Prepare an analysis of american literature

Reference no: EM13979199

Part -1:

American Literature Analysis

Project Description:

In the following project, you will prepare an analysis of American literature as you complete a fictional assignment in a literature class. You will format part of the analysis in a two-column design, apply a document theme, apply and modify styles, include bullets, and view the document in Outline view.

Instructions:

For the purpose of grading the project you are required to perform the following tasks:

1 Download and open the file named exploring_w02_grader_a1.docx.

2 Select all text, except the first heading, American Literature, and change font to Times New Roman, 12 pt. Change line spacing to 1.15, and change paragraph spacing after to 6 pt. Deselect the text.

3 Select text from A Comparison of Pilgrims, Anglicans, and Puritans to the end of the document. Format the selected text as two columns.

4 Apply Heading 1 style to American Literature on page 1. Open the Styles pane and modify Heading 1 style to include 22 pt font size with a font color of Dark Blue, Text 2, Darker 50%. Close the Styles pane.

5 Select the second paragraph, beginning with Think about the three readings and italicize the paragraph.

6 Apply a Box border, with a double line style (seventh selection in the Style area) to the selected paragraph. Apply a Shading of Blue, Accent 1, Lighter 80%.

7 Apply Heading 2 style to A Comparison of Pilgrims, Anglicans and Puritans, Perspectives support my vision, and Puritan Literature. Change the case of Perspectives support my vision to Capitalize Each Word.

8 Select six paragraphs on page 1, beginning with Pilgrims and ending with Came to spread their religion. Apply solid round black bullets. (The sublevels will automatically receive hollow round bullets to identify them as sublevels, and will be indented from the left under the first level bullets.) Decrease the indent to the left margin (only the first level bullets will be aligned with the left margin).

9 On page 1, click before the heading Perspectives Support My Vision. Insert the picture w02c2Pilgrims.jpg. Change the height to 1.5, and change text wrapping to Top and Bottom. The picture should display immediately above the heading Perspectives Support My Vision. Reposition the picture, if necessary, to ensure that it is located immediately above the heading. Change the picture style to Soft Edge Rectangle.

10 Insert a Continuous section break at the end of the document. Draw a text box at the end of the document. The text box height should be 0.5" and the width is 4". Type Submitted by Mical Teshay in the text box.

11 Change the Shape Fill of the text box to Blue, Accent 1, Lighter 40%. Change the color of the Shape Outline to Dark Blue, Text 2. Change the Shape Effect to Shadow, Inside Bottom (row 3, column 2 under Inner).

12 Center the text in the text box horizontally, change the font to Times New Roman, and change the font size to 14. Align the text box in the center of the line horizontally.

13 Change the view to Outline. Collapse headings to show only Heading 1 and Heading 2. Move Perspectives Support My Vision immediately above A Comparison of Pilgrims, Anglicans, and Puritans. Close Outline view.

14 Reposition the Pilgrim picture on page 1, if necessary, to ensure that it remains above the heading Perspectives Support My Vision. Select the picture and apply an artistic effect of Film Grain (row 3, column 3).

15 Change the document theme to Ion. Change the theme color to Blue Warm.

16 Check the document for spelling errors, correcting any mistakes. The word wonderfull is not misspelled since it is a direct quote from the book. Ignore the error.(Also ignore errors in names)

17 Save the document and exit Word. Submit the file as directed.

Part -2:Weather Statistics

Project Description:

In the following project, you will modify a document prepared for publication in one or more journals related to weather statistics in the United States. Climate change, or global warming, is suspected by some to be a factor in the change in injuries and fatalities related to natural disasters and weather trends. The document and related table will be combined with a data source in a mail merge operation to send to selected journal editors.

Instructions:

For the purpose of grading the project you are required to perform the following tasks:

Step Instructions

1 Download and open the file named exploring_w03_grader_a1.docx.

2 Insert a column at the right of the 10-Year Average column in the table. Add the following data in the new column, beginning in row 2:

64
42
65
200
122
23
34
60
32

3 Type 30-Year Average in the fourth cell on row 1. Insert a new row at the top of the table, merge cells in the new row, and type U.S. Natural Disaster Statistics. Format the first row with Align Center alignment.

4 Align Center all entries in the second, third, and fourth columns from row 2 through the last row in the table.

5 Delete the Winter row.

6 Add a row below the last row in the table. Type Total in the first cell of the new row. Insert a formula in the second, third, and fourth columns of the new row to total all values above.

7 Apply Grid Table 5 Dark - Accent 5 table style to the table (fifth row, sixth column under Grid Tables). Select the table. Select a pen color of Blue, Accent 5, Darker 50%. Apply the color to Outside Borders.

8 Bold all entries in row 2. Shade row 2 with Blue-Gray, Text 2, Lighter 40%.

9 Select row 2 and apply a Single solid line, 1 1/2 pt., Accent 1 (second row, second column under Theme Borders) border style to the outside borders of the selected row.

10 Change the format of the formula in the second cell of the last row (total for Year 2015) to #,##0.

11 Start a Mail Merge using the Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard. The document type is Letters and you will use the Current document. Use Sheet1 of w03_grader_a1_datasource.xlsx as the data source. Sort the recipients by State in ascending order.

12 Replace the bracketed Address Block with the Address block field, using the default settings. Replace the bracketed Journal Name with data from the Journal Name field. Preview the letters.

13 Adjust the address block so that it is single spaced with no spacing before or after paragraphs. Format the journal name in the last line of the document in italics.

14 Complete the merge, merging all records.

15 Save the merged document as exploring_w03_grader_a1_end.docx and close the document. Close exploring_w03_grader_a1.docx without saving the document. Exit Word. Submit exploring_w03_grader_a1_end.docx as directed.

Part -3

U.S. Presidents

Project Description:

In the following project, you will revise a report on facts and trivia related to U.S. presidents. Your American History instructor assigned the project and has reviewed your first draft. You will act on his comments, review tracked changes, format the paper in MLA style, and include citations and a bibliography.

Instructions:

For the purpose of grading the project you are required to perform the following tasks:

Step Instructions

1 Download and open the file named exploring_w04_grader_a1.docx.

2 Ensure that the markup view is All Markup. Toggle off Track Changes and review the changes and comments your instructor has made on the paper. Reject the change on page 1 that includes the text a precursor to the Civil War.

3 Accept all remaining changes in the document. Do not delete comments.

4 Bold the first two lines in the paper and change the font size to 16 pt. Select all text and change the font to Times New Roman.

5 Select all text except the first two lines, and change the font size to 12 pt. Double-space the selected text, ensure that paragraph spacing before and after is 0, and include a First line indent.

6 Review the second comment on page 1, noting that you are to format the two in-text headings at Heading 1 style. Format both headings accordingly. Then reply to the comment, typing Heading 1 format does not seem to improve the appearance of these headings. Should I modify the style?

7 Delete the first comment on page 1, but leave the second comment in the paper since you will want your instructor to respond to your question.

8 Select the numbered items on pages 4 and 5, and remove the First line indent for the selected paragraphs.

9 Select MLA Seventh Edition writing style. Scroll to page 2 and click before the period ending the paragraph on Franklin Roosevelt (after the words New Deal). Insert a citation with a new Book source:

Author: Avery, Brian
Title: The Great Depression and the New Deal
Year: 2014
City: New York
Publisher: Acorn Press

10 Scroll to page 3 and click before the period that ends the second to last sentence on Andrew Jackson, after the words national bank. Insert a citation with a new Journal Article source:
Corporate Author: The American History Foundation
Title: America's Lion
Journal Name: Journal of Early American History
Year: 2015
Pages: 22-27
Volume: 14
Issue: 9

11 Click after the words World War II (and before the period ending the sentence) in the paragraph on Harry Truman on page 4. Insert the Avery source you created in step 9.

12 Move to the beginning of the document and insert a blank page. Insert a table of contents on the new blank page, with a style of Automatic Table 2.

13 Insert a blank page at the end of the report and insert a bibliography with the title Works Cited. The bibliography should be double-spaced with no paragraph spacing before or after.

14 Modify the Book source for the book written by Brian Avery to change the year to 2013. (Hint: Use Manage Sources to edit the source both in the master list and the current document.)

15 Update the bibliography to show the modified source.

16 Format the bibliography with a font of Times New Roman and a font size of 12 pt. The title Works Cited should be centered. All text in the bibliography should be Black, Text 1 font color. Ensure that no text is bold.

17 Insert a header with a right-aligned page number. (Hint: Click Field on the Quick Parts menu, select Page, and then right-align the header.) Do not display the header on the first page. Numbering begins with page 2 on the first page of the report.

18 Save the document and exit Word. Submit the document as directed.

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