Line Graph

Question 1

Activity

Visit one of the following newspapers’ websites: Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, USA Today, or New York Times. Select a line graph, pie chart, or bar chart on the website. Be prepared to discuss.

Week 2

From the activity, discuss the data that the graph is used to visually represent. Speculate on why the editor chose the graph, as opposed to merely reporting the data.

Question 2

After reading the authors’ biographies and poems, select two poems and discuss the characteristics and viewpoint of each poem’s narrator. Describe how you envision each narrator based on lines of poetry. Choose three aspects of each narrator to discuss, such as age, stature, personality, interests, hobbies, fears, passions, social economic status, or beliefs.

In your post, be sure to quote each poem at least once. As in all of your writing for this course, remember to be original in your writing. Do not simply retell information you learned from this week’s sources.

Question 3

Please respond to one (1) of the following two (2) bulleted items:

• From the activity, summarize the blog entry that you have read. Next, explain the manner in which Nate Silver’s analysis in your chosen blog entry addresses the salient points of one particular topic related to this class.
• H.G. Wells once said, “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write!” Take a position on whether you agree or disagree with this statement, and provide a rationale for your response.