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In your reading, you learned about some common problems that keep thesis statements from being arguable in the context of formal arguments written for academic audiences. Explain why the following statements are not arguable: Should people shop at Walmart? Injustice hurts people. The Internet has changed the world. I prefer driving to flying. For more […]

Gabriel García Marquéz’s short story A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings (Links to an external site.)is a well-known work of magic realism that makes some pretty bold statements about human nature. Look up magic realism to have a better understanding why García Marquéz would use this genre.So far, we’ve covered narration, description, definition, and […]

I. GOALS For this activity, you will begin preparation for the Resume and Cover Letter (RCL) assignment by selecting and analyzing a job advertisement or description for a particular graduate or professional program you will pursue for this assignment.  Applying for graduate school at the University of George Washington Business School II. Requirements A current, […]

Fashion Ad AssessmentsInstructions: Use 12-point font, times new roman. Your paper should be at least a minimum of 700 words (for example, that is a minimum of 3 FULL pages, typed, double spaced.Consider the following questions.DirectionsReview recent issues of your favorite fashion magazines and count how many advertisements you see that represent ONLY 1) Faces […]

Familiar words are a good way to begin learning a language. Cognates are words that look and mean the same thing in two or more languages. This is because the words are derived from the same root language (such as Latin). Sometimes the spelling is different due to the language conventions. Examples of English/Spanish cognates […]

1. proposal  For this assignment, the first thing you will need to do is write a research proposal. In your proposal, you must pick a topic and talk about what you will be researching and why. You will need to write up two paragraphs, one to talk about the question you want to pursue and […]

 Answer the following 5 questions (directly on Blackboard or attaching a document. ONLY WORD DOCS or PDF).  -Read carefully. Answer the questions with the number of words required or more.  -Each answer can get up to 20 points. -The deadline is Monday, December 14th, 2020 at MIDNIGHT. I’ll be around during the day, via email, after […]

You can answer either Question 1 or Question 2. A sample answer has been provided at the end of the paper. Please answer only ONE question.How do the stories of Gilgamesh and Oedipus help us understand the connections between character and destiny? How do the conclusions of the plots reflect on their character? [Key points: […]

 Having read both Tish Harrison Warren’s Liturgy of the Ordinary and Andy Crouch’s Tech-Wise Family, choose ONE of the following three films to watch: A Hidden Life (Terrence Malick, 2019), Of Gods and Men (Xavier Beauvois, 2010), or Into Great Silence (Philip Gröning, 2005); then write a 4-5-page reflection on the issues they raise. In particular, reflect on the one hand about the ways in […]

In this 5-7 (full)  page paper, construct an argument on a topic of basically your choice (except for medical or hard sciences or made up of long complicated formulae with half-page interpretation, as in game theory,)  Include two counter-arguments such a part of your text (not in the conclusion, such “some people disagree with this),  […]