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  • Casual Argument Review Answers

    $7.00

    Casual Argument Review: Read the below essay and write a review to respond all of the following questions. Please be specific as possible, and provide details to support the claims you are making. (Write about 2 pages)

    Non-Renewable Energy Needs To Be Replaced by Richard Smith

    Additional Files:

    Casual-Argument-Review.pdf
  • Masculinity and Femininity in Homer’s “The Odyssey”

    $7.50

    The major writing assignment for this week is to compose a 500 or 600–word paper that analyzes how gender—masculinities and femininities—is portrayed in TheOdyssey. One way to approach this assignment is to consider how male characters think and speak about female characters (human and/or divine). How do the males treat female characters? How do the female characters treat the males? What patterns emerge? Based on those patterns, can you identify models of femininities and masculinities in The Odyssey? In other words, are particular behaviors, conditions, or roles associated with men but not women and vice versa? Second, analyze at least two major male characters. What does this reveal? Now carefully consider two female figures (human and/or divine).  How are they represented? Using the data that you gathered, describe what the ideal ancient Greek woman and man might have been like. Next, decide if any of the female and male characters violate rules that apply to women’s and men’s behavior and, in so doing, offer the audience negative models of gender. Reflect on The Odyssey’sending—who wins and loses and why? What do the ultimate fates of the female and male characters reveal about ancient Greeks’ ideas about gender?

    Do not simply answer all these questions in order to develop your paper. These questions are designed to catalyze critical thinking, and you should use the writing process described in the online lectures to compose your essay.

    As you prepare to write this week’s paper make sure you understand how many things you are being asked to do.

    Develop a Tentative Thesis

    • How is gender portrayed in The Odyssey?
    • With regard to gender, what do different elements of The Odyssey (such as genre, epic, myth, or hero) reveal about the culture, era, region, or important philosophies and values?

    Prewriting

    Choose one of the prewriting techniques discussed in chapter 3c, “Invent and Prewrite,” of The New Century Handbook and begin prewriting.

    Rough Draft

    Write your rough draft.  You are not required to submit it, but you should get in the habit of writing one for every essay you compose in this and other classes.

    Revise and Edit

    Proofread the rough draft to check if the

    • Thesis is clear and well focused and the introduction includes all the necessary information.
    • Discussion of evidence includes quotes, paraphrase, or summary and synthesizes this material and your ideas.
    • Conclusion is appropriate and reinforces the paper’s main ideas without repeating the introduction word for word.
    • Essay is formatted in APA style throughout and it uses appropriate grammar, spelling and mechanics.
    • Quoted material does not exceed 25% of the essay

    Make any changes necessary to ensure that the essay is polished and persuasive.

    Double check your final copy for spelling and grammar. Name your document S_W1_A3_LastName_FirstInitial.doc. By , May 6, 2013, submit your final draft in a Microsoft Word document to the W1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

    Assignment 3 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
    Wrote a complete introduction that engages your classmates’ interest, explains the topic, provides a detailed thesis that identifies your argument, briefly states the main evidence, and maps the paper for your audience. 10
    Used literary terminology, such as genre, epic, myth, and hero in your essay’s discussion of evidence. 10
    Used key passages and quotations from the text in your essay’s discussion of evidence, limiting the quoted material to 25% of the essay. 10
    Examined in your essay’s discussion of evidence what the text suggests about the culture, era, and region in which it was developed. 10
    Considered in your discussion of evidence philosophies and ideologies that influenced the text. 10
    Organized the paper effectively with unified paragraphs, each of which has a topic sentence and effective transitions to the next paragraph. 10
    Provided an appropriate conclusion that reinforces the paper’s main ideas without repeating the introduction word for word. 10
    Met the word requirement. 10
    Communicated clearly using your own words for the majority of the paper with correct grammar, punctuation, and spelling throughout. 10
    Formatted the paper in APA style throughout, including a title page, running head, headings between sections, in-text citations, and a reference list. 10
    Total:
  • ASSIGNMENT 3: PERSUASIVE PAPER PART 1

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    Assignment 5: Persuasive Paper Part 3: Possible Disadvantages, Answers, with Visuals

    Due Week 9 and worth 170 points

    Using feedback from your professor and classmates, revise Parts 1 and 2, and add Part 3. Plan to include

    visuals to illustrate the advantages of your proposed solution.

    Write (1-2) page paper in which you:

    Provide Part I: Revision of A Problem Exists (3-4 pages)

    1. Revise your Persuasive Paper Part 1: A Problem Exists, using feedback from the professor and

    classmates.

    Provide Part 2: Revision of Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages (3-4 pages)

    1. Revise your Persuasive Paper Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages, using feedback from

    the professor and classmates.

    Develop Part 3: Possible Disadvantages, Answers, with Visuals (1-2 pages, for 7-9 total pages)

    1. Included a defensible, relevant thesis statement in the first paragraph.
    2. State, explain, and support the first disadvantage (economic, social, political, environmental,

    social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution and provide a logical answer. This should be

    one (1) paragraph.

    1. State, explain, and support the second (and third if desired) disadvantage (economic, social,

    political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution and provide a logical

    answer. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.

    1. Include one or two (1or 2) relevant visuals that help illustrate an advantage.
    2. Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
    3. Provide a concluding paragraph to summarize the proposed solution, its advantages, possible

    disadvantages, and answers to the disadvantages. Repeat or paraphrase your thesis statement.

    1. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
    2. Use one (1) or more rhetorical strategy (ethos, logos, pathos) to explain claims.
    3. Support disadvantages and answers with at least two (2) additional quality relevant references.

    Use at least eight (8) total for Parts 1, 2, and 3.

    Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

     Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all

    sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your

    professor for any additional instructions.

     Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s

    name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in

    the required assignment page length.

    Note: Submit your assignment to the designated plagiarism program so that you can make revisions

    before submitting your paper to your professor.

    The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

     Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.

     Associate the features of audience, purpose, and text with various genres.

     Analyze the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, logos in writing samples and for incorporation

    into essays or presentations.

     Correct grammatical and stylistic errors consistent with Standard Written English.

     Analyze visual elements (format, charts, pictures, etc.) for use in persuasive writing

  • Hector in Iliad

    $7.00

    how does duty come up in relation to Hector in the iliad, and how does this affect the Hector’s role in the story

    (500-700 words)

  • The Fallacy of Legalizing Marijuana

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    34-160 (02): Reasoning Skills (Guetter)
    Essay #2
    1. Begin by choosing any ONE of the following as the centrepiece for your ‘Fact-and-Arguments’-style essay:
    B1. an argument involving a ‘straw man’ fallacy and ‘equivocation’; or
    B2. a cogent (or sound) argument involving conversion and contradiction; or
    B3. a cogent (or sound) argument involving constructive dilemma and disjunctive syllogism; or
    B4. a cogent (or sound) argument involving reduction ad absurdum.
    2. Next, apply your understanding of B1, B2, B3, or B4 to any ONE of the following statements in 2.1.B, p. 70
    (treating those statements as conclusions rather than premises):
    3. Marijuana should be legalized; or
    6. Society has an obligation to provide housing for the homeless; or
    12. Nuclear deterrence is irrational; or
    16. a claim of your own invention.
    This yields 16 possibilities: B1 applied to 6, B4 applied to 3, etc.
    Notes:
    1. In addition to information re: course/section, date, and student name/number, the title-page of your essay must include the Letter-Number combination of the logical topic you intend to write on (from #1 above) followed
    by a descriptive title of the essay’s contents (from #2 above; if you select 2.16, you will need to come up with your own title). Use the Letter-Number combination together with a one-word indication of your
    subject-matter for the complete filename of the file you upload to turnitin, e.g. ‘A4 and Marijuana’, ‘A1 and Society’, ‘A3 and Nuclear’, and so on.
    The Letter-Number combination is necessary to tell your TA/GA which specific logical topic you intended to write your essay on. A complete descriptive title for your work is insufficient for this purpose, and a oneword summary of that title is even less so. In short, no Letter-Number combination = nothing to evaluate.
    2. A requirement of first-class work is that it shows something (e.g. equivocation) without naming it anywhere in the essay including its title page (e.g. ‘she equivocated’).
    3. The required length is approximately 900 words, double-spaced (about three pages, excluding title-page). A set of loose pages, whether held together with dog-ears or a paper clip or in a plastic cover or anything else will be returned to you until it is stapled together (just one, in the upper left corner); a stapler is about $1 at any Dollar Store. Get your own now.

    Solution for B1 and Marijuana, which means the “facts and arguments involving a “straw man” fallacy and “equivocation” regarding marijuana should be legalized”

  • ENG 4A03 – Assignment #5: Creative Writing “My Biggest Perspective Change

    $10.00

    Write an approx 800 word article/story/piece reflecting on the most significant perspective change YOU had so far during this course. It may be from the book, lectures, TED Talks, Choice Assignments, or any other experience related to the course. The goal is to make it compelling in some way. How can you best communicate the perspective shift and learning that you’ve had?

    Estimated time: writing 10-20 hrs

    Some notes to help you out:

    • If it was noteworthy to you, it likely is interesting to others too , so try to figure out why you thought it was cool – going deeper is usually more interesting than simple observations.
    • Personal stories are often very effective ways of communicating learning;
    • Consider discussing the shift’s impact on your life and choices – those are tangible manifestations of the change.
    • Remember the goals of the course – perhaps there’s a way to relate it to your personal vision of contribution or the interconnectedness of things.
    • Give some thought to the best style to use – it’s not necessarily an essay. Make sure the medium & method suit the message.
    • Consider taking your “finished writing” to a writing clinic or coach and getting some feedback on how to improve it. Likely you’ll find that this “finished” draft can be improved a lot.

    Evaluation:

    Assignment is worth 20% of the final grade, and you’ll receive a writing score and a content score, each out of 10, according to the following rubric:

  • Reflection on Where are the Children?

    $7.50

    2-3 page reflection on the film: Where are the Children? Healing the Legacy of the Residential Schools.
    You are to relate the film to the educational theories that you feel apply to the this situation.
    Links to the film are found at the bottom of the page, but you are also welcome to explore the site.
    http://www.wherearethechildren.ca/en/exhibit/impacts.html

  • Character in Short Fiction

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    Character in Short Fiction

    Part A: Choose a character from one of the short stories that you read this week. Now, consider the character’s ethics by examining her/his reactions to problems or challenges. Draw a table with two columns. In the left-hand column, briefly describe several crises, moral dilemmas, or junctures that require the character to make a decision. In the right column, state the action that the character took at this point in the story.

    Challenging Event Character’s Response

    Part B: Write a few notes evaluating the relative wisdom, effectiveness, and ethical nature of the character’s decisions.

    Part C: Repeat these steps using a character from a second short story that you read this week.

    Part D: Write at least one-half page (175 words) comparing and contrasting the two characters, focusing on the ethics that they use to respond to crises, solve problems, and make decisions. Be sure to explain each one’s role in the appropriate short story.

    Part F: Put together all the materials from Parts A, B, C, and D into one document. Remember that claims in all parts of the assignment should be substantiated by excerpts from appropriate sources. Quotations, paraphrases, and summaries used in the assignment should be arranged according to APA rules of style, and in-text and reference citations should be provided, also formatted in APA style. Quoted material should never exceed 25% of the document. Post the final document in the

    Discussion Area.

  • THE HAPPY PRINCE

    $8.00
    PowerPoint Digital Book
    You are working with a person who has a physical disability that will not allow him/her to turn pages of a book. Create a Power Point Digital Book with at least 10 slides and 5 illustrations. Include the text of the story on the slides. You choose the age of the person and the topic covered.

     

    This Assignment will be graded on:

    Layout and use of text

    Content

    Use of pictures or illustrations

    Attention getting/ Creativity