APA in-text citations. Efforts should also be made to introduce a clear and focused argument in response to the selected prompt using a three-storey thesis statement in the introduction and specific evidence from the key passages selected in the body text. While the number of body paragraphs may vary, all essays must include a three-storey thesis statement and/or introduction, (at least) one body paragraph, and a conclusion. Please also include an APA title and References page for the essay (see examples).
The essay prompts are provided below:
Prompt 1
Select one of the weeks 7-11 themes (i.e. animal rights, womanhood, etc.) and use two of the key passages provided to develop an argument about how people discuss and understand the ideas it represents through language. In other words, how do the words we use to talk about this theme affect our understanding of it, and why or how should this language be changed?
Prompt 2
Using any two of the key passages provided, develop an argument about the relationship between language and society. In other words, how does the evolution of society affect the development of a language and/or how do changes in the words we use help to reflect and/or create social change?
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