For the Discussion Forums, you will read the questions/topics and, after completing the reading assignments, should be able to discuss your findings and share opinions. Your posts should reflect academic, polished, respectful writing -- think of your posts as essays. Points will be deducted for errors in grammar, punctuation, and spelling. You are to add to each Discussion Forum at least twice . One post is to be your original thought post on the questions/topics, and the second post is your response to someone else's post. The response post should be just as substantive as your original thought post. Agreements, praise, and re-stating what either the original author or you wrote in the original thought posts do not count as substance and will not receive credit. It is completely fine to agree/disagree and express your praise for the original author's points but remember that those statements will not count as substance in your response post. Think of it as a discussion you are having with that student -- how might you respond to what she/he said? You might relate some relevant personal experience or knowledge, a memory or idea invoked by their post, describe additional examples of the ideas/themes being discussed, or provide additional relevant information that perhaps the student did not include in their post. What relationships can you make between the content of their post and your own life? Cutting and pasting information from the text, internet, or any other source is not allowed. Your posts should be written in your own words. This is a respectful forum for discussion. Foul language or posts in poor taste are not allowed. Repeated offenses will earn a zero for the discussion boards, and you may be banned from posting. Topics/Questions: 1) What is the overall difference between the elements of form and the principles of design? 2) Describe how the two work together to form a composition. 3) Analyze a work of art from another chapter in the textbook (not Chapter 7) to describe how an artist uses both the elements and the principles to create a strong composition. You must be specific and thorough in your explanation to receive credit. Your analysis should include both the identifications and descriptions of the principles, including how the artist used the elements to convey the principles. Go beyond identification and thoroughly describe . See below for more information on that. Make sure to also identify the artwork with its title, artist's name, and date of creation. 4) Explain how your understanding of the principles of design helps you in experiencing and describing this work of art. Organize your answers into an essay, making sure that each of the four prompts above is thoroughly addressed/answered. ***For part 3) of this discussion forum, since the visual elements are used to convey the principles of design, I recommend forming your analysis around the principles of design. In order to an.