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The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin Critical Criticism Draft
$0.00Examine the ” The Story of an Hour” by Kate Chopin using the reader response critical criticism.
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Finding Fallacy Assignment: What’s the Difference Between Terry and Terri?
$12.50Fallacy Assignment Step 1: Find one example of a fallacy. Choose one of the articles below. (if the link doesn’t work, click Library within Blackboard, then type the title and author name in the search box)
What’s the Difference Between Terry and Terri? By Terence Jeffrey
The Organic Difference by Zazel LovénThe Science of Satire by Mahzarin Banaji
Arrest Everybody by Jacob Sullum
Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense by Joe Klein
Step 2: Identify the specific type of fallacy you found in the article.
Label the fallacy as a slippery slope, questionable cause, equivocation, etc. It’s possible that you may find more than one fallacy. That’s okay. Please explain why you labeled the fallacy/fallacies the way you did. This will require that you briefly summarize the actual argument that contains the fallacy.
Step 3: Briefly explain why you think the fallacies you discovered were committed.
Explain why this type of fallacy is included in the argument. Do you think it was intentional or unintentional?
1100-1500 words
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English 1301028: Yellow is the New Red
$15.00Researched Argument
THE ASSIGNMENT
Write a 1000 word (minimum) to 1500 (maximum) researched argument on one of the topics from the list of approved topics. You must incorporate three credible sources, which may be an article from a scholarly journal, an article from a reputable newspaper, an article from a credible website (.org, .mil, .edu, and some .coms—if you are not sure, show me the source). You can mix the sources; therefore, you do not have to have one of each. Some of you may have three of the same kind since some of the topics are so current that not much scholarly research has been done on them.
DEVELOPING A THESIS STATEMENT
Choosing the issue is only the first step; you must then develop a sufficiently narrow thesis statement. Remember, the narrower your thesis is, the easier it is to develop an argument to support it. For example, “illegal immigration must be stopped” is too broad a thesis to argue successfully in four pages. It leaves open the “why” and the “how,” and four pages would likely result in a report on the problems that illegal immigration causes, rather than a researched argument that argues a specific perspective or approach to a problem, offers reasons and evidence to support it , and responds to opposing views respectfully and carefully.
The thesis statement is an arguable claim made by you that you will support with reasoning and evidence. Be very careful about writing a thesis statement that claims something is either “good” or “bad” (binary). For example, “Chocolate ice cream tastes good.” This statement is not arguable as it is a matter of personal taste. On the other hand, you can claim something is beneficial or harmful. For example, “Chocolate ice cream is beneficial to one’s health as natural ingredients found in chocolate promote a sense of well-being.
UNDERSTANDING YOUR AUDIENCE
Being able to persuade a target audience that consists mainly of neutral members, some skeptical members, and a few mildly hostile members is something you will have to do both in your college years and in your professional years. Since the target audience members are primarily open-minded, using the classical argument is logical and effective approach to appeal to them to accept your claim. Your target audience for this assignment is your classmates and me, so your target audience is an academic-level audience; therefore, your prose must meet the expectations of academic writing, both rhetorically and stylistically. This means no slang, text lingo, informal speech, or wordiness; the text must be grammatically correct and in MLA formatting.
ORGANIZING YOUR PAPER
A classical argument has a fairly straightforward organization plan.
Outline Guide for Argument
adapted from Classical Argument Outline in Everything is an Argument
The different types of arguments follow a certain structure. The outline below is the structure for organizing a researched argument. You MUST organize your paper using THIS OUTLINE.
Please note the numbers DO NOT indicate the number of paragraphs for this paper. The numbers are used for organizational purposes only. Also, depending on your topic, you may not need to include the part that “establishes your qualifications to write about your topic) in the introduction or the part that “reinforces your credibility” in the conclusion. You only need to include these two parts if you are writing on a topic from the aspect of your personal experience.
- Introduction
- Gains reader’s attention and interest
- Establishes your qualifications to write about your topic
- Establishes some common ground with your audience
- Demonstrates that you’re fair and evenhanded
- States your claim (Thesis statement identifying the problem/your topic.) For example: The current laws pertaining to child pornography are not appropriate for teenage sexters.
- Background
- Presents any necessary information that is important to your argument
- credible sources may be used here to put your topic in to context for the reader
- Lines of Argument – 3 or 4 paragraphs
- Presents good reasons, including logical and emotional appeals, in support of your claim.
- credible sources should be used here
- Alternative arguments
- Acknowledges alternative points of view / opposing arguments to your claim
- Notes advantages and disadvantages of these views
- Explains why your view is better than others (such as the opposing ones)
- opposing view may come from one of your sources
- Conclusion
- Summarizes the argument
- Elaborates on the implications of your claim
- Makes clear what you want the audience to think or do
- Reinforces your credibility
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Literature Review on the Role of Student Support in Open Distance Learning
$30.00Paper Contents
- Introduction
- Background of the Study
- Literature Review
- Defining Variables – Student Support in ODL
- Different types of Student Support
- Academic Support
- Administrative Support
- Motivating Students in ODL
- Open Distance Learning
- Advantages of ODL
- The Disadvantages of ODL
- Problem Statement
- Conclusion
Pages: 10, double spaced
- Introduction
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Because I could not stop for Death
$12.50An Analysis of “Because I could not stop for Death” by Emily Dickinson
Make sure that you include a correct MLA header at the top and a title for your Literary Analysis Paper. Include in-text citations for all support from the text with the author’s name and page number.
Include a Works Cited entry for the work that you are analyzing. If you are including research, include Works Cited entries for this as well.
Write a working thesis that will help to focus your research and your discussion in your essay. What are the main points that your essay is going to focus on and discuss?
After you have written down at least three main points, create two sub points after each point. These can be quotes from the short story, poem, or narrative and they can also be your ideas explaining your main point. Your body paragraphs should NOT contain a summary of the work.
Example: (Your does not have to follow the 5 paragraph example, but this is a good start)
1) Paragraph #1: Introduction: Working thesis
2) Paragraph #2: First main point
a) Sub point/analysis
i) support
b) Sub point/analysis
i) support
3) Paragraph #3: Second main point
a) Sub point/analysis
i) support
b) Sub point/analysis
i) support
4) Paragraph #4: Third main point
a) Sub point/analysis
i) support
b) Sub point/analysis
i) support
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A Way to Be a Better Writer
$10.00ENG110-492 FA15 Writing 1-NON NATIVE: A Way to Be a Better Writer
Part I
Argument Analysis
The argument analysis that you write for this class will consist of a break-down of your arguments using the “claim – reason – foundation” method of analysis.
- You should note the main claim plus all sub-claims.
- For each of these, you should note the reasons attached to the claims.
- You should write a paragraph discussing the underlying foundation for the claims and reasons.
- Finally, you should briefly discuss the quality of the evidence that has been used (evidence, usually, is attached to reasons).
Your argument analysis, then, should consist of one longish paragraph on foundations, one shortish paragraph on evidence, and some kind of diagram of the structure of the assertion.
Part II
Rhetorical Analysis
For your rhetorical analysis you will be looking at the interplay between the writer (you), the text (your Researched Argument), and your audience. This section of Project 5 should discuss your text in light of being a persuasive piece of writing…written for an audience. The following questions should help you think about the kinds of information to include.
- What is your main argument?
- Why should someone be persuaded by your argument?
- What strategies did you use to make your argument persuasive? Logic? Passion? Great evidence? Other things? Combination of things?
- Do you think the evidence you used was persuasive? Why? Why not?
- Do you think, over all, that someone would be persuaded by what you’ve written? Why? Why not?
- Who is the main audience for your argument?
- How does your audience perceive the topic?
- Is your topic widely known and discussed?
- Do people have strong feelings about your topic?
- Does it apply to most, many, or few people?
- What do members of your audience lose if they are persuaded by your argument?
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Paper #1: Unsent Letters – Miss Summers To Lady Susan Concerning Miss Vernon
$5.00Audience and Tone assignment: Unsent letters.
Prompt:
For one of the peripheral characters in Lady Susan, write two versions of the same letter, one in Regency style and one in a contemporary digital method (i.e., an online video rant, a “Twitter war” or a series of Facebook postings. NB: Facebook now deletes fake character accounts, so you will have to write it in a word document using a Facebook bot program to make it look authentic.)
Note: Lady Susan, Mrs. Catherine Vernon, Frederica, Reginald de Courcy and Mrs. Alicia Johnson are not peripheral characters, so do not write as them.
Minor Characters:
Mr. Manwaring
Mrs. Manwaring
Miss Maria Manwaring
Mr. Johnson
Mr. Smith (man who reveals Lady Susan’s character to Reginald)
Mr. Johnson’s Aunts who live in Bath
Sir James Martin
Charles Vernon
Miss Summers, the headmistress of Frederica’s school
Wilson, the servant
You choice should be character who has something important to convey, and should not repeat exact information found in existing letters.
One of the letters will be true to the period (the novel was written circa 1798, and published in 1871, but is set a bit earlier, circa 1790). Your character should use appropriate modes of address and diction. The second is an update in which your character, while still sounding like the person in the novel, will speak in modern terms.
“Letter” two is not really a letter, but a modern exchange via Twitter; video weblog; Facebook Messenger; IM; Humans of New York Posting, Instagram, Yik Yak, Snapchat, etc. of two characters, who are recognizable from the book yet updated for contemporary context. One voice can (and should) dominate, but the second voice should appear occasionally to signal the faster exchange of information in our modern times. You may also impersonate other characters, strangers, or contemporary celebrities weighing on the debate, as is common in internet exchanges on public forum. If Mr. Manwaring is being indicted as a two-timing husband, perhaps some notable cheater in the public sphere will defend him (“Player, play on.”)
Element sought Strengths in this area Improvement needed in Points Awarded Global assessment 30% Professionalism: worked on drafts during class time, was on task and not wasting time. 5% Correct submission: saved under author’s last name; submitted to dropbox; in a compatible format I can open and comment in 5% Citation method: Citations provided for the source novel, lecture materials, and any other sources consulted in the writing of this paper
10% Peer Review: attended review, brought drafts, provided good feedback. 10% Letter One: Period Document 35% total values At least 250 words of clear, error-free prose with historically appropriate language and expressions 10% Qualities, history, circumstances of the character from the novel exemplified. Imaginative extensions of character into new document. 10% Decorum, social customs and manners of the time period exemplified 10% Audience for letter correctly addressed 5% “Letter” 2: Contemporary Technological Exchange 35% possible Appropriate and realistic extension of character traits into modern personalities. If the character is secretive, dramatic, scientific, cruel, loving or emotional, s/he should still be those things in the new incarnation. 10% At least 250 words of exchanges with contemporary language and expressions Appropriate and realistic use of platform. If it’s Twitter, messages must be 140 characters (and you multiples) or less and may include emoticons, pictures, acronyms and hashtags; if it’s an Instagram exchange, it could be all photographs conveying the history of the relationship. If it’s HONY, the subject should answer the usual questions.
10% Creativity and imagination in conveying the message in a new forum. 10% Audience for letter correctly addressed, differentiated from private audience of period letter 5% Appendix A: A break-up letter, 19th century style.
- MY DEAR MADAM, — I have just had the honour of receiving your letter, for which I beg to return my sincere acknowledgments. I am much concerned to find there was anything in my behaviour last night that did not meet your approbation; and though I am quite at a loss to discover in what point I could be so unfortunate as to offend you, I entreat your forgiveness of what I can assure you to have been perfectly unintentional. I shall never reflect on my former acquaintance with your family in Devonshire without the most grateful pleasure, and flatter myself it will not be broken by any mistake or misapprehension of my actions. My esteem for your whole family is very sincere; but if I have been so unfortunate as to give rise to a belief of more than I felt, or meant to express, I shall reproach myself for not having been more guarded in my professions of that esteem. That I should ever have meant more you will allow to be impossible, when you understand that my affections have been long engaged elsewhere, and it will not be many weeks, I believe, before this engagement is fulfilled. It is with great regret that I obey your commands of returning the letters, with which I have been honoured from you, and the lock of hair, which you so obligingly bestowed on me.
- I am, dear Madam,
- Your most obedient
- humble Servant,
- JOHN WILLOUGHBY.
Source: Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility, ed. Tony Tanner. London: Penguin Books, 2009.
Text Message Break-up, 2013
Note: Frank is the girl (“Just Call Me Frank: My Endeavor at Being Honest”) and TDF (Third Date Flunkie) is the guy
Actual Texting Transcript:
Frank: “I’ll be honest, I’m just not interested in seeing you again”
TDF (Third Date Flunky): “wow…can I ask why”
Frank: “You can ask, but you might not like the answer”
TDF: “was it one reason? The sex lol”
Frank: “it was that and everything after”
TDF: “OK I knew something was a bit off…the cab ride? were u mad I didn’t drive u? I’m sorry for that”
“did you somehow feel cheapened? if so I am sooo sorry”
Frank: “It was that, and asking me what it takes to “give me pleasure” *(offensive term replaced), which I found offensive in the way you made me feel, the turning on of the television and yes, the cab ride home that I paid for…I didn’t feel cheapened…I felt offended.”
TDF: “Can u call me? Please? So I can straighten this out…please?”
“I need to explain”
“This is quite the misunderstanding that I need to clarify”
Frank: “No explanation needed”
TDF: “It is needed. I understand why u are upset…please let me explain and apologize. Let me make it up to u
“I really need to talk to u”
Frank: “No, I don’t feel I need you to explain” [I stopped responding to his texts after this]
TDF: “I need to. u have it all wrong as anything u perceived was not done intentionally. I need to explain. I am very upset about this. I am very upset I disappointed you!”
“when u hear my explanation hopefully u will forgive me”
“please allow me this much”
“please don’t shut me out…”
“let me make it up to you”
“If you are going to break things off please at least allow myself a chance to make amends. If I didn’t think you were worth it I’d walk away”
“Please [insert my real name here]. All I ask for is 5 minutes of your time”
“Let me buy u dinner tonight…a movie….starbucks (pumpkin flavour) whatever. I am not a monster and I do very much respect you…please hear my side”
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Elizabeth Gilbert Ted Talks
$12.00Review the entire list of talks on the “Creative Spark” TED channel.
Select one talk that is of interest to you and watch it in its entire length.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word summary of the salient points made in the talk and its supporting details that catch your interest.
Indicate the name and position of the speaker and the location and year of the talk in your summary.
Conclude your summary with a reflection of the following:
- -How the talk’s content illuminates some of the stages of creativity
- -How the topic of the talk relates to the concepts of imagination and curiosity
- -How some of the points made in the talk might apply to your personal experience and benefit society as a whole
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My heart bleeds… but revenge is in the creator’s hands
$10.00Professional Assignment 1 –
Irony is a literary term referring to how a person, situation, statement, or circumstance is not as it would actually seem. Many times it is the exact opposite of what it appears to be.In the cask of amontillado by egar allan poe, where and how do you see irony in one or more of the works studied? What effect does the irony have on the plot and the reader? What is the relationship between that irony and the author’s thematic message?