Tag: English

Read Gullivers Travels
Follow the writing process and be sure to cite two or more sources using MLA format. Your paper should be written following basic MLA rules.

Topics (Choose one and using your sources cited in MLA format, answer the questions below)

Using your source(s), explore the question: How did a diversity of views transform American society? Provide research in addition to your own analysis of some of the texts from lesson 2 such as “American Jezebel,” “Repeal the Stamp Act!” and “Declaration of Independence.” What ideas from the text reveal answers to the question? Use both outside sources and textual evidence from the selections in the course to develop your essay.
Past literary movements continue to be influential. Consider romanticism, realism, and modernism. How influential were ideas from those periods? Is that influence clearly seen in the texts you have read? Explain with textual evidence from both outside sources as well as from any of the stories from lesson 3.
Research and discuss this idea of money, status, and marriage during any periods you read about in lesson 3. Explain ideas from any of those periods, using both outside sources and ideas from the texts from lesson 3 such as Pride

For this essay, you will need to select a misconception, myth, or just flat-out bad idea about writing and address it. You will need to find evidence to dispute that idea. This will require you to consider a number of things:

Who espouses or promulgates this bad idea? (Context)
Why is it bad? (Thesis)
Why does it matter that it is bad? (Exigency)
What is the reality, and how do you know? (Research)
For example, you could write about the myth that African-American vernaculars are grammatically flawed, how that affects African-American communities, and how the myth has been proven false. Or, you could look into writer’s block as a pervasive phenomenon or take to task the myth of the writer as a solitary genius. Please do not shy away from linking two or three of our “bad ideas” together to make a larger point about how writing is misunderstood. Whatever you do, follow up with a new interpretation, rule, or heuristic for writing that displaces the myth you’ve chosen to expose. We will talk about how to do this effectively, but you should know that simply disproving a myth does not necessarily make it go away; people are not often welcoming of uncertainty in the place of former, perceived certainty.

For this assignment, you will need to incorporate a minimum of six (6) sources. At least one of your sources must help you articulate the strongest opposing viewpoints or counter-argument to the position you are taking regarding the cultural myth you are addressing. Use primary, secondary and tertiary sources to support your claim. These sources can include a person you interview yourself, excerpts from primary source interviews, a documentary, a book, a journal article, a newspaper article, or course readings from Bad Ideas About Writing. Any sources that you find outside of the Farmingdale Library Databases must be approved by me. The rhetorical success of your argument will depend largely on your ability to choose strong evidence that your audience finds plausible and persuasive. Use the MLA style format to document your sources.

Your essays must be typed, using 12-point font and 1.5 spacing. Please submit the final draft of your essay to the DropBox.

Before submitting your essay, ask yourself the following questions:

Is my introduction enticing? Would a reader with only a marginal interest in my topic be motivated to read further after reading my introduction?
Is there any way for me to strengthen and/or clarify my thesis (without using personal pronouns)?
Have I done a good job of explaining the myths or misperceptions I am challenging?
Have I effectively addressed opposing viewpoints without resorting to condescension or disrespect?
Have I chosen strong evidence/example/s to debunk the myth/s in question?
Are my paragraphs well developed with a controlling idea tying the information in each paragraph together?
Am I transitioning smoothly from one idea to the next, one sentence to the next, and one paragraph to the next?
Have I accurately paraphrased important information from my sources in my own words?
Have I cited my sources correctly in the body of my essay?
Have I sufficiently introduced, contextualized, and explained quoted material i.e. have I “sandwiched” my quotes?
Have I avoided over-using quotation?
Are my sources properly formatted on the Works Cited page?
Are there any grammatical errors or typos in my essay that might distract my readers?

**MUST USE MY ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY SOURCES FROM THE ATTACHMENT**

Write an essay that demonstrates the following outcomes:
Research paper
A specific, arguable, and complex thesis.
The final paper will need to be 1,200 words at least.
The essay correctly introduces, integrates, and explains information from sources using appropriate summary, paraphrasing, and/or direct quotation.
The essay is in MLA format and includes a Works Cited page.
Directions
For this paper, you can customize your topic, as long as it relates to Visual Thinking, our campus book for the year.

topics:
How has Temple Grandin changed the national conversation about education?

You must quote from Visual Thinking, and use an additional 4-5 outside sources to strengthen your argument. At least two sources must be accessed through one of our library databases (i.e., CQ Researcher, Academic OneFile, Proquest). Include a Works Cited page in MLA format. Source material should complement your argument. Be careful not to let these sources dominate the content or direction of your argument. A good rule of thumb is one quote per paragraph.

Reading for this semester
-Roman Fever” by Edith Wharton
-“The Necklace”
-“Cathedral” Raymond Carver
-“Barn Burning”- William Faulkner
-“Why I Live at the P.O.”
-“Everyday Use”- Alice Walker’s
-“The Storm” and “The Story of an Hour” – Kate Chopin’s
-“The Fall of the House of Usher” and “The Tell-Tale Heart” – Poe’s
-“Gimpel the Fool”-
– “Sweat” -Zora Neale Hurston’s
– “I Stand Here Ironing” -Tillie Olsen’s
– “How I Met My Husband” -Alice Munro’s

Topic 1 (25 points)

Choose the three stories from our readings this semester in which you feel that symbolism factored the most heavily. Mention the main symbol in each of the three stories and how the symbol relates to the overall message of the work.

Topic 2 (25 points)

Family is a central theme in many short stories, and the interactions between family members often are a source of conflict in the story. Discuss the theme of family in at least three of the stories we read this semester. In your response, be sure to touch on each of the following relationships:

parent/child
husband/wife
extended family relationships

Topic 3 (20 points)

The point-of-view of a short story can greatly affect the way a reader interprets that story. Choose two of the stories we read this semester, identify the point-of-view in each of the stories, and make a case for why you think it was important for each story to be written in that point-of-view. What would have changed had the author used a different point-of-view?

Topic 4 (20 points)

When reading a story, there is nothing quite like a good comeuppance – where justice is served and a character gets what they deserve. Which two stories that we read this semester do you feel are the best illustrations of this idea of comeuppance?

Topic 5 (10 points)

Our textbook editors explain that “the way a master writer handles his or her characters often results in portrayals of human beings with which we identify and remember” (854). Which character did you identify the most with and why?

Visual Argument Analysis

Since one must recognize and understand the arguments of others before writing an argument, we will continue our examination of arguments that we established in previous assignments. In this essay assignment, students will analyze visual advertisements in order to understand how each attempts to persuade.

In his essay, “Masters of Desire: The Culture of American Advertising,” Jack Solomon claims: “Because ours is a highly diverse, pluralistic society, various advertisements may say different things depending on their intended audiences, but in every case they say something about America, about the status of our hopes, fears, desires, and beliefs.” Your task is to find print advertisements in magazines or on sites such as Google images. The essay will analyze the visual, cultural, and promotional basis of the advertisements.

Your analysis should deconstruct the print ad image completely from both a logical perspective (how the advertisement is structured and presented) and a cultural perspective (how the advertiser thinks the ad will connect and work in a specific culture). As a result of this assignment, you should find yourself becoming more critical of advertiser’s techniques or persuasion while also arriving at a better understanding of arguments.

As prewriting, you should examine each ad thoroughly and then freewrite to generate ideas. We will be examining advertising as a form of argument and sharpen skills by looking at sample ads.

The essay should be 4-5 pages (typed and double spaced).

You must also cite at least once from “The Mighty Image”(linked in class) and “The Rise of Image Culture.” (in our book) Do include these in your Works Cited.

For this assignment, please complete the following questions using the two videos posted in this week’s module:

Part One:

1. Using the specific information provided in the video “Run-On Sentences
(Comma Splices and Fused Sentences), please explain what is a run-on
sentence. Then, please pick one of the three examples of run-on sentences
provided in the video, and explain how you would fix it in your own words.

2. Using the specific information provided in the video “Run-On Sentences
(Comma Splices and Fused Sentences), please explain what is a fused
sentence. Then, use the example provided in the video of a fused sentence
and explain in your own words how you would fix it.

3. In the example of a fused sentence in the video “Run-On Sentences
(Comma Splices and Fused Sentences), the narrator uses the term “independent
clauses.” What does she mean by that term?

4. Using the specific information provided in the video “Run-On Sentences
(Comma Splices and Fused Sentences), please explain what is a comma splice.
Then, use the example provided in the video of a comma splice
and explain in your own words how you would fix it.

5. In the video “Run-On Sentences (Comma Splices and Fused Sentences), the
narrator explains how to identify a run-on sentence. Please paraphrase (put
into your own words) the advice she gives.

6. In the video “Run-On Sentences (Comma Splices and Fused Sentences), the
narrator provides 4 ways of fixing a run-on sentence. Please list these 4
ways and paraphrase the explanation the narrator provides for each.

7. Complete the practice test on your own, then watch the narrator’s
explanation. Did you correct each sentence in the same way as the narrator?
Please list each sentence (if any) that you corrected differently, and
explain how your correction differed from the narrator.

Part Two:

1. In the video “Comma Splices in More Depth,” the narrator explains the
difference between an independent and a dependent clause. Using the
specific example sentence provided in the video, identify which part of
the example sentence is the independent clause and which part is the
dependent clause. Then, explain in your own words the relationship between
the two clauses.

2. In the video “Comma Splices in More Depth,” the narrator lists 3 ways to
correct a comma splice. Please list these three ways, and explain each of
them in your own words (you may use the examples from the video in your
explanations).

Hello, I would like you to please write me an Introduction and an argument in paragraph 1, All the instructions are in the file i have uploaded. You can use general information or use the sources I have provided, or you can maybe use a different source to get some information, but it should be from Google Scholar and no where else, please. if you need anything, feel free to let me know. Just do the introduction and argument paragraph 1. And also, 1 thing I have to add is that please, make it in very very simple, easy english and nothing advanced because if it was something complex, the professor will know it wasnt written by me so please make it in very simple, easy english.

Literary Analysis

750 – 800 words

105 points

Due: February 13th

Assignment:

Write a thesis-supported essay in which you will demonstrate how the two stories from earlier in the semester promote empathy, understanding, or meaningfulness as we have been discussing in class. [See “Top Ten Reasons Why Students Need More Literature (Not Less.”)] Your thesis will be supported by evidence you produce from analyzing these works and then emphasized in your concluding paragraph.

Important Note: A literary analysis is an assignment that requires you to choose from one of the two assigned readings from earlier in the semester and write about what you are learning about how literature connects us to each other. You should use your own words, ideas and interpretations. Do not use outside sources other than a dictionary (and cite it if you do). I am interested in what you have to say about your reading selections, not what someone else has to say about your reading selections. If you have problems with getting started, please call me or e-mail me.

Course Objectives met in this assignment: When you complete this assignment, you will be able to:

1) work collaboratively with peers to plan, develop, and carry out writing projects and provide constructive freed back

2) support a complex thesis with details, examples, reasons, and other logical evidence; 3) apply the critical thinking skills of analysis, synthesis, and evaluation to a variety of complex texts;

4) apply Western standards of academic integrity and changing attitudes towards intellectual property through source-based assignments; and

5) draft, revise, edit, and proofread an essay to be proud of.

Specific Essay Requirements:

Choose one of the two stories from earlier in the semester
Use one or two literary tools (e.g. metaphor, character, diction) to analyze the readings and show how they develop a theme.
Begin your essay with an introduction that identifies the readings, the literary tool, and the subject. You should get the reader’s interest in your topic by establishing some type of expectation – in other words, you have something worthwhile to say about empathy, understanding or meaningfulness, and you want to the reader to know it. Your thesis should be the last sentence of the introduction.

Your thesis support should include at least two, but no more than three examples from each reading to illustrate your perception. These examples should be relevant. It’s your job to show they are relevant; do not assume the reader can read your mind – only the print on the page. You also need to show how the examples work. This is perhaps the hardest part of the assignment, but you have been practicing this with your class discussions, annotations, and mini-essays. You need to use specific details and reasoning to show the reader how your perception developed. Once again, do not assume the reader knows what you mean…put it on paper.

Write a concluding paragraph that uses major points from your analysis to show how these readings promote empathy, understanding, or meaningfulness. A summary of your paper’s ideas is not enough.

Add a work cited list that includes the poems/stories and any dictionary you have consulted.

The paper should be well-written. This means it is well-organized. Imagine someone reading what you have to say. Look at his/her face while he/she reads it and make sure he/she is following your thoughts. Also, you need to use language well. There should be no grammatical errors and you should choose your words carefully. Try to write in active voice…it’s harder on you, but easier on the reader, and that’s what matters. There should be no spelling or punctuation errors

Descriiption of Literary Analysis

The literary analysis gives you the opportunity to explore in detail one angle of two or three short readings from our text.

The literary analysis involves looking at the reading selections through the lens of a literary tool and discovering how a theme of permanent and universal interest unfolds for the reader.

Themes are ideas of permanent and universal interest, for example love, war, sibling relationships, personal obligation, divine intervention, etc. How a theme unfolds may vary across time and geography. For example, the theme of love has been a popular theme through the ages. However, how that theme unfolds in “Love in Place” contrasts sharply with how the theme unfolds in “A General Review of the Sex Situation.” Your job, as a writer, is to perceive how the theme unfolds, and to show the reader your perception of how the theme unfolds. This might differ slightly from your opinion of love and relationships. For example, you may believe all real relationships are flawed; however, that theme may not unfold in the particular selection you choose to write about…you will have to separate your perception from your belief to show the reader how the poem makes the theme clear to you. You will use specific details from the poem, as well as sound reasoning, to illustrate how you arrived at your perception.

You will need to use one or two (no more) literary tools to show the reader how the theme unfolds. Possible tools include:

Elements of plot (conflict-crisis-resolution are user-friendly tools) (review the Glossary for elements of plot)
Character – consider the person in the story as a real person and look at his/her motivation and actions and consequences.
Imagery – e.g. the use of nature in Robert Frost’s “Design.”
Allusion – e.g. “amphora” in Marge Piercy’s “To Be of Use.”

A literary analysis is not a summary of a story, nor is it an opinion of a story. You examine the story (or poem) and focus on the theme.

Grading:

Introduction

0 – 10 points

Thesis statement

0 – 10 points

Relevant supporting examples

0 –20 points

Explanation of examples

0 – 20 points

Conclusion

0 – 10 points

Coherence

Summary-Response
Overview
Over the past couple weeks, you have read about and discussed three social issues: language and power; freedom and security; and health and wealth. For this assignment, you will summarize and respond to the readings related to one of the social issues covered in weeks 2-4.

Grading
This assignment is worth 150 points (15%) of your final course grade.

Earning the maximum possible score on this assignment will require students to:

Step 1: complete all assigned components and answer reflection questions in the initial submission (earning up to 85% of the possible points)

Step 2: revise and resubmit the assignment and complete revision reflection questions (earning up to 15% of the possible points)

To see required components and associated points in the assignment rubric, please view this assignment through the Assignments area of the classroom and scroll to the bottom.

Due Dates
The deadline for initial submission of this assignment is the end of Week 4 (Tuesday, 11:59 PM Eastern).

The revision and revision reflection will be due seven days after receiving feedback on your initial submission or as specified by your instructor.

Connection to other Course Assignments
The summary-response will help you clarify your understanding of the reading selections.
The summary-response will also help you to clarify and articulate your perspective on your chosen social issue.
Moreover, the summary-response will serve as the basis for your quote logs and for your analysis in the case study project.

Step 1: Initial Submission (earn up to 85% of the possible points for the assignment)

Your initial submission should include all of the following components:

Content
Select one of the social issues covered in 2-4. The possible issues are: language and power, freedom and security, and health and wealth. Consider which issue interests you the most or about which you have a clear, strong perspective; ideally you will continue to work with this issue throughout the remainder of the course assignments.

Now choose two of the readings selections related to that social issue. You should choose two readings in the same topic. For each of those two readings,

write a 1-2 paragraph summary of the reading selection.
write a 1-2 paragraph response to the reading selection.
Organization
First present the 1-2 paragraph summary and the 1-2 paragraph response for your first reading selection. Then, present the 1-2 paragraph summary and the 1-2 paragraph response for your second reading selection.
Be sure that your paragraphs follow the guidelines for paragraph structure.
Review the Week 2 learning resources for a sample summary-response paper.
Language Choices
As a writer, you are free to decide how you use language, keeping the following in mind:
style: your language choices should result in a consistent writing style that is purposeful and aligned with your goals
readability: your language choices should ensure that your ideas are clear and easy to follow
When composing your paper, think about the conventions for academic writing, including:
punctuation: this includes things such as recommended use of commas, colons, and apostrophes.
word-level accuracy: this includes things such as capitalization, spelling, word-tense, and usage.
sentence-level accuracy: this includes things such as sentence boundaries, subject-verb agreement, and pronoun-antecedent agreement.
Take time to review your language choices after you’ve written your essay. Think about your goals for the style of this essay and your own writing habits (like using “text-speak,” omitting capitalization, or writing sentence fragments). Revise as necessary to accomplish your style and readability goals.
Reading your paper aloud is helpful technique when reviewing your language choices for style and readability.
Sources and Documentation
You are required to use two sources for this assignment. Your sources should be selected from the assigned course readings on your selected issue (language and power; freedom and security; health and wealth).
Since your sources are from assigned course readings, you do not need to include formal citations. However, you should demonstrate basic attribution. This means you should reference the article titles and authors in your summary-response. For example:
In the reading selection, “Social Class and the Hidden Curriculum of Work,” Jean Anyon discusses how American schools are set up to fully educate students from upper-class backgrounds and to give a limited education to students from lower-class backgrounds.

Format and Length
You should submit your summary-response for both readings in a single document/file.
At the top of the page, include your name, the assignment name, and a title that reflects your specific essay focus. (See example below.)
Your paper should be typed, double-spaced and in 11 or 12-point font.
Your summary and response for each of the reading selections should be a minimum of two paragraphs (about 400-500 words) in length. This means that your total document will be 4-8 paragraphs (about 800-1000 words) in length.
Review the Week 2 learning resources for a sample summary-response paper.
Sample Header and Title for Assignment Submissions

Kim Lee (student’s name)
Summary-Response (assignment name)

Language and Power (title)

Reflection Questions
The reflection questions are to be answered separately. (They are not part of the summary-response.) Post these in the “comments” box when submitting your assignment. You can number your answers or write the in paragraph form. Be sure to address all four questions.

Aside from simply meeting the requirements, what were your personal goals for this assignment?
When reviewing your language choices, what choices did you make for staying within or moving beyond conventions for academic writing and what choices from the Grammar Lab content did you make in terms of using subordination, coordination, and/or varying sentence structures to express your ideas?
What parts of your work on this assignment are you most proud of?
What challenged you in this assignment and/or where do you need additional support from your instructor?

Step 2: Revise and Resubmit (earn up to 15% of the possible points for the assignment)

Students who want to earn the up to the maximum possible score can choose to complete the following revision and revision reflection components of the assignment.

Revise and resubmit your assignment based on feedback from your instructor, your peers, and/or your own writing goals. In your revision, track the changes from your first draft so that your instructor can easily identify where you made revisions.
Use strikethrough to indicate areas that should be deleted.
Use bold-face to indicate areas where you are adding content.
Complete a revision reflection. The reflection questions are to be answered separately and posted in the “comments” box when submitting your revised assignment. You can number your answers or write the in paragraph form. Be sure to address all three questions.
Which areas of feedback did you choose to address in your revised version and why?
How did you address this feedback in your revised version?
Which areas of feedback did you choose not to address in your revised version and why?
Please see the attached sample assignment and be sure to follow the format carefully.

Submission Feedback
Overall Feedback
Please see the rubric feedback to guide your revision. Note that the maximum score for this assignment is 127.5; you can earn the additional 22.5 points when you submit the revision and revision reflection responses. This means that if you do your revision correctly, and get help on the academic integrity problem described below, you can still earn a B on this assignment.

I know this is frustrating, but your “Turn It In” score is even higher now. The Turn It In report indicates that there are whole passages that come directly from other sources. I’m not sure if you used any online aggregating (AI) tools, which provide passages from other sources that are found on the internet. Since this course is intended to teach you to work with the sources you’ve been provided in the course, and not outside tools, our work here is to let you know that in future classes, you may be greatly penalized for using these tools, up to and including automatic course failure. So your draft grade here reflects these problems. Let me highly recommend that you contact the Effective Writing Center and ask for help in ensuring that all of the writing you turn in comes only from you, drawing on the allowable sources.

Please do this as a revision of my paper where I did and I sent. it to your service. Thanks

So for my project 3 I wrote a lit review examining 5 scholarly sources on the affects of psychology on sports performance. Now for project 4, I need to take the lit review and write on the
same topic for a different audience, in a new mode, and in a new genre, as well as practice
communicating academic knowledge to a broader audience. So adapt Project 3 for a new, broad audience written online publication type of writing.

Requirements:
should be 1000-3000 words
include background for readers unfamiliar with the topic
should use grammar and style appropriate for a public audience, including tone, word
choice, and sentence structure
should present evidence to the audience in a way that is organized and easy to follow
should avoid academic jargon
include graphs/pictures
use easy to understand words
short paragraphs that are 2-3 sentences
Headings and subheadings are audience-oriented, meaning that they give readers
essential information but also engage and motivate the audience to read more
The title is engaging and re-Tweetable
The introductory moves are revised for this genre, meaning that the essay might move
even more quickly to the thick of the problem
utilize hyperlinks instead of citations to give credit to sources
should have headlines and sub-headlines that give the motive and/or thesis

Look at finished examples of how this should look: “8 billion people” and “what science still can’t explain about love”