Category: English

A Modern Day Declaration

Write your own declaration or protest letter for a cause you believe needs attention today. Use the rhetorical strategies and structures from the Declaration of Independence and Civil Disobedience.

Your declaration must include:

A clear thesis stating your purpose

At least 3 specific grievances

A call to action or solution

Use of at least two rhetorical devices (e.g., parallelism, rhetorical questions, repetition)

Varied sentence structures and correct grammar

At least 250 words

MLA Format

Rebellions that Changed the World

Choose a movement or rebellion from another time or place (e.g., Haitian Revolution, Arab Spring, Womens Suffrage, etc.) and complete the organizer. Then, create an infographic fit for publication(Google Slides Presentation, Pamphlet, or Prezi).

A Modern Day Declaration

Write your own declaration or protest letter for a cause you believe needs attention today. Use the rhetorical strategies and structures from the Declaration of Independence and Civil Disobedience.

Your declaration must include:

A clear thesis stating your purpose

At least 3 specific grievances

A call to action or solution

Use of at least two rhetorical devices (e.g., parallelism, rhetorical questions, repetition)

Varied sentence structures and correct grammar

At least 250 words

MLA Format

Rebellions that Changed the World

Choose a movement or rebellion from another time or place (e.g., Haitian Revolution, Arab Spring, Womens Suffrage, etc.) and complete the organizer. Then, create an infographic fit for publication(Google Slides Presentation, Pamphlet, or Prezi).

To fulfill these assignments, youll be utilizing the writing, critical analysis, and research skills youve

practiced and applied in class discussion and developed over the course of the semester. You will write

an analysis/interpretation-based paper arguing an original, specific, critical analysis/reading of a text

weve covered during the course. You can choose any of the primary texts we have read and discussed

in class during the semester during the period for that paper. For example, Paper 1 covers the first four

weeks of class; Paper 2, the next four weeks, etc.

This paper (3-4 pages, not including the works cited

page) should include cited textual evidence/support from the primary text(s) and from at least one of

the secondary sources you read for the primary text(s) you are focusing on for your paper.

Your paper should:

-Include an introduction with a targeted, solid thesis statement which declares the specific argument

you are making about the primary text.

-Include multiple body paragraphs which support the thesis

-Include a paragraph or so which addresses potential arguments against your thesis.

-Finish with a conclusion which includes more than a simple restating of your introduction. It should

wrap up your argument.

-The last page should be a Works Cited page.

-All the paper should conform to MLA style and formatting.

Obviously, you should avoid stylistic and major grammatical errors, and should conform to appropriate

tone for an academic audience.

Hannibal loved his country more than anything, yet his

fellow countrymen totally sold him out to his enemies. The Carthaginians cared

more about taking bribes and luxuries from Rome than patriotism and a love of

their country. What similarities do you see between the Carthaginians and Americans, and what do you think should, if anything, be done about it?

Write a one-page essay explain the similarities between Carthage

and the United States and how the United States could suffer the same fate as

Carthage.

After carefully considering the Week 4 warm-up commercial, the information and examples in the Common Propaganda Techniques PowerPoint lesson, the “Color in Marketing” document, and the infographic called “The Psychology of Color”, please write a short (target 1-2 paragraph) post about something that you learned, found interesting, considered in a new way, or were surprised by in the materials from this week. Explain what you gathered from the material and what it made you think about.

Animal research is a necessary practice in the world of medical research, allowing scientists to develop life-saving interventions and to spot catastrophic problems before new techniques or products make their way to actual patients. However, this does not mean that we should deny that there are serious ethical issues involved.

Animal testing is not a pretty or pleasant process. It causes pain and suffering to animal subjects, and legitimate cases of abuse have been uncovered by animal rights groups. Consequently, the practice should be tightly regulated, and alternative methods should be employed whenever possible.

• Discuss a specific research study involving animals that had ethical issues.
• What were the ethical issues involved?
• How would Act utilitarianism view the research study you chose ? (Remember JS Mill advocated that animals suffered)
• What could have been done to conduct the research study differently to avoid these ethical issues?

Upload the final draft here for essay 1. Make the changes identified in the rough draft feedback when writing the final draft. Remember that final drafts submitted without the changes mentioned in the rough draft feedback will result in a zero.

A draft of the short paper is due this week. Please make it as complete as possible. That means that it is as close to four full pages as possible, uses standard paper formatting (margins and font), in-text citations, and a Works Cited. Students should use MLA Style in-text citations and the Works Cited. (In-text citations together with the Works Cited are both required to give appropriate credit to sources and avoid plagiarism.) Please see the outlines for a Baca Paper and a Truth Paper. Our assignment is slightly different. Instead of focusing on four poems by Baca or three speeches by Truth, you are doing a close reading of a text–focusing on a theme in either 12 Angry Men or a theme in Are Prisons Obsolete? Make sure you send your draft as either a .doc or a .docx file. Do not send a pdf. Please carefully read “More on Paper Formatting for College Papers.” Improperly formatted papers will not be read. Short Paper: This is a close reading of the text with a thesis or argument on the theme in the text selected (Reginald Rose’s 12 Angry Men or Angela Davis’ Are Prisons Obsolete?). It is not a research paper. Your evidence to support your thesis should come from quotes and paraphrased and/or summarized material from the The final Short Paper should be a typed, double-spaced paper of a minimum of four pages in length. (Four full pages required or about 1,500 words.) (MLA Style with in-text citations and a Works Cited; the Works Cited must be in addition to 4 pages of student text; please number the pages.) Correct citation and bibliographic format required. Standard margins and 12 point font (Times New Roman preferred) are expected. The paper should present an introduction with a summary of the novel, a thesis, and statement of the main points/examples. A brief (of about 15-20 sentences) summary of the life of person whose Narrative you selected should be included. The paper should use quotes and paraphrases/ summaries of significant things from the text to support student statements. The final polished version of the paper is due next week. Plagiarism or cheating on this assignment can result in automatic course failure. Review the course learning outcomes for English 102 (below) and syllabus on plagiarism. The short paper must be an attached document. I will not be accepted as an assignment cut and pasted into a textbox. It must have page numbers and proper paper formatting. CCP offers Office 365 to students which includes Word (see this information on the syllabus).