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Develop an 8-page argumentative research paper on a topic that you have chosen. In addition to a counterargument and rebuttal/refutation, the paper must include definitions of key terms, causal analysis, and a proposal for resolution of the problem(s) associated with your topic. (10 pages / 2,500+) ALSO: Research Paper Annotated Bibliography – Produce a summary and evaluation (so 1 five-sentence paragraph for each source) of at least six sources (at least three of them scholarly) that will play a major role in your research paper. (1000-1,200 words) Annotated Bibliography of all of your Research Paper Sources is required. The total amount of pages including annotated bibliography: 14 (8 for the essay, and 6 for the individual annotated sources) Topic for the paper: Should the death penalty be used to punish violent criminals?

Write A 5-7 page argument using Erdrich’s novel and (possibly) additional research. In this final paper, your goal is to interpret a specific aspect of Future Home of the Living God and make a claim about it. You could examine how formal elements (figurative language, character, or voice, for example) influence the way you interpret the text.

Topic For the first essay, find an op-ed (and not a letter to the editor) addressing a political or social issue that has been published in a major American newspaper or magazine sometime since July 5th of last year. Then, argue for or against the effectiveness of the author’s argument. If this sounds too daunting, you may take an alternate route, which is to use the op-ed piece as a springboard to argue your position on a political or social issue. (Whichever you choose, DO NOT combine the two topics. Also, DO NOT simply “review” the op-ed or select one used as a reading assignment for this course.)While you may consider The Fresno Bee, consider other publications such as The New York Times, Newsweek, or The Atlantic, among others. Some columnists to consider include Victor Davis Hanson, Maureen Dowd, or Nicholas Kristof. Instructions-Needs to be at least onto the sixth page (typed, double-spaced, 12-point font size, Arial or Times New Roman) to be accepted.-MLA preferred, but APA is acceptable. (Simply ensure formatting is consistent. Also, title, Reference, or Works Cited page does not count towards page length.)-Upload as Word (.doc or .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf) document on Canvas to be checked through Turnitin.Due Dates-Upload Essay # 1 (as Word or Rich Text Format document) by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, July 5.-Essay # 1 will not be accepted for any credit after Friday, July 10. Policy Reminders -To earn full points and rewriting eligibility, be sure your essay does not contain a topic unknown to the instructor, avoid plagiarism, is submitted during the conference time, and uploaded on that same date. -If an essay is submitted after the deadline, it is deducted five points. Essays are deducted fifteen points for every twenty-four hours they are late. -In the event that you anticipate submitting the essay in past the deadline, see the instructor’s tutorial regarding emergency exemptions.ChecklistTo avoid having your essay returned unread, having points deducted, and/or having the essay be ineligible for a rewrite, ask yourself the following questions before submitting the essay: 2 -Does my essay reach the sixth page (without counting a title, a Reference, or a Works Cited page)?-Am Am I uploading all documents in Word or Rich Text Format? -Have I credited sources within the essay properly and included the References (or Works Cited) page?-Have Did I number all pages?

You and your group will work together to read, watch, share, and analyze different media products. You do this to understand and show how different information outlets present the same information in very different ways as well as how they, intentionally or otherwise, manipulate their audience. You will begin by choosing a very specific and time-limited EVENT that has happened since June 1st. You will then find 6-8 sources that examine, analyze, and present that event to their viewers/readers. Since your sources report on the event, all media sources relating to that event should be dated very specifically AFTER the event. These sources can come from anywhere—and indeed, a good mix of different types of sources will help in your final analysis. Don’t be afraid of using non-traditional sources (blogs, social media posts, TV/radio interviews, etc) in addition to traditional sources (text, newspaper articles, magazine articles, etc), but ensure that all your sources are reputable and credible. Using an anonymous Jane Doe’s blog post, for example, will result in a lower grade. I recommend getting at least one article from Fox News and MSNBC or CNN because of their political differences, as well as a few sources from opposite ends of the political spectrum. Try to include some “neutral” sources as well. Each paragraph in your essay will look at one difference in the way that the event is reported and discuss why that difference occurred. The coverage has to be of one actual, specific, and time-limited event that had some local, national, or international impact. You want an event big enough to be covered by the news media in some detail. A day of protest in Seattle is a specific and time-limited, and thus appropriate (IF you can find enough sources). A speech by Donald Trump is an event. A bill passed in Congress is an event but is not likely going to give you enough to talk about. Gun control is not an event. Coronavirus, in general, is not one specific and time-limited event, and you are unlikely to find a lot of articles about one specific-enough place to cover. Global warming? Not a specific and time-limited event. You may have some additional sources used to help you explain the differences you find or provide more detail, but please limit these sources. For my example, I will cover the scandal-embroiled Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh hearing on his becoming a nominee from 2018. For the sake of my students, I have included some contextual event coverage, such as the hearing of Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, who accused the now-Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault when they were teenagers in the summer of 1982 (well after the statute of limitations had expired.

Write a 5-page research paper on the early manned space programs. Here are 5 questions this paper should address; What were some of the original criteria needed to become an astronaut? What brought about the decision to go to the moon? What were the requirements for the space facilities location? What went into the design of the rocket, support systems, and how they came up with the ideas to succeed in this endeavor? And finally, what were some of the benefits of the space program, overall.

Explain the roles in the virtual classroom. Describe how to select facilitators and producers. Discuss facilitator preparation. Summarize online facilitation.

Choose a poem or song (do not select one of the poems assigned for reading during the semester and DO NOT select a poem you have worked with in a previous classroom experience at any level; the poem you select should be new to you this semester). Find a poem or song from the WGTC Library’s collection or public library’s collection, a poem or song from your personal collection, or from select online locations, including Blackboard and GALILEO (be careful to select only credible sites). Please select published work instead of any unpublished work. Inform me of the story you wish to write on by the deadline listed above by submitting the story’s title and author to the text selection drop box in Blackboard; do not change your text selection after notifying me of your choice. One point will be deducted from your Essay 3 grade for each day your text selection is late (refer to the Deadline Penalty Policy on the syllabus). Select one or more of the following questions, and write a thesis-driven, persuasive textual analysis essay in which you argue for a reading of the chosen poem based on your answer(s) to the question(s). You will need to include quotations/paraphrases from the poem with analysis of those quotations/paraphrases to support your thesis statement. Your writing about your reading of the text should comprise the majority of the material in your essay; do not allow quotations to overrun your essay. In answering the question(s), you should not merely summarize or “retell” the poem; remember that your target audience is an informed peer who has already read the poem. Select one or more of the following questions to answer with your essay: • What is the poem’s point or purpose and why is that point important? • How do the individual words used (or language usage in general) influence the meaning of the poem and why is that important? • Does the writer make references; if so, what do those references represent and why are they important? • Who is the intended audience of the poem, and how does the poem communicate to that audience and why? • Does the poem have a particular approach or tone toward the subject and why does it matter? • Is there a theme throughout the poem (what is it) and why does it matter? • How do historical, social, political, cultural, and/or religious contexts (identify each you deal with) impact the poem and/or vice versa and why do those contexts matter? Your paper should have at least (in addition to answering the task in the selected option) the following elements: • An introductory paragraph presenting author’s name, title of poem or song, your thesis statement, and a brief overview of your reasoning to support your thesis. • Direct quotations from the poem to back up your claims which are introduced, incorporated, cited, and analyzed in your writing (cite your paraphrases as well, but quotations are better for poetry). • A concluding paragraph in which you reaffirm your thesis and reasoning. As a part of your discussion, you may want to consider the basic questions about what is happening in the poem: who is speaking and from what perspective; how the poem uses language through sounds, images, and rhetorical figures; and so on (but do not summarize the poem). As you explore the poem, however, your focus should be answering the selected question or questions. You are working to discover how and why the poem means what your reading argues that it means. This assignment is about trying to make what you have learned about reading poetry critically (and literature in general) pay off by showing how specific uses of language create an overall effect: how a poem comes to make a reader feel the way a reader feels about it. While you do not have to become an expert in the culture of the time and place in which the poem was written, if there are broad historical points (based on common knowledge) that seem relevant, you should certainly feel free to bring them into the interpretation. You should try to avoid sweeping generalizations about the period or unfounded speculations about the author’s intentions: Do not make lazy historicizing claims like “The poem is dreary in tone because people back then lived miserable lives,” or “The author of this poem was crazy and meant this poem to make the rest of us crazy too.” If the meaning of a word may have changed since the time the poem was written, look it up in a good, unabridged etymological dictionary (such as the Oxford English Dictionary), which will give you examples of shifting meanings over time. Again, there is no need to quote from the dictionary in your essay. Do not consult Cliff/Spark notes or other websites offering analysis, plot summary, or other commentary. Your discussion of the poem must be your analytical discussion, not a regurgitation of someone else’s work or a focus on biography or history.

In 2000-2500 words, argue to what extent television has influenced morality in our culture. Use two popular television shows (past or present) to illustrate the various ways that masses of Americans have been affected by this medium. You must address the issues and concerns raised in our readings. All of your claims must be supported by sound reasoning and evidence. to find the sources we use the book (Signs of life) 8th edition You can find the sources in chapter 3 of the book

Please read and analyze the rhetoric used by Bill Cosby in this speech, the speech is: (Bill Cosby, Address at the NAACP’ on the 50th Anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education (2004)) Here is the link for the speech you need to analyze the rhetoric of https://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/billcosbypoundcakespeech.htm Identify and analyze elements of the rhetorical situation. First, identify the author’s purpose, then analyze how well his rhetoric or “the available means of persuasion” achieved that purpose for the original, intended audience. Provide two concrete examples of these rhetorical methods. Be clear and specific with the two examples you choose to prove your claim. Please do not summarize nor respond to the reading. 3 pages, double-spaced, following MLA 8 format guidelines.

Write an essay that describes, summarizes, and analyzes the underlying ideas present in an advertisement of your choice, either television or print. The purpose of this assignment is to represent the advertisement accurately through description and support claims about how the advertisement functions by explaining the underlying assumptions of the ad. Describe your advertisement in vivid, expressive language and analyze how the advertisement works. In other words, what ideas about power, desire, and representation are being displayed in the ad, and why? How does the advertisement work? While not required, you may want to conduct research on either the product being presented or the company selling the product in order to support your thesis. If you do additional research, cite all of your sources properly in MLA format and provide a works cited page. Taken together, your description, summary, and analysis should be a coherent essay, with a main idea (thesis) and connections between description and analysis. All essays must be typed, double-spaced, composed in 12 point Times New Roman font and 3-5 pages in length. Please provide a link to the original print or television advertisement (or upload a photo of the ad).  Be sure to use an advertisement that is clearly trying to sell a product.  What you should choose should not merely be a public service announcement (i.e. a call to end homelessness, ban guns, say no to drugs, etc.).