Meaning and Metaphor - Assignment 1 James Madison University

Instructions: By 3pm, Thursday, 8/28, please send me your answers to the questions below in a short email message headed "Assignment 1". [This assignment will be marked only as an acceptable or unacceptable effort.]
**Remember to get in touch with me in a separate email headed "ENG302 help" if you have a question that really needs to be resolved before next week. I'll do my best to get back to you.**

1. Look over the entire online syllabus (http://educ.jmu.edu/~cotesa/eng302f14.html also available through Canvas). Then answer the following questions:
   1. Which epigraph in the group of five listed below our tentative class schedule do you find most surprising? (Just type "the first", "the second", etc. :) )
   2. When is your next assignment due and what reading should you do before you do that assignment?
2. Name a word that you think has two or more interestingly different meanings. (For example, I might put "loose" in that category, but now come up with another one. :) )
3. Which of the following sentences do you think contain one or more metaphors?
   1. Margaret is a rock.
   2. A wave of emotion swept through me.
   3. Edmund swallowed his pride and asked for help.
   4. They are starting to spend a lot of time together.
   5. Eating well helps you fight colds and flus.