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• You have just won the Texas State Lottery

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  You have just won the Texas State Lottery. You can (1) receive a million dollars a year, for twenty years, with the first payment being made today or you can (2) elect to take immediate cash payment of $9,000,000 for the total prize value. Your required return for all investments at this time is 10%. Ignoring taxes and any non-financial considerations, which alternative should you take and WHY? (Show computations to support your answer.)

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• Nachman From Los Angeles

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  1. Outline the circumstances that led Nachman to agree to write the paper for Ali. If you had been in Nachman’s position would you have agreed to write the paper? Why or why not?
  2. Ali is taking a class on metaphysics. What is metaphysics? What are some of the issues and questions that metaphysicians address? List the sources you used to answer these questions.
  3. Who was Henri Bergson? What aspects of philosophy was he most famous for? List the sources you used to answer these questions.
  4. Who was Galois? How did he die? What was he most famous for? List the sources you used to answer these questions.
  5. Who was Zeno of Elea? Describe one of his arguments against motion. List the sources you used to answer these questions.
  6. Did Nachman write the paper? Did he mail it? What is the evidence from the text to support your opinion on both these questions?
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• Statement of goals

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  Statement of goals:

  The goal statement is a key component of the admission review process and serves as an example of the applicant’s ability to express him or herself in writing.  The goal statement must be single-spaced, one-inch margins, and no longer than two pages (500-800 words). Applicant must address each item listed below when completing the goal statement:

  • What is your reason for pursuing graduate study in research administration, including your future goals and plans?
  • What topics or areas of special interest do you have in research administration?
  • What are your expectations of the graduate program?
  • What will you bring to the program that would make you a special candidate for admission to this limited access program?
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• Writing 39C Advocacy Paper

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  Writing 39C Advocacy Paper: It’s time to Protect the Sacramento-san Joaquin Delta

  Organizing the Advocacy
  

  Part I: Introduce the problem

  The first section of your paper, anywhere from one paragraph to two pages, should introduce your problem. In this process, you need to give your reader ample information from diverse sources, so that he/she can understand the problem. At the same time, you need to convince your reader that your problem is one that he/she should be interested in solving.

  I remember very clearly the first time I saw a unicorn. I was seven years old, and I had been out in the woods all day hunting for wild mushrooms. After several hours of searching, I realized that I was lost. Of course I was instantly terrified, and began to cry. Before my first tear could even hit the ground, a proud white unicorn strode up behind me. She knelt down so I could get onto her back, and she took me straight home, humming a sweet song along the way. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, over 79,000 lost children were saved by unicorns between 2000 and 2005. This staggering number makes abundantly clear that these animals are more than just beautiful creatures to behold; they keep our nation’s children safe from harm. Although many of us never see the elusive creatures, they are always around us, working to protect us.

  Unfortunately, despite their beauty and caring nature, illegal unicorn hunting has become immensely popular over the last twenty years. According to James Smiley, spokesman for the Unicorn Protection Agency (UPA), over 5,000 unicorns were killed for sport in 2005 (54). This number is made all the more startling when you realize that there are only 15,000 unicorns remaining in the wild in North America, and fewer than 4,000 in the United States (Laughlin 43).

  There are no defensible reasons for this mass slaughter. John Abrams, founder of the outlaw Unicorn Hunter’s Club, claims on his website that “Unicorns are actually vicious creatures that kill more children than they save, and it is our job as responsible citizens to eliminate this threat to our families.” Abrams’ claims, however, have no basis in fact. In a multi-university research study that tracked the patterns of 600 Montana unicorns, the animals killed or hurt no children at all, and returned 763 children to their homes in a three year period (Folds 88). Jennifer Folds, who holds a Ph.D. in Zoology and was lead investigator in the study, writes that “[e]ven when threatened, unicorns have never been known to attack humans. Unfortunately, this very fact makes them an easy target for hunters. These intelligent creatures simply will not exhibit aggressive behavior, not even against those trying to kill them” (89).

  Folds makes it very clear that unicorns are harmless to children and are intelligent animals that should be spared unfair persecution.

  Transitioning to Part II: Explaining your solution

  In this section of your paper, you need to introduce your solution to the problem and explain why it is the best solution. Give a clear and complete explanation of the policy you advocate, and indicate which parts of the policy you will focus upon. Conclude the paragraph(s) with your thesis, which should make clear why your policy is the best solution.

  Groups such as the UPA have been agitating on behalf of unicorns for over twenty years now, with little success. Thankfully, U.S. Senator Ted Kennedy has introduced the Unicorn Protection Act (S.9999). In a recent speech to the Senate, Kennedy explained that his bill

  undertakes a three-pronged approach to the problem. First, it provides “haven forests” for unicorns, which are surrounded by high fences that only unicorns and birds can fly over. Second, it stiffens the penalties against those convicted of unicorn hunting, making the crime a felony instead of a misdemeanor. Finally, it sets up a series of educational outlets, including television commercials, that help the American public understand that, despite myths to the contrary, unicorns are gentle, intelligent creatures.

  This bill is the best solution to this problem because it cuts right to the two causes of the problem—permissive laws and ignorance—while providing unicorns with a safe living option while these two changes take effect. Unlike other bills which defer the problem by suggesting we do more studies of unicorns or even worsen the problem by suggesting the institution of a unicorn hunting license, this bill ensures that we will lessen the number of people who want to kill unicorns in the long run through education and legal penalties, and we can protect unicorns in the short run by providing safe havens for them.

  Part II: Support of your solution as the best available solution

  Here is where you support your assertion of why your plan is best with researched evidence. Make sure that in these paragraphs you explain what it is about the plan that gives it this superiority and quote from the plan as necessary. Cite detailed data from good sources to show how the plan would work to justify this reason, that is, how it would address the problem (who exactly would it affect, and how). You may quote the general conclusions of experts, but also give specific examples of the kind of evidence on which these conclusions are based. Deal with potential objections to the reasons you provide to support your assertions. Be sure to split overly long paragraphs into sub-topic paragraphs. As always, help readers follow the logical flow from point to point and from paragraph to paragraph by providing transitions. This section should also include paragraphs in which you explain why alternatives to your solution are inferior to it.

   No matter what we decide to do to stop the killing of unicorns, we need to establish a short-term solution that protects unicorns in the meantime; S.9999 does just this by setting up unicorn habitats. The bill goes into detail about the plan to set up unicorn habitats: “In every state that has a unicorn population, 100 acres of federal parkland should be set aside for unicorn habitat. Fences should limit human access to this land. The fences should be built so that the smaller animals in the habitat will be able to pass through them, but humans will not be able to penetrate the fences.” The plan is reasonable, logical, and relatively inexpensive. As its foes point out, however, it does not come without costs. Wiley Wilson, op-ed writer for The New York Times, wondered in a recent article: “Won’t this just disrupt our nation’s forests by putting ugly fences in the middle of nature’s majesty and getting in the way of other animals? Are unicorns really worth the trouble?” (A13). Timothy Wanderlust, well known animal rights activist, responded to this concern in The Nation, writing that “although these fences will initially be disruptive to the environments…long term damage over ten years will be negligible” (14). Clearly, a relatively minor sacrifice to save this wonderful species is well worth it. Chuck Tucker, a fence expert based in the city of Long Beach, California, explains that new fence technology has resulted in incredibly strong fences that are less expensive and less visible that older fence technology. In an interview with the author, Chuck explained that “I could put a fence around your bed while you slept, and when you got up you’d walk right into it. They blend right into their surroundings.” The fences will be minimally disruptive to both animals and humans who also enjoy our nation’s parks, while saving unicorn lives.

  A second problem with the habitat program—that young unicorns often can’t fly well enough to get over the fences—also proves to be a false concern. [paragraph continues.]

  While the habitats are protecting unicorns, judges will begin putting unicorn killers behind bars for the first time…[paper continues].

  Obviously, the Unicorn Protection Act provides a comprehensive solution to the problem of unicorn hunting. Several other plans have been advanced, but each is deeply flawed. For example, Senator Bill Frist’s proposal to create a special unicorn hunting license in order to cut down on the practice is both cruel and ineffective. Frist suggests we offer a limited number of very expensive licenses for unicorn hunting, in order to limit its practice. As researcher John Wong, author of Unicorns Are Our Friends, points out, Frist misses the point altogether, in that his plan doesn’t work to eliminate this cruel practice (45). Even more problematic is that unicorn hunting is already illegal, and this bill doesn’t provide a way of punishing those who hunt without the license any more severely that they are already punished. Finally, as Wong goes on to suggest, people will continue to fear unicorns, and to want them to die, because the bill provides no fund for education of the public on this issue.

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• Bullying is High in Obese Children

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  The claim of the paper is that children who are obese are more likely to be bullied. Each paragraph must prove that the claim is true with supporting information. must include citations and a works cited page. Must be original work

  Pages: 7, double spaced

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• Summary of the Farewell and Falling Leaves

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  Write a main idea and summarized the :Farewells and Falling Leaves

  Use simple language

  No citation needed

  Pages: 1, double spaced

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• Effective Introductions and Conclusions

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  2.5 Writing Techniques- Effective Introductions and Conclusions

  Me And My Friend Chua From China

  Part One

  Introductions and conclusions are often overlooked elements of a text, but they are crucial to engaging a reader. An awkward or ineffective introduction may discourage the reader from reading the text or seriously interfere with the reader’s understanding of the text. A weak conclusion will often leave the reader without a sense of closure; it can also leave the reader dissatisfied with the text and, therefore, hostile to the ideas presented by the author.

  As with the rest of your text, you should spend some time consciously crafting an effective introduction and conclusion. Often though, writers get stuck on an introduction when they first start writing. For #2, you should spend some time specifically focusing on your introduction and conclusion. Crafting a good introduction and thesis will pull together and make it engaging and cohesive.

  Your textbook presents many strategies for writing introductions and conclusions. For this assignment, please review the strategies for introductions and conclusions presented in Back to the Lake on pages 86-88 and 91-92. Also you should review the professional we have read so far and analyze their introductions and conclusions.

  Look at how the introductions and conclusions work with the rest ; look specifically at the strategies the authors use. You may want to compare the professional  to the student  to see how different introductions can have different effects on the text as a whole. Determine which strategies are more effective, which engage your interest or pull the together best.

  Part Two

  Now that you have examined introduction and conclusion strategies, you will write an introduction and conclusion for #2. In this assignment, you will specifically choose an introduction and conclusion strategy and use it (them) to write an introduction and conclusion. You should write with the intention of including them in your rough draft

  Theme: Understanding My Culture

  Mode: Comparison and Contrast

  Objectives:

  • Use the writing process to develop a comparison and contrast

  • Develop an effective thesis statement

  • Use an outline to organize an essay

  • Craft an effective introduction and conclusion

  Overview:

  You will use the comparison and contrast mode to develop your ideas about culture (theme). You will use comparison and contrast to help your reader better understand both your subjects. You will need to have all the characteristics of comparison and contrast including an effective comparison and contrast thesis, strong topic sentences, an effective comparison and contrast method of organization, equal and balanced development of relevant points of comparison, and an effective introduction, and conclusion.

  You will need to have all the characteristics of an academic including an effective thesis statement, focused topic sentences, strong organization, unified paragraphs, and a well-crafted introduction and conclusion.

  Important: In selecting your topic and developing your ideas, be sure that your comparison points to a larger purpose: some lesson, insight or point that makes the comparison important. Additionally, you should support your with specific, clear, well developed examples all related to the unit theme.

  Topic Reminders:

  Option A: David Sedaris and Hugh Hamrick had markedly different experiences as children. Compare and contrast your childhood with that of someone you know who was raised in another culture. For example, you might have a friend raised from a different religious perspective than yours or raised by parents with different value systems or expectations than those of your own family.

  Option B: David Sedaris and Hugh Hamrick are both products of their experiences. Ask a friend or colleague to share the most important experiences they have had, the ones that have shaped their identity and made them who they are. Then, using this information for support, write compares and contrasts those with the experiences that have shaped your own identity.

  Option C: David Sedaris says of Hugh Hamrick’s family: “Theirs was the life I dreamt about.” Compare and contrast your own childhood experiences with the fictional ones of a character with whom you’re familiar. How did your childhood experiences compare with those of an imaginary character like Harry Potter, Katniss Everdeen, or Bart Simpson?

  Guidelines

  • should be 3-5 pages long.

  • It should be typed using a standard 12 point font. MLA standard pagination is required. See The Little Seagull Handbook pg. 149 for a sample  in MLA format.

  • Follow directions carefully.

  • It should be double-spaced with margins no bigger than 1 inch. (These are standard settings in Microsoft Word.)

  • You should carefully review the strategies for writing a Comparison and Contrast.

  • Be sure to include your name.

  • Create a Works Cited page and cite you respond to. Cite any other outside sources used.
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• Imagery in Poetry

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  Imagery in Poetry “an album of world literature” from “the Bedford Introduction to Literature.”

  Requirements

  To write analyzes the use of imagery in poems by one of the poets from the chapter “An Album of World Literature” from The Bedford Introduction to Literature (pgs. 1325-1338).

  To do outside research to find 2 more poems that complement the poem by your chosen poet from “An Album of World Literature.”

  needs to consider the poem in the anthology + 2 other poems written by that same poet that you discover in your research (depending on length, it might be enough to write about 1 other poem in addition to the poem in our book… I leave this decision up to you; should be 6-8 pages.)

  Your argument must be supported with significant textual evidence from the poem; in other words, your close reading notes and explications need to be used for support.

  In the process of writing and researching, you will have the opportunity to read a diverse collection of poets. You have twelve poets (& twelve countries) to choose from: Anna Akhmatova, Claribel Alegría, Yehuda Amichai, Fazil Hüsnü Daglarca, Kishwar Naheed, Marne L. Kilates, Taslima Nasrin, Pablo Neruda, Octavio Paz, Yousif al-Sa’igh, Shu Ting, Tomas Tranströmer.

  Topics:

  present a focused argument about the use of imagery (you should be analyzing the use of concrete images—things that you can see, hear, taste, smell, touch—examples: rocks, doors, the sun, red flowers, a goose, a python, a bed, water…[not liberty, love, justice—these are abstract images ] see pg. 841 for review). To begin, you will need to explore the poems available online. Read the poems multiple times, take notes on the images in the poems: why and how are they significant? How does the poet use them; do images recur? This is a broad topic, and it is important that you eventually focus your argument on something that you have discovered in your exploration of the poems: needs to go beyond merely pointing out that certain images appear in the poems to consider how the images are used and to what effect. The poems should also complement each other in supporting your argument—don’t pick poems that you have difficulty pulling together in a focused argument about imagery.

  You might find that it is insightful to know some of the biographical details about the poet’s life, and this might inform your argument about the imagery. However: at least 3/4 should consist of explication “close readings” of the poems and discussion of the imagery. You are not writing an encyclopedia entry of facts about the poet’s life. You are analyzing an aspect of the imagery.

  Your argument needs to be focused: for instance, to argue that a poet has experienced war and writes about war is not enough of an argument. You could, however, focus on that writer’s use of a certain set of images (maybe they are used metaphorically), and discuss what that reveals about his or her experience. Perhaps the writer explores certain scenes and settings, or an emotional state, and these things are made vivid and meaningful with the writer’s use of specific images.

  Research will involve: finding poems to discuss in addition to the poem in our anthology; reading biographical material and interviews if you can find them. You may need to read a number of poems before you find the right ones to help support your argument. If you do not find enough information to satisfy what you think you need for a strong argument, you may need to focus on a different poet—this is all part of the research process…

  Length: 6-8 pages, double-spaced, saved in a Word docx format.

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• New historicist use Henrik Ibsen’s letter

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  How do you think a new historicist would use this letter to shed light on the relationship and marriage of the Helmers?

  Topics:

  The topics will address the following learning outcomes: you will articulate an argument about the meaning and structure of the work and you will incorporate other critical strategies and approaches (ideas from the supplemental readings) to your analysis. Depending on which topic you choose, brings together the play, as well as Marxist readings, historical documents, and other critical approaches. In other words, you will be writing about the play, as well as analyzing the ideas presented in selected accompanying material. In addition to referencing and commentary, needs to include detailed discussion of passages of the play (explication, “close reading” ) to support your argument.

  Choose one of the following:

  1). On Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House: Consider whether “A Nineteenth-Century Husband’s Letter to His Wife” supports or challenges Witham and Lutterbie’s “A Marxist Approach to A Doll House.”  your argument will need to take into account Witham and Lutterbie’s discussion about human behavior and socioeconomic conditions and the circumstances and behaviors of characters from A Doll House. Does the relationship of Marcus and Ulrike, as portrayed in “A Nineteenth-Century Husband’s Letter to His Wife,” support or challenge their Marxist views of the characters’ behavior, and how does this also relate to the behavior of characters from A Doll House?

  2). On Henrik Ibsen’s A Doll House and the document “A Nineteenth-Century Husband’s Letter to His Wife.” Read the discussion on historical criticism in Chapter 55, “Critical Strategies for Reading” (pgs. 2038-39). How do you think a new historicist would use this letter to shed light on the relationship and marriage of the Helmers? Present a focused argument in which you compare the similarities and differences you find between Marcus and Torvald Helmer—do their tones differ?— taking into account what the letter may reveal about the time period.
  

  3). On Hamlet: Compare Sandra K. Fischer’s view of Ophelia’s madness in “Ophelia’s Mad Speeches” with Joan Montgomery Byles’s treatment in “Ophelia’s Desperation.” Explain why you think they complement or contradict one another. needs to state whether the two work together, or present opposing explanations about Ophelia—is it possible that they can both be applied to the play, or no? How so, or why not? must use explication (“close reading”) of passages of the play to support your answer. (Note: as you can see, there are many interpretations of Ophelia’s behavior—both of these writers start by giving some views by other people, be sure that you are quoting the views of Byles and Fischer when you are comparing).

  4). On Hamlet: In “Ophelia’s Desperation,” Joan Montgomery Byles considers how Ophelia’s “sense of self seems… defined and controlled by the men in her life.” Can Byles’ analysis of Ophelia’s place “embedded in Elizabethan sexist society” be applied to Gertrude, the other woman in the play? There are a number of aspects about Gertrude that can be addressed in this topic: be sure to have a focused argument, and that your argument is supported by “close reading” / explication of speeches from the play—do not just summarize the characters’ actions.

  Length: 6-8 pages, double-spaced.

  Requirements:

  To fulfill the assignment,

  • 1). Present a clear, focused argument that invites inquiry.
  • 2). Include explication (“close reading”) of key passages to support your argument: Support your position with discussion and explication of the play.
  • 3). Demonstrate your understanding of the issues and positions
  • 4). Incorporate what you have learned from earlier about the use and explication of quotations for evidence. Don’t “pad”with unnecessary quotes, and if you are quoting, quotations need to be discussed in detail (explicate thoroughly).
  • 5). Quotes from Hamlet that are in lines should be treated as quotes of poetry when quoting in text. Check MLA format for a Shakespeare play.
  • 6). Follow MLA format, including: in-text citations, works cited, and overall presentation (page numbers, title, etc.)
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