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Select a recent article from The Economist published since January 1, 2026, that examines a specific policy or program related to sustainable development. The article you choose must center on a concrete decision that creates identifiable benefits and costs. In your essay, explain the policy or program and its intended goals. Then analyze it through the ethical traditions we have discussed in class. See also the articles by Kneese and Schule and by Messer (2010) that have been posted on Canvas for additional information about how economists have framed these traditions. In your essay, describe who benefits from the policy, who bears the costs, and how different ethical frameworks would evaluate those outcomes. Do some traditions justify the tradeoffs more readily than others?

Your paper should be no more than four double-spaced pages, using 12-point Times New Roman font and one-inch margins. Pages must be numbered, and citations should follow MLA format with a Works Cited page (not included in the page limit). Write in a formal academic style, avoiding first person until the final paragraph if you choose to state your own view.

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Summary of Key Tasks

• Read all module content, the discussion instructions, and the rubric.
• Part 1: Read and annotate a short story using the Module 7 Short Story Discussion Annotation tool.
• Part 2: Write a summary of the story. [Post here: 50-70 words]
• Part 3: Identify and explain at least two literary devices. [Post here: 70+ words]
• Part 4: Thoughtfully respond to classmates’ posts [Replies: At least two classmates, 40+ words each]

Purpose

In this post, you will work on a close reading of short fiction while identifying and discussing literary devices and their significance within a text.

*This discussion aligns with Learning Outcomes: 1, 2,3, 5, and 9.

Tasks

Part 1

Choose one of the short stories provided in our Short Story Discussion Annotations document and conduct a close reading, annotating the text and paying attention to literary devices present within the text. Use your annotation to prepare for the tasks required within this discussion board and for your composition of the Unit 3 Essay.

Part 2

Write a brief summary of the story. Your summary should include an overview of the plot (including the setting, characters, climax, and resolution). Keep in mind that a summary does not offer interpretation or analysis; it is a simple re-telling of the content of the text. Your summary should be at least 50 words (5-6 sentences) but no more than 70 words (7-8 sentences).

MLA-formatted parenthetical citations are required for all sources, including the texts provided in this course. Citations should include the authors last name (first reference) and the page number(s). A Works Cited-style entry is not required for discussions, but if one is included, your instructor may provide feedback to correct formatting issues.

Part 3

Identify at least two examples of two different present within the text and explain their significance. In other words, if you find a symbol within the text, what does the symbol represent, and why is it important to the text as a whole? Be sure to provide your literary devices, either directly quoted or paraphrased, in your post for your peers. Your response should be at least 70 words (7-8 sentences).

Part 4

Respond to at least two of your classmates, at least one of whom chose the same text for this discussion board. Consider the devices and significance observed by your peers in their posts and discuss variations and/or similarities to what you observed in the texts. You should NOT simply reply that you found the same devices; keep in mind your responses should mimic academic discussion not simple agree/disagree statements. Your replies should be thoughtful and substantive, in lengths of no fewer than 40 words (approximately 4-5 sentences) per reply.

Grading Criteria

Neither additional outside sources nor AI (including grammar checkers) may be used for this discussion.

Be sure to view the before you begin your post to understand how your work on this discussion will be evaluated. This activity may use a different grading rubric than other discussions or assignments.

Rubrics

Reading Short Stories

The short story is a genre of fiction. The art form differs from a longer prose work, such as a novella or novel, primarily in its brevity. A short story can be defined as one by its length. Literary scholars have set the range of a short story between 1,000 and 20,000 words, but many of these same scholars see a word count of 7,500 to be the optimal for the development of a good short story. Anything shorter than 1,000 words represents what can be called a “short short” or perhaps a work of “flash fiction.” Anything longer than 20,000 words but fewer than 40,000 words usually is considered to constitute a novella. This consideration of length is important because the short story writer is limited by time and space.

The short story writer must do much with little; therefore, as a literary artist, the effective short story writer is a master at using literary elements to create a work of prose fiction. Think about it: The short story writer must deliver a plot, create characters, offer a conflict, include a resolution, and all this must be found within a setting. Indeed, the short story writer must be a master storyteller. Every word must count. Flannery O’Connor, who is perhaps the most notable American short story writer, puts it this way: A story is a way to say something that cant be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.

The short story, then, is a masterful work of literary art. While you are reading the short stories in our unit, be conscious of how well the storyteller is using every literary element and every word to deliver a story of limited length. Moreover, be aware of how the short story writer relies on the development of a theme to place the story within a context that adds to the development of plot and character.

tells us to look for the following elements when reading a short story:

• • Setting
  • Characterization
  • Plot and Structure
    • Exposition
    • Conflict/Rising Action
    • Climax
    • Resolution
  • Narrator and Point of View
  • Theme
  • Style

These elements are similar to what you might look for in a novel or a play, but because of the short story’s brevity, the author must be much more precise with these tools. There is much less time and text with which to employ literary devices, develop character and conflict, and build suspense or a theme.

The Literary Devices of Irony, Metaphor, Symbolism, Imagery, and Satire

Literary devices serve as tools writers use to convey or strengthen the meaning of their works, and this includes the writers whose works are featured in this unit. While these devices elevate the creative and aesthetic beauty of literature, they also help readers to interpret and analyze what we read. Literary devices serve as universal artistic tools for the writers trade, so literature is peppered with them. As readers, if we develop our ability to recognize the use of these devices, we will also improve our skills to evaluate and compare the quality of various literary works. There are many literary devices used by writers, but in Unit 3 we will specifically focus on irony, metaphor, symbolism, and imagery. We’ll focus on each of these in the stories that follow.

Literary Devices

In the discussion assignment for this module, you will be asked to explore and analyze the author’s use of at least two literary devices in the primary text of your choice (from this unit’s primary texts). As we have seen before in poetry, a writer can simultaneously use several literary devices in the same work, like an orchestra uses different instruments to create its movement, intensity, and overall effect. Consider how the literary devices the writer uses help develop the main theme or themes of the story. By analyzing an author’s use of literary devices to convey a theme, you are using critical thinking skills to delve into the craft and aesthetic of writing and examine how authors establish cultural significance and relevance through their written works

.Annotation 1, opening scene

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Who knows your tastes and moods better than I?

Write:
This shows characterization of Tilly. She acts friendly and helpful, but this also hints that she knows too much about Sais life.

Annotation 2, early control
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Okay, Tilly. You always know best.

Write:
This shows Sais dependence on technology. He trusts Tilly more than his own judgment.

Annotation 3, conflict with Jenny
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Tilly doesnt just tell you what you want. She tells you what to think.

Write:
This line introduces the main conflict of the story. Jenny believes technology does more than help people. She thinks it controls them.

Annotation 4, work dependence
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Having Tilly around was like having the worlds best assistant

Write:
This shows how deeply Tilly is built into Sais life. He depends on her at home, at work, and in relationships.

Annotation 5, symbolism
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Tilly seemed to have found the perfect match for him.

Write:
Tilly symbolizes modern technology and data systems that try to control human choices, even love and relationships.

Annotation 6, irony on the date
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In other words, the date was a bit boring.

Write:
This is ironic. Tilly created a match that seemed perfect, but the date feels empty because everything is too planned and controlled.

Annotation 7, turning point
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please stop monitoring and terminate auto-suggestions.

Write:
This is a key turning point in the story. Sai starts pushing back against Tillys control and wants real independence.

Annotation 8, privacy theme
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You buy what Centillion wants you to buy; you read what Centillion suggests you read; you date who Centillion thinks you should date.

Write:
This develops the theme of control. Jenny argues that technology has taken over personal choice.

Annotation 9, imagery in Jennys apartment
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Stepping into Jennys apartment was like stepping into the middle of a fishing net.

Write:
This uses imagery to help the reader picture Jennys strange apartment. It also shows how trapped and watched this world feels.

Annotation 10, social criticism
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Centillion puts these thick green goggles over our eyes and we all think everything is a beautiful shade of green.

Write:
This is symbolism. The green goggles represent how technology shapes what people see and believe.

Annotation 11, Sais realization
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The bits were his, but not him.

Write:
This line shows Sais growing understanding. His data profile is not the same as his real self.

Annotation 12, relationship change
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He was on his own. And it was exhilarating.

Write:
This shows character growth. Sai starts enjoying real human connection without Tillys help.

Annotation 13, irony about freedom
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You see? Without Tilly, you cant do your job, you cant remember your life, you cant even call your mother.

Write:
This is ironic because the system that was supposed to help people has made them weak and dependent.

Annotation 14, ending
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But a red light continued to blink, slowly, in the darkness.

Write:
This ending creates suspense and shows that Tilly is never fully gone. The story ends with the idea that surveillance and control are still present.

For your full story notes, keep these main ideas in mind:

Theme:
The story shows how technology can slowly take over human choice, privacy, and freedom.

Literary devices:
Irony, symbolism, imagery, and foreshadowing.

Character notes:
Sai starts off trusting Tilly, but later questions her control.
Jenny represents resistance, privacy, and independent thinking.
Tilly seems helpful, but she becomes a symbol of surveillance and power.

If you need to fill the story more from beginning to end, use these quick extra notes too.

Beginning:
Introduces Tillys control over Sais normal life.

Middle:
Sai begins questioning technology after the date and Jennys warnings.

End:
Sai learns the system is even more powerful than he thought, and the final red light shows the control is still there.

Here is the easiest two literary devices to use later in your discussion post:
Irony and symbolism.

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The article compares text-only instructions with multimedia instructions to see how instruction format affects students problem-solving and learning. In the study, multimedia basically means instructions that include text along with visuals like diagrams or images.

For my assignment, I cant copy the exact study because the experiment has to be very simple and doable in a classroom in a few minutes, and it must have only one independent variable with two levels. Also, we shouldnt rely on complex multimedia like videos or interactive tools.

So instead, Im adapting the idea slightly. The experiment will compare text-only instructions vs text with a visual explanation (like a diagram). This keeps the same main concept from the article, which is that adding visual information to instructions may help people understand tasks better.

The research question should be:

*What is the effect of instruction format (text-only vs text-with-diagram instructions) on problem-solving accuracy among university students?*

Here the independent variable is instruction format, and the dependent variable is problem-solving accuracy (like number of correct answers on a short task). The article should just be used to explain the background idea that visual elements in instructions can influence how people process information and perform tasks.

Solving the problem of economic load distribution in conditions of high RES penetration in the grid

What the professor requires for the dissertation

This dissertation is expected to examine the Economic Load Dispatch (ELD) problem and the additional challenges created by the stochastic nature of Renewable Energy Sources (RES). The study should include a literature review and an attempt to minimize generation cost under different scenarios of renewable energy penetration in the power system.

1. Literature Review

First, you need to collect and study relevant academic papers from sources such as Google Scholar and Scopus. While reading each paper, you should record the following information:

• which IEEE test system is used,
• which Economic Dispatch algorithm or optimization method is applied,
• whether renewable energy sources are included,
• and what results are reported, such as generation cost, convergence performance, computation time, stability, or solution quality.

In the literature review section, you are expected to present and compare the existing studies in a structured academic way. More specifically, for each paper, you should explain:

• which researcher(s) conducted the study,
• which algorithm or method was used,
• which test system was selected,
• whether RES penetration was considered,
• and what main results or conclusions were obtained.

In other words, the purpose of the literature review is not simply to summarize papers, but to show how previous researchers approached the Economic Dispatch problem, what methods they tested, and how effective these methods were under different system conditions.

Suggested way to write the literature review

A good literature review should move from simple description to critical comparison. For example, you may write that one study applied Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) on an IEEE test system and achieved lower generation cost, while another used Genetic Algorithms (GA) or another metaheuristic approach and reported faster convergence or better handling of renewable uncertainty. Then, you can compare the methods and explain which approaches appear more suitable when RES are integrated into the network.

So, the professor is essentially asking you to build a review that answers the following questions:

• What methods have already been used for Economic Dispatch?
• On which IEEE systems were these methods tested?
• How often are renewables included in the models?
• Which algorithms seem to perform better in terms of cost minimization and convergence?
• What research gap still exists, especially regarding uncertainty caused by RES?

What your review should demonstrate

Your final literature review should show that you understand:

• the traditional Economic Dispatch problem,
• the effect of renewable energy variability and uncertainty,
• the most common optimization techniques used in the literature,
• and the differences in performance across studies.

It should also prepare the ground for your own dissertation work, where you will later examine different renewable penetration scenarios and attempt to determine how the production cost can be minimized.

A more formal academic version

You may also present the requirement like this:

The literature review should focus on previous studies addressing the Economic Load Dispatch problem, with particular emphasis on the integration of renewable energy sources and the uncertainty they introduce into the power system. Relevant papers should be collected from academic databases such as Google Scholar and Scopus. For each study, the review should identify the IEEE test system used, the Economic Dispatch or optimization algorithm applied, the inclusion or exclusion of renewable energy sources, and the main findings in terms of generation cost, convergence behaviour, and overall performance. The aim is to compare existing approaches, identify the most effective methodologies, and highlight research gaps related to Economic Dispatch under high renewable energy penetration.

If you want, I can also turn this into:

1. a more polished paragraph for your supervisor/professor, or
2. a step-by-step template for how to write the literature review itself.