Category: English

PLEASE SEE RESEARCH PROPOSAL AS RESOURCEOverview

In this assignment, you will build on what you have learned in the first modules of this course and submit your persuasive essay project draft. Creating a draft is an important part of the academic writing process as it allows your instructor to provide specific feedback on how to strengthen your argument, how to better reach your audience, and whether your sources support your argument. Creating a draft is also crucial to the academic writing process as it allows you to articulate your ideas and thoughts in an organized structure so that you can rethink your main ideas and rewrite them in a way that makes your argument more persuasive.

Directions

For this project draft, you will submit the first draft of your essay. You will use at least one source from the Project Resources and two sources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library to support your essay. This essay will become Part Two of the project that will be submitted in Module Seven.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Thesis Statement: Compose a thesis statement that addresses your position.
2. Key Points: Support key points in your persuasive essay with evidence from your research.
3. These are the key points presented in your thesis statement.
4. Quotes or Paraphrases: Use quotes or paraphrases to integrate evidence from research into your persuasive essay.
5. Include at least one quote or paraphrase for each body paragraph.
6. Strategies: Include strategies to meet the needs of an audience. In your response, include:
7. An introduction with relevant background information that appeals to your chosen audience
8. A conclusion that summarizes your key points and includes a call to action for your chosen audience
9. Persuasive Writing Techniques: Use persuasive writing techniques in the body of your persuasive essay.
10. Address and refute an opposing viewpoint to your position.
11. Attribution Conventions: Use attribution conventions throughout your persuasive essay.
12. Use APA attribution conventions for all in-text citations or paraphrases.
13. Include a References page at the end of your persuasive essay.

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page (with an additional title page and reference page) Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style both throughout and at the end of your project draft. Use at least one source from the Project Resources and two sources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library to support your project draft

PLEASE SEE RESEARCH PROPOSAL AS RESOURCEOverview

In this assignment, you will build on what you have learned in the first modules of this course and submit your persuasive essay project draft. Creating a draft is an important part of the academic writing process as it allows your instructor to provide specific feedback on how to strengthen your argument, how to better reach your audience, and whether your sources support your argument. Creating a draft is also crucial to the academic writing process as it allows you to articulate your ideas and thoughts in an organized structure so that you can rethink your main ideas and rewrite them in a way that makes your argument more persuasive.

Directions

For this project draft, you will submit the first draft of your essay. You will use at least one source from the Project Resources and two sources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library to support your essay. This essay will become Part Two of the project that will be submitted in Module Seven.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

1. Thesis Statement: Compose a thesis statement that addresses your position.
2. Key Points: Support key points in your persuasive essay with evidence from your research.
3. These are the key points presented in your thesis statement.
4. Quotes or Paraphrases: Use quotes or paraphrases to integrate evidence from research into your persuasive essay.
5. Include at least one quote or paraphrase for each body paragraph.
6. Strategies: Include strategies to meet the needs of an audience. In your response, include:
7. An introduction with relevant background information that appeals to your chosen audience
8. A conclusion that summarizes your key points and includes a call to action for your chosen audience
9. Persuasive Writing Techniques: Use persuasive writing techniques in the body of your persuasive essay.
10. Address and refute an opposing viewpoint to your position.
11. Attribution Conventions: Use attribution conventions throughout your persuasive essay.
12. Use APA attribution conventions for all in-text citations or paraphrases.
13. Include a References page at the end of your persuasive essay.

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page (with an additional title page and reference page) Microsoft Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style both throughout and at the end of your project draft. Use at least one source from the Project Resources and two sources that you find through your own research using the Shapiro Library to support your project draft

write a representation of Turkles essay. Make sure to let us know early on what you think is the central conceptual tension of Turkles essay, and then tell us how you think she attempts to better understand how this tension works through her argument. (Note that Turkle is not trying to solve the problem she discovers, but to better understand how it works.) Incorporate part(s) of each of your ten quotes into your own sentences, making sure to put quotes around any quoted text. Include a parenthetical citation with page number for each quote (MLA format). Note that you will include more text from some quotes than from others. The essay in total should be 2 and a half pages long

Purpose

This project helps you:

• Explore new perspectives from recent scientific research
• Practice synthesizing two sourcesmaking new knowledge by comparing and analyzing ideas across them
• Communicate scientific ideas in a format appropriate for a popular, general audience

Source & Format Requirements

• Choose 2 sources from your Annotated Bibliography based on what you found most interesting.
• Your final project must follow APA style:
• In-text citations throughout
• APA-formatted Reference page

How to Complete This Assignment

Step 1: Choose Your Sources

Pick two (2) articles from your Annotated Bibliography that share a common theme, contrast in a meaningful way, or raise important questions.

Step 2: Analyze & Synthesize

Reread both articles and your own annotations. Ask:

• Whats the big idea or theme they both relate to?
• How do the authors approach it differently?
• What can I teach my audience by putting them in conversation?

C) Traditional Essay + Infographic

• Write a 34 page APA-style essay with:
• Title page and References page
• Bolded subheadings to organize the sections
• Create a 1-page original
• that:
• Presents relevant data or ideas visually
• Simplifies complex information for a general audience
• Can be made in Canva, Piktochart, Venngage, etc.
• Is originaldo not use someone elses design

Project Content Checklist

Make sure your project answers questions like:

• What did these studies reveal? What surprised you?
• Where do your sources agree, disagree, or explore different angles?
• What limitations do the studies have? How do they affect the results?
• Why do these findings matter? What are the broader implications?
• What future research would you like to see?

Please submit your Research Paper in this link: Length: 1500-2000 words Write an essay taking the for or against side of any current issue. Assume that the reader has feelings opposite to yours and attempt to persuade the reader to adopt your point of view. You will do this by making a strong THESIS statement at the beginning and supporting that idea with at least 4 REASONS: THESIS Reason + evidence Reason +evidence Reason + evidence Reason + evidence CONCLUSION TOPIC Choose a topic which is of interest to you and has plenty of scholarly research available. Narrow your topic down as much as you canyour paper will be more persuasive that way. Present a PRESCRIPTIVE thesis (what should/shouldnt be), not a descriptive one (what is/isnt). OUTSIDE SOURCES Use at least eight quotations from at least eight outside sources to illustrate and defend your thesis. Wikipedia is not a source. These must be chosen from at least three of the following categories. Periodical (magazine or journal) Television program Daily newspaper Government publication Book (limit 2) Live lecture Other Internet source Pamphlet DOCUMENTATION Cite your sources using the MLA style of documentation as shown in Rules for Writers. Give parenthetical references within your text and include a Reference list at the end of the paper with full publication data on each source. Make sure SimCheck is under 20%.

1. Create a draft your narrative writing to include these elements: o Start your story with an opening that describes the situation that led to the act of kindness. When did this story take place? How old were you? Where? What was happening? Who was involved? Show this situation using sensory and naming details. o Next in your story, describe the act of kindness. Show this moment using sensory, naming and internal details (your thoughts and feelings), as well as dialogue. o End your story by reflecting on how this act changed the outcome for you or others. How did kindness make things better for the people involved in the situation? Reflect on what you learned about kindness from this moment.
2. Use the personal I. This is your story, so use the first person point of view. Have all the required moments in your story (see above). Utilize sensory and naming details, internal details and dialogue to produce a compelling story that has a beginning, middle and an end. Be typed, double-spaced and written in 12 point Times New Roman or Calibri font. Be carefully edited to the best of your ability. Be about 2-3 double-spaced pages in length. Represent your very best effort.

IMPORTANT: I really would’ve done this assignment on my own but I’m working two jobs currently and completely forgot this was due today. For the act of kindness please make it sound believable for me. I work as a behavior technician at an ABA center, and I’m a 21-year-old female

Choose one of the poems listed below to write on. Read through the poem carefully,

Write an essay of approximately 750 – 1000 words in which you create an argument about the theme / message / meaning of your chosen poem. You should be answering the questions what is the message or lesson of this poem? and how does the poem convey or deliver that message?

Your essay should make some reference to the devices / techniques used in the poem and how they help to create or suggest the meaning. These poems are all sonnets, so you may want to think about how your chosen poem fits within the sonnet traditions.

The essay should have a clear thesis statement and topic sentences, an introduction, a conclusion, a title, an MLA (9th edition) style Works Cited, and most importantly, a coherent, interesting, and thoughtful argument that is backed up by solid and convincing evidence. You must quote the poem in order to back up your claims. Essays will be evaluated on the strength of the arguments presented as well as on the presentation itself (format, organization, style, grammar, punctuation, etc.). Please ensure that you proofread your essay carefully for mistakes and typos.

Please see below (after the poems) for a more detailed grading rubric. Consulting this rubric as you work on the essay will give you a better understanding of the expectations I want it to meet.

Poems:

1)In an Artists Studio

One face looks out from all his canvases,

One selfsame figure sits or walks or leans:

We found her hidden just behind those screens,

That mirror gave back all her loveliness.

A queen in opal or in ruby dress,

A nameless girl in freshest summer-greens,

A saint, an angel every canvas means

The same one meaning, neither more or less.

He feeds upon her face by day and night,

And she with true kind eyes looks back on him,

Fair as the moon and joyful as the light:

Not wan with waiting, not with sorrow dim;

Not as she is, but was when hope shone bright;

Not as she is, but as she fills his dream.

-Christina Rossetti (1856)

2)I, being born a woman and distressed

I, being born a woman and distressed

By all the needs and notions of my kind,

Am urged by your propinquity to find

Your person fair, and feel a certain zest

To bear your bodys weight upon my breast:

So subtly is the fume of life designed,

To clarify the pulse and cloud the mind,

And leave me once again undone, possessed.

Think not for this, however, the poor treason

Of my stout blood against my staggering brain,

I shall remember you with love, or season

My scorn with pity, let me make it plain:

I find this frenzy insufficient reason

For conversation when we meet again.

-Edna St. Vincent Millay (1931)

Link the podcast “After 6 Prison Terms, a Former Inmate Helps Other Women Rebuild Their Lives” with the week 2 readings. Critically analyze (connect) the podcast and the readings. Use one of the readings from week 2 in your assignment. Feel free to use any other materials you feel are relevant. This is a short writing assignment, only two paragraphs. You should have around 200 words.

Assignment: Durkheim and Crime as Social Change

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Instructions

After reading Durkheims ideas about crime being normal and sometimes socially useful, you will select one historical or modern example of an action that was considered criminal at the time but later viewed differently. Your goal is to analyze this example through Durkheims theoretical lens.

This assignment helps you understand how certain crimes can challenge norms, expose social issues, and contribute to societal evolution.

Instructions for Students

Step 1 Choose Your Example

Select one example of a person or group whose actions were considered criminal at the time. Acceptable categories include:

A whistleblower

A protester

A political dissenter

A writer or journalist

An inventor or scientist who broke rules

A reformer who challenged laws

A person who violated a norm to expose a problem

Important: Focus strictly on actions, laws, norms, and social change.

Step 2 Write Your Analysis (100200 words)

Your paper must address the following:

What action was considered criminal?

What law or norm did it challenge?

How did society react at the time?

How would Durkheim interpret this crime?

Did the action contribute to social change? Explain.

APA Formatting Requirements

Your submission must follow APA 7th edition guidelines:

Formatting

Typed, doublespaced

12point Times New Roman (or another APAapproved font)

1inch margins on all sides

Indent the first line of each paragraph

Include a title at the top of the page (centered, bold)

InText Citations

Cite Durkheims ideas using proper APA intext citations

Cite any sources used to describe your chosen example

Paraphrase in your own wordsdo not copy/paste

Reference Page

Include a separate References page at the end

List all sources used in APA format

Minimum of one scholarly source required (your textbook counts)

Submission Requirements

Length: 100200 words (not including title or references)

APAformatted document (Word or PDF)

Total: 20 Points

Criteria Points Description

Understanding of Durkheims Theory 6 pts Demonstrates accurate understanding of Durkheims idea that crime is normal and can contribute to social change. Clearly applies Durkheims concepts to the chosen example. Shows depth of thought and accurate interpretation.

Analysis of Chosen Example 6 pts Clearly explains: the action considered criminal, the law or norm challenged, societys reaction, and whether the action contributed to social change. Example is appropriate (no racebased selections) and analysis is thoughtful and wellsupported.

APA Formatting & Scholarly Support 4 pts Paper follows APA 7th edition guidelines (title, spacing, font, margins, citations, and references). Includes at least one scholarly source (textbook acceptable). Intext citations and reference page are correctly formatted.

Organization, Clarity & Mechanics 2 pts Writing is clear, organized, and easy to follow. Grammar, punctuation, and spelling are appropriate for academic work. Paragraphs are wellstructured and stay on topic.

Word Count Requirement 2 pts Submission meets the required 100-200 word range (not including title or references).

I have been giving each of you a lot of feedback over the first three weeks on paragraph/sentence structure, referencing, typos, and grammar. I have also highlighted many submissions due to organizational issues. In the lecture, I mentioned, “What if I only read the first line of every paragraph,” in order to have you focus on being very intentional with what you place in each paragraph.

Although you have the textbook to read and can observe my writing style, I wanted to share a recent reflection I wrote as a student. I am currently completing a program through Wharton Business School, one of the top programs in the country, on Neuroscience and its impact on business decisions. One of the many requirements for the week was to do a reflection on something in the lecture and address 1. 2. What technology did I choose, and describe it? An example where that technology is being used, 3. Its benefits, 4. Its limitations, and 5. Its relation to business.

I am attaching my Submission for you to review and see how I practice what I preach.

In order to get (up to 5 points) extra credit, please:

1. Put your professor hat on and review my submission.
2. What did you learn about paragraph/sentence structure?
3. What did you learn about organization and clarity despite dealing with a complicated topic?
4. Did I meet all of the requirements? Compare the requirements to the first line of each paragraph.
5. When I used a scholarly reference, did I just throw out a quote or a link? What did I do instead?