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  • Literary research paper: Corruption in the Duchess of Malfi

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    Corruption in the Duchess of Malfi

    Your literary research paper for this course will follow these parameters:
    – 6-8 pages
    – 5 sources minimum (in addition to whatever work[s] you may be analyzing)
    – MLA format (including Times New Roman 12pt font, double spaced, 0pt spacing)
    – Proper in-text citations, reference page, etc. and must include appropriate
    quotes and support at all times
    – academic, college level writing (look at your handout)
    – TOPICS:
    – MUST FOCUS ON AT LEAST ONE PIECE OF LITERATURE BEING
    ANALYZED
    – MUST BE LIMITED TO BRITAIN UP TO 1799
    – CANNOT BE SOMETHING WE ARE DOING IN CLASS
    – MUST BE APPROVED BY ME BEFORE YOU BEGIN YOUR PAPER

  • Writing Assignment

    $5.00

    TASK 1
    You live on a road that is a main bus route to the local secondary school. During the cold weather, your road did not get gritted. Write a letter to the council persuading them that your road needs to be made a priority road for gritting.

    Task 2
    Having read the comments on the discussion forum, the head teacher has asked you to write an article for the school newsletter about the school closure explaining why the school remained closed during the recent bad weather. The article also needs to include what action will be taken in the future to prevent further closure.

    TASK 3
    You are a student at the school that was closed during the bad weather. Write a contribution to the forum discussion giving your opinion on the closure and why.

    2 pages

    Study Tips 101: Discover Your Learning Style
    Most of us have a preferred way of learning. Get to know your learning style and study in the ways you learn best.

  • Saul Bellow (Hidden Within Technology’s Kingdom, a Republic of Letters) Response essay

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    Essay Number One—You must incorporate Saul Bellow’s work into your 750-word essay, using proper MLA citations. The Writing Matters material will help you with this skill, but you may need to visit the nearest ASC lab, too.
    Topic: Reading
    What is happening to reading? Are people reading more or less than in the past? How important is reading? Will other media, such as radio, TV, computers, and mobile devices make books obsolete?
    What might our society lose if people read less?
    Note: An answer to one or more of these questions in a single sentence becomes your thesis statement. The body of your essay defends the thesis.
    Remember that an essay must have a title, an introductory paragraph, several paragraphs in the body of the essay, and a concluding paragraph.
    General Writing Guidelines
    Your essay should be double-spaced, use Times Roman, size 12 font, include a header, a heading, and a title. Your essay should be 750 words. Below, I put directions for inserting a header.
    Nowhere in the paper should there be any double-double spacing.

    3 pages

    Study Tips 101:Study Every Day
    If you study a little bit every day you’ll be continually reviewing things in your mind. This helps you understand things. It also helps you avoid the stress of last-minute cramming.
    Early in the year an hour or two a night might be enough to stay on top of things. Later in the year you might need to study more each day.
    If you’re finding it hard to find time to study, cut back on some (but not all!) of your other activities. Prioritising study might mean spending less time online, or it might mean cutting back on shifts at work, or giving weekend sport a miss for a while.

  • School Bus Seatbelts; Are they really a good idea?

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    School Bus Seatbelts; Are they really a good idea?

    4 Pages, MLA, 2 References

    Study Tips 101: Take a time out
    Taking time to plan is one of the most important skills a student can have. Don’t just start the week with the vague goal of studying for a history exam—instead, break up that goal into smaller tasks. Pencil it in on the calendar like a regular class: For example, allot every day from 1 to 3 p.m. to review 50 years’ worth of info.

  • A Story of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott review

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    The Pain and the Promise: a Story of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott

    The paper provides a review of the book “The Pain and the Promise: a Story of the Tallahassee Bus Boycott” by Glenda Alice Rabby and how the book has contributed to the scholarship of the Civil Rights era.

    3 Pages

  • Montgomery Bus Boycott and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s Speech

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    How significant was the Montgomery Bus Boycott and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s speech “I Have A Dream” in advancing the civil rights movement?

    3 pages

     

     

    Study Tip: You should always try to purchase used books and study materials to save money.The textbooks can be outrageous. If college is already costing you an arm and a leg, then it’s likely that you are needing to save as much money as possible. Shop around at online bookstores and tutorial banks to look for previously used books and prewritten essays.

  • How can we increase the graduation rate at Clinton Community College

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    Final Business Assignment

    Question: How can we increase the graduation rate at Clinton Community College?

    Bonus Questions:

    2- How can Money, Media, and Data (MMD) be detrimental to any business?

    3- Explain the importance of Perception Vs. Reality

    4- What is the most important lesson you learned in this class?

  • An Evaluation of the Autobiographical Qualities in Frankenstein

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    Frankenstein Critical Analysis Evaluation Essay

    Note: Please review the source guidelines below very carefully. If you do not choose from the

    provided sources below, this will cause a grading delay and you will need to resubmit the

    assignment.

    For this assignment you will write your evaluation essay. You are required to submit only your final draft for this assignment (though we encourage all students to take advantage of the additional feedback a draft can provide). Use the grader’s feedback and the rubric to make revisions to your draft before submitting the final. Your second draft will be graded.

    Now that you have completed Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, you are in a good position to consider what critics have written about the novel. You will need a total of two critiques (also known as critical analysis essays) for this assignment.

    First, use the selection of links below to locate a critical analysis essay written about the 1818 version of Mary Shelley’s novel. You may focus most of your attention on this first critique.

    Choose from among these sources:

    ü ipl2 Literary Criticism collection: If you use this site, you must choose from the first seven critiques listed as the final two are not scholarly:

    ( http://www.ipl.org/div/litcrit/bin/litcrit.out.pl?ti=fra-63

    ü Professor Sherry Ginn’s critique:1 http://www.clas.ufl.edu/ipsa/2003/ginn.html

    ü Professor Naomi Hetherington’s

    critique: http://knarf.english.upenn.edu/Articles/hether.html

    The questions in the study guides should have helped you evaluate this criticism in your head. Now it’s time to write it down! Your evaluation may go more smoothly if you approach the guiding questions in this order:

    1. Evaluate the critic/author:

    Who wrote the criticism you read? What credentials does the author have (education, professional career, other publications, etc.)? (If you are using a credible author, you should be able to find her/his credentials fairly easily)

    1. Find the thesis of the article:

    What is the thesis of the critical article you’ve chosen? What point does the author want to make about Frankenstein?

    1. Evaluate the thesis:

    1 Note: You should avoid reading Ginn’s article too simplistically. A common misperception is that Ginn is arguing in favor of this novel being an autobiography, but if you read her article in full, you will find that this isn’t really the case. If you misinterpret your chosen source, it will affect your own arguments, so please read carefully.

    Do you agree with this thesis? Why or why not? We’ve covered many ideas in the study guides. Can you find points within the guides that support your agreement or disagreement with the critical writer(s)? Look for new supporting information rather than revisiting the same ones the critics have chosen.

    1. Evaluate the support:

    Whether you agree or disagree with the thesis, does the critic provide sufficient research from the text and outside references to make a strong case? What does the article have for support from the text or outside sources? In your opinion, what makes these references valid? Do you feel the author uses this support properly?

    Next, locate a second critique about the novel, and discuss how this second critique agrees and/or disagrees with the first one. For instance, if the first critic argues that Shelley’s writing is juvenile, does the second critic agree with this assessment? If the first critic believes the novel is autobiographical, does the second critic concur? These are just a few examples of how you can include this second critique in order to have a polished, comprehensive Evaluation Essay of your own.

    In addition to addressing each of the evaluative components above, develop your essay so it has a clear introduction, body, and conclusion. You must include an evaluative thesis statement both the introduction and the conclusion. Ensure that each of your claims are supported with valid evidence from the literary criticism you have chosen, the novel, Frankenstein, and/or the study guides.

    Using proper MLA2 style, insert parenthetical citations for all borrowed information in addition to a Works Cited page for Frankenstein and your chosen literary critiques; you are not required to cite the study guides if you use them.

    Hint: For a thesis statement, try answering a question like: How and how well does this piece of criticism state and support its argument regarding Frankenstein?

    You might use these as possible guidelines in crafting your thesis statement:

    (Critic, aka author of the critique) uses (add critic title) to (add an adjective to describe the effectiveness of the argument such as “adequately” or “inadequately”) argue that (add critic’s thesis) by (explain why and/or include your support).

    OR

    (Critic)’s (add critique title) (add an adjective to describe the effectiveness of the argument such as “adequately” or “inadequately”) argue that (add critic’s thesis) because (explain why and/or include your support).

    More specific thesis examples:

    2 Tip: Review the course topics for MLA resources. Failure to use MLA style will mean a point deduction.

    John Smith uses “Frankenstein Critique Essay” to adequately argue that Victor’s mother created the first monster by coddling Victor as a boy.

    OR

    John Smith’s “Frankenstein Critique Essay” does not effectively argue that Victor’s mother created the first monster because the novel Frankenstein too strongly supports inherent good or bad, which means nurturing roles cannot be held responsible.

    The guidelines for this assignment are as follows:

    Length: This assignment should be at least 750 words.

    Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information:

    • Your first and last name
    • Course Title (Composition II)
    • Assignment name (Evaluation Essay)
    • Current Date

    Format:

    • MLA-style source documentation and Works Cited3
    • Your last name and page number in the upper-right corner of each page
    • Double-spacing throughout
    • Standard font (TimesNewRoman, Calibri)
    • Title, centered after heading
    • 1” margins on all sides
    • Save the file using one of the following extensions: .docx, .doc, .rtf, or .txt

    Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.

    Reminder: You need at least two critiques in addition to the novel in Works Cited in order to receive the highest score. In other words, you need three sources total in cited in the essay and on the Works Cited page in order to earn the maximum points in the corresponding column on the grading rubric. Failure to meet the source minimum will result in a severe decrease in your grade.

    3 This resource may be helpful as you are making MLA formatting decisions:

    https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

  • Discuss Carson’s use research findings to support her argument

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    Write a complete paragraph in which you discuss Carson’s use research findings to support her argument. In your paragraph be sure to analyze any problems with that research, or explain why the research is helpful and reliable in supporting Carson’s argument.

  • Analysis of Nick Flynn’s Writing Style and My Imitation

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    Imitation and Analysis

    1. Imitation (3-4 pages)

    For this assignment, you will be narrating your own childhood memory imitating the style of Nick Flynn’s prose. You must imitate at least three stylistically different sections from the book.

    Though the content will be your own, you should use your examples to inform decisions about subject, grammar, and style. You will want to look very closely at specific sections in order to replicate their effects. You might want to exaggerate certain elements of style in order to illustrate the choices Flynn makes.

    You should pay close attention to all elements of the writer’s style, including purpose, form, subject, syntax, punctuation, sentence structures, rhythm, diction, tone, description, specificity, connotation, and so on.

    Your imitation should include a specific event that is described in the first person. It should also reflect your personal interpretation of the book by Flynn. Whatever elements stand out as to you as being unique to him would be a good thing to try to imitate. It’s your decision how closely you want to imitate Flynn: you could take a few specific sentences and change a few elements to reflect your experience and sensibilities, or you could write a completely original story in the general style of the writer using elements that he seems to use often. You should imitate whatever stands out to you as being interesting. Consider elements of content (such as subject and mood) as well as elements of form (such as grammatical structures and word choice).

    1. Analysis (2-4 pages)

    Using unified, coherent, well-developed paragraphs and grammatical and effective sentences, write an analysis discussing both the original essays and your imitations of them. Quote the passages you are discussing (don’t be afraid to quote yourself). Include highly specific references to particular elements (such as those listed above) that you noticed in the original and tried to convey in your imitation.

    Address all the following considerations in an essay form:

    • What stylistic choices did Flynn make? Were these effective? How?
    • Do you feel Flynn’s style is compatible with the stories he tells?
    • What is the relationship between the style of the memoir and its content?
    • Did writing in different styles cause you to make choices you might not have made otherwise? Explain.
    • What did it feel like to write in this way?
    • Do you feel you were successful in your imitation? To what extent?
    • How did writing in this style influence the content of what you wrote?
    • Could you have done a better job if you were free to use your own, or a different, style?
    • What did you learn about your own writing from this assignment?

    9 pages

    MLA 1 Reference

  • Out of Sight Out of Mind Essay

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    Out of Sight Out of Mind Essay

    Write a 4-5 page essay in which you explain a concept to your reader.  Your explanation will identify and define a focused aspect of the concept as you communicate the significance of your explanation.  Utilize at least one outside source as you develop your explanation.

    Skills:

    • A Focused Explanation
    • Appropriate Explanatory Strategy
    • A Clear, Logical Organization
    • Smooth Integration of Sources
    • Not-So-Fine Print:
    • 4-5 pages
    • MLA format
    • One outside source
    • Works Cited page
    • Tutoring Evidence

    My name is and I will be your tutor for this assignment. Firstly, I would like to thank you for sharing this essay with me. I greatly enjoyed reading it, and feel that it is a strong rough draft. However, I do have a few suggestions to help make the final draft even stronger:

    • Be sure you add a header to your documents. This can be accomplished by selecting insert from the drop-down menu, then selecting page numbers. Be sure to also include your last name, as shown above.
    • I noticed several instances of comma splices throughout your essay. I am including a link to a useful comma rules guide that will help demonstrate proper comma usage.

    https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/692/01/

    • Can you focus more on defining the “out of sight, out of mind” concept and how it affects more than your personal life? Why is this concept important for people to grasp?

    Overall, your essay is off to a strong start. I hope you find my feedback helpful when revising for your final draft.

  • To be a Genre: Doctorow’s For the Win

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    To be a Genre

    Purpose
    To apply your awareness and understanding of a given text’s relationship to the conventions of its genre and to use that insight to produce an analysis of the rhetorical work the text is doing through genre.

    Assignment
    Identify the genre, genre features, and genre conventions applicable to Doctorow’s For the Win. (Pro Tip: Revisit the chapter on genre in AGWR, the readings on what YA is and does that we recently engaged with, and previous discussion posts to help you get started.) Then write an argument in which you explain the relationship of this text to its genre, and what implications can be drawn from that relationship and the rhetorical work Doctorow undertakes with this novel.
    Successfully engaging with genre analysis work like this will often require explaining how a rhetor acknowledges, uses, manipulates, and responds to genre conventions in the given text, and for what implied purpose and/or message.
    For example, consider whether the text follows genre conventions or if it only appears to follow genre expectations while in reality challenging them. If this is the case, what might the rhetor be implicitly trying to say or accomplish through the text? Consider what YA literature as a genre might aim to do and how it might aim to accomplish those goals; in what ways do we see FTW taking on those goals/strategies or not?
    While secondary sources beyond the text you are analyzing may not be required, you are still responsible for supporting your argument through careful selection and thorough analysis of textual evidence (specific excerpts from the text you are analyzing).

    Requirements
    A successful argument of this sort will often require 3-4 pages of recorded brain work, typed and double-spaced, and presented in MLA format. Multiple drafts of the essay will be required, and substantial revision is expected. We will talk more about revising/editing on your own and with your class community. Secondary sources are not required, but as the author, you may make the rhetorical choice to include them if they will strengthen your essay. The writing should be error-free and the language in the tone of formal academic discourse.

  • Book Essay: The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down

    $15.00

    For the book essay for The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down please pick 1 question from Group 1 and one question from Group 2 to answer. Provide at least 1 page each answers. Be sure to cite the book and course materials.

    Group 1

    1. The only American who fully won the Lees’ trust was Jeanine Hilt, their social worker. Why did Jeanine succeed where so many others had failed?

    2. Neil Ernst says, “I felt it was important for these Hmongs to understand that there were certain elements of medicine that we understood better than they did and that there were certain rules they had to follow with their kids’ lives.” Why didn’t this message get through to the Lees? If you were Neil, would you feel this way too? Is this an ethnocentric attitude? Why or why not?

    3. In Chapter Eight, after describing Foua’s competence as a mother and farmer in Laos, Fadiman quotes her as saying, “I miss having something that really belongs to me.” What has Foua lost? Is there anything that still “really belongs” to her? Are there other groups we have discussed that have experience similar loss?

    4. In her preface, the author says that while she was working on this book, she often asked herself two questions: “What is a good doctor?” “What is a good parent?” How do you think she might have answered her own questions? How would you answer them? How is each identity constructed by each group. Which social construction is taken more seriously in the United States? Why?

    5. What was the “role loss” many adult Hmong faced when they came to the United States? What is the underlying root cause? How does this loss affect their adjustment to America?

    Group 2

    1. How do you think the issues raised by this book should affect your education at Purdue and/or your life as a citizen today?

    2. What relevance does this book have to your potential career (i.e., medicine, health, law, social work, politics, religion, communications, education, linguistics)? In the context of your future career, how do you think you would handle similar situations, if faced with them?

    Course Description
    This course serves as an introduction to the sociology of race and ethnicity in America. It examines racial and ethnic pluralism in America: ways groups have entered our society; their social and cultural characteristics; and their relationships with other groups. Groups include the English, Germans, Irish, Jews, Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Hispanics, and Native Americans.

    Course Objectives
    After completing this course, students should be familiar with basic sociological terms, ideas, and theoretical perspectives surrounding race and ethnicity. Students should be able to appreciate both socially constructed patterns of difference as well as the diverse array of individual experience. Students should be able to understand the contemporary social and political discussions that shape our conceptions of race and ethnicity as well as how they affect the life experiences of specific groups. More specifically, students should be able to comment intellectually on questions such as: How are racial and ethnic identities constructed? How does race and ethnicity intersect with gender, class, sexuality, age, disability and other dimensions of identity? How are race and ethnicity shaped by family, education, the media, politics, religion and medical practice?

    Book Essay—At the end of the semester you will have the opportunity to write a short book essay on The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down. You will be choosing the question that you answer from a list that will be provided to you. This essay will be submitted as a journal entry. An outline of the expectations for this assignment will be posted online.

  • Persuasive Speech: Save the Children

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    Persuasive Speech: Save the Children

    The paper is a sample of a persuasive speech with comments to guide you in writing a good persuasive essay

  • Compare and contrast the writing of Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich

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    •Compare and contrast the writing of Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich. How do these writers’ depictions of the Native American experience in America differ? What commonalities do they share? You should use multiple literary elements to support your argument.Compare and contrast the writing of Leslie Marmon Silko and Louise Erdrich
    This assignment should apply the following:
    •Clearly identify the topic of choice and the thesis statement to be used in the argument.
    •Identify and organize the three separate supporting arguments that include a literary element as support for the thesis statement as a way to establish the relationship between ideas. These elements should be directly derived from the thesis statement.
    •Critically analyze the primary works to be used in the argument (one major piece of writing, such as a novel or play, or at least two shorter pieces of writing, such as poems or short stories) in the essay.
    1.Be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style
    3.Begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
    4.Include three literary elements to be used to support the main argument about the topic.
    5.Address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
    6.End with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
    7.Use at least three literary resources, including a minimum of two from the Ashford University Library.

     

    1 Page MLA

  • Rhetorical Analysis: Blackfish (A Cruel World)

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    The paper is a Rhetorical Analysis of the documentary Blackfish by Dir. Gabriela Cowperthwaite. Perf. Samantha Berg, John Hargrove, Kim Ashdown, and Dean Gomersall.

    Formal Assignment #4: Rhetorical Analysis of an Argument

    Everyday we encounter arguments from other people, organizations, corporations, etc. that seek to persuade us to adopt their/its viewpoint on a variety of different issues. As a student and critical thinker, it becomes important for you to understand the message others are trying to convey and the way in which they convey the message so that you can make an informed choice or opinion on the matter. In a rhetorical analysis, you analyze how one constructs his or her text and message by examining such points as intended audience, diction, sentence structure, and rhetorical appeals like ethos, pathos, and logos. For this assignment, I want you to analyze one of our class texts, and create a rhetorical analysis in which you explain whether the text is likely to persuade its intended audience.

    Essential questions you must answer in this paper:

    1. Who is the intended audience?
    2. Is the argument effective in persuading its intended audience?
    3. Does the author effectively use ethos, pathos, and logos?

    Other questions to consider:

    1. What is the text’s tone?
    2. What kind of language does the writer/director use? What kind of sentence structure does the writer use?
    3. What is the writer/director focusing on? Why?
    4. If you’re analyzing a film or the essay you choose uses pictures, how does the writer/director use images to make his or her point?
    5. In what mode does the writer/director develop his/her ideas? Narration? Description? Definition? Comparison? Analogy? Cause and Effect? Example? Why does the writer use these methods of development?
    6. Does the writer/director consider ideas that are opposed to his or her own? How does s/he present them as legitimate? Absurd? Partially correct? Utterly false?
    7. Does the writer/director use any literary devices or figurative language to convey or enhance meaning? Which tropes–similes, metaphors, personification, hyperbole, etc. does the writer use? When does he/she use them? Why?

    NOTE: This is not a personal response or a personal critique; therefore, your personal experiences, your personal stance on the issue, and your like or dislike of the essay are nonessential to this assignment and must not be included. Your goal for this assignment is to dissect the text’s argument and analyze its effectiveness. Did the author successfully meet his or her purpose, considering his or her intended audience? Be sure to follow the prompt!

    Your essay must meet the following guidelines:

    -Be a minimum of 5 FULL pages

    -Uses evidence from the readings and/or film and incorporates at least three (3) quotations following MLA

    -Follows MLA basic formatting

    -Contains a works cited page following MLA guidelines