Category: English

This journal asks you to practice identifying different kinds of articles.
Carefully read the lecture notes on different types of articles and the assigned articles (one by Seppe Segeres et al., the other by Michael J. Sandel). After you are finished, write a couple paragraphs answering the below questions:
Did either of the two articles include information about the author’s credentials? If so, where was the information located and what did it say?
Did either of the two articles have include an abstract? If so, where was it located?
Did the author of either article document their sources within the article? (For example, did the author use in-text citations or footnotes?)
Did either article include a list of works the author cited or referenced? If so, where was it located?
What differences in writing style did you notice between the two articles? Did they use language a general audience can understand, or did the language seem more specialized?
Based on your answers to the above questions, what type of periodical (newspaper, magazine, academic journal, etc.) do you think each article was published in? Why?
Your journal should be a minimum of 200 words.

TOPIC QUESTION: SHOULD ALL STUDENTS RECEIVE FREE BREAKFAST AND LUNCH AT SCHOOL? 
(I PICKED YES IN THE ARGUMENT. Remember that I believe that students should get free breakfast and lunch at all times. Givs supporting arguments.)
Argument Essay Instructions
Overview: Use the writing process to write an argumentative research essay to convince and persuade readers to accept your point of view (your position on an issue). Your argument should take a position on an issue, provide evidence to support your position, and address valid counterarguments.
Topic: Choose a topic that can be argued/debated and that is interesting or meaningful to you. Consider controversial topics which may affect us locally or a current international/ global topic that you are very interested and invested in. This is your culminating assignment for your college writing course. Remember your audience and that this is a college writing course; your topic will directly reflect your intelligence and capacity for critical thought.
Format: Use the provided outline for help. Your paper should be written in MLA format and should be a SIX paragraph essay:
Introduction- one paragraph with a hook, background info, and thesis statement
Body- three supporting paragraphs, each with a topic sentence that mentions both items being discussed
Opposing Views/Counterargument- Address and refute valid counterarguments.
Conclusion- one paragraph consisting of a summary and a final thought
Length: The essay must be 5 full pages minimum. Format: Use MLA 9 format for title, heading, citations, and the Works Cited page. Your Works Cited page must be included but does NOT count as part of the 5-page minimum.
Word Choice: Use Third Person Point of View and a formal tone. Avoid using, slang, informal language, and contractions.
Do not use first person (I, me, my) or second person (you, your) pronouns.
Use transition words and phrases to strengthen points and showcase similarities or differences
Use correct grammar; ensure that all sentences are complete.
Research: This IS a research paper. Use a minimum of 4 credible, scholarly sources. Two (or more) of these sources must come from the CPCC online databases (like ProQuest or Opposing Viewpoints) or the CPCC library. You must include correctly cited in-text citations and a Works Cited page. You cannot use Wikipedia, Debate.org, ProCon.org, The Onion, or Daily Mail or any fake news website.
Include an MLA-style Works Cited list.

Answer both of these questions.
In “Two Ways to Belong in America,” Bharati Mukherjee presents contrasting immigrant experiences through her depictions of Mira and Bharati. What descriptions indicate this contrast? How do the two women’s different ideas of their identities as immigrants give you a sense of the complexities of immigration laws and policies?
Does Bharati Mukherjee’s essay “Two Ways to Belong in America” present an argument? Does it have an explicit argument claim or an implied claim? What is the claim, and where do you find this claim in the essay?

Assignment Prompt: Rhetorical Analysis
Overview
Before you start working on your own research argument essay, you will spend some time studying the arguments of others, to better understand how they successfully structured and presented a persuasive project. The rhetorical analysis is a foundational assignment to introduce you to the “rhetorical situation,” as a concept. The goal is for you to take what you learn about successful argument, and apply it to your own writing in this course.
For this rhetorical analysis assignment, you will analyze a speech (see the options below) to gain a better understanding of “the rhetorical situation”- the audience, purpose, medium, and context–within which the speech was created. In addition to dissecting the speech’s rhetorical situation, you will also identify and discuss the author’s choice of rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, logos) or evidence. *This is the one and only assignment that is not driven by your personal topic selection, as all the following assignments build on each other starting with the Annotated Bibliography and concluding with the Research Story.
Expectations
As a foundational assignment, the rhetorical analysis will help you to:
Identify and analyze the rhetorical elements of a piece of communication
Assess the effectiveness of a speaker’s choices, in relation to the rhetorical situation
Build a foundation for future argument writing based on the skills and strategies identified and analyzed in this assignment 
Requirements
Length:  There is a 1000 word-minimum. All elements noted below are to be included in the analysis. See Assignment Organization.
* if the minimum word count is not met, your assignment will be returned with no grade and a resubmission will be required.   
Organization: Check out the table below for more information about the required content and conditions of each component:
Component
Content
Conditions
Introduction (Description)
The intro is your first chance to reach your reader, engage their interest, and include all of the forecasting for the rest of the essay, such as the purpose of the writing project, and the parameters of your investigation. Be sure to focus on what the speaker is doing, how, and why, using the conditions as your guide.  
Make sure that you clearly state the speaker and the title of the speech, along with any other details that will help provide the reader with context about your analysis.
Place the speech in a broader context.
Introduce the speech by characterizing the speaker and the occasion.
Identify the audience and situation for which the speech is intended.
Describe the speaker’s purpose.
THESIS/CLAIM: Identify the rhetorical strategies that you have decided to discuss and indicate, in general terms, how they function to promote the author’s purpose in relation to the intended audience. 
Body (Analysis)
The body will include paragraphs that will have their own topic sentences developed with specifics from the speech. You may want to focus each paragraph on one rhetorical strategy, or you may focus on different parts of one strategy.  Useful strategies for developing paragraphs include:
Defining the rhetorical strategy(ies).
Quoting or paraphrasing examples to illustrate the writer’s use of the strategy (two or three examples generally suffice).
Explaining how the example illustrates the strategy and how the strategy contributes to the writer’s purpose. 
Conclusion (Evaluation)
The conclusion serves the purpose of reiterating your thesis, briefly summarizing the main points of your analysis, and explaining the significance of your analysis. The significance of your analysis may be suggested by asking questions such as these:
How do the rhetorical strategies that you discussed explain the effects the speaker achieved with his or her audience?
Why were the strategies effective or not effective with the speaker’s core constituency and with other audiences?
What do the rhetorical strategies suggest about the speaker’s agenda?
Document Formatting: MLA formatting: Heading (name, assignment name, course name, date), original title, header (page numbers), line-spacing (double-spaced), 1”margins, and 12-point font size, Times New Roman or sans-serif font. The thesis must be underlined.
Genre/Style: Formal analysis: thesis-driven and paragraph formatted
Speech Options
Please rhetorically analyze ONE of the following speeches for this assignment. All speeches can be found within the “Opposing Viewpoints” database connected to this course. See the “Banner” to access the “Opposing Viewpoints” link.
“I Co-Founded Facebook. It’s Time to Break It Up.” NYTimes.com Video Collection, 9 May 2019. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CT585557102/OVIC?u=bal3345&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=6cc2e568. Accessed 1 Sept. 2021.
“Just Whom Is This Divorce ‘Good For?’.” Family in Society: Essential Primary Sources, edited by K. Lee Lerner, et al., Gale, 2006, pp. 74-78. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2688300041/OVIC?u=bal3345&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=d68cc44c. Accessed 1 Sept. 2021.
Smith, Margaret Chase. “A Declaration of Conscience.” Government, Politics, and Protest: Essential Primary Sources, edited by K. Lee Lerner, et al., Gale, 2006, pp. 181-184. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2687500079/OVIC?u=bal3345&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=24661ce7. Accessed 1 Sept. 2021.
“To Every Englishman in India.” Human and Civil Rights: Essential Primary Sources, edited by Adrienne Wilmoth Lerner, et al., Gale, 2006, pp. 387-390. Gale In Context: Opposing Viewpoints, link.gale.com/apps/doc/CX2560000142/OVIC?u=bal3345&sid=bookmark-OVIC&xid=526cff51. Accessed 1 Sept. 2021.

For 6.1 (pg. 177), 6.2 (pg. 177) and 6.3 (pg. 177), read the communications and list five weaknesses you see in each message, according to Chapter 6’s content (though you can include ideas explored in previous chapters as well). DO NOT REWRITE THE COMMUNICATIONS. Just list the five weaknesses – be sure to provide examples for each weakness from the communications (don’t say something is weak without noting where you see that weakness in the communication). Also, please note that in this and future assignments, you may see missing information like a signature, and it may say things like “current date” instead of an actual date. This is NOT a weakness. As these are all example letters, they are often generalized. Upload this as a word-processed file attachment.
Textbook: Guffey, Mary Ellen and Dana Loewy. Essential of Business Communication. 12th Ed. Boston: Cengage ISBN-13: 9780357715048

Sending file: Haiku and Acrostic 
Start Assignment
Due Sunday by 11:59pm
Points 24
Submitting a text entry box, a website url, or a file upload
File Types doc, docx, and txt
Attempts 0
Allowed Attempts 1
Available Jun 24 at 12am – Jun 30 at 11:59pm
Sending file: Haiku and Acrostic
Objective
After studying the elements of poetry and different kinds of poems, the student will be able to write two paragraphs and create two original poems. (24 points)
Instructions
For this assignment, you will write two paragraphs and create a haiku and an acrostic poem.
Paragraph and Poem 1:  My Hometown
Write a short paragraph using correct paragraph structure (3-5 sentences) about your hometown. Indicate its location and some interesting details about it.
Write a haiku about your hometown (3 lines with a 5,7,5 syllables pattern)
Example of Haiku
Flashing in the sun
Sleek gray creature of the sea
Waiting to be caught.
Flash / ing / in / the / sun  (5 syllables)
Sleek / gray / crea / ture / of / the / sea  (7 syllables)
Wait / ing / to / be / caught.  (5 syllables)
Paragraph and Poem 2:  A Person I Admire
Write a short paragraph using correct paragraph structure (3-5 sentences) about a person you admire. Include your feelings towards this person.
Write your acrostic poem about this person using his or her name vertically. Include his or her qualities.
Example of Acrostic (Name:  Jason)
Joyful like a little child
Always jumping here and there.
Simply clever on his thoughts
Outstanding among the crowds
Now and then always Jason.
Submit your work in a Word file. Include your name and the name of your professor on the assignment. Complete your work using font Times New Roman 12.
Grading Scale  (24 Points)
6 Pts    Paragraph:  My Hometown
Includes title, topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence, indentation, and correct grammar and spelling.
6 Pts    Haiku:  My Hometown
Contains three lines
Follows 5-7-5 syllable pattern
Poem is related to hometown
6 Pts    Paragraph:  A Person I Admire
Includes title, topic sentence, supporting sentences, concluding sentence, indentation, and correct grammar and spelling.
6 Pts    Acrostic Poem:  A Person I Admire
Name of the person written vertically
Each line begins with a word using the letters of the person’s name written vertically
Poem is related to the person who is admired
Rating Points
24 points
Deliverable
The activity is individual. The work must be delivered on time, without spelling or grammar mistakes. The works will be submitted to the tool to detect the similarity of content. Submit the answers in a Word document, Times New Roman, size 12. 
If you have doubts or questions, you must publish them in the Doubts and Questions Forum in time to help you in a timely manner.
Activity Availability
The activity will be available to take at any time of the week. (Monday to Sunday).
Review Resources
Basic:
Kennedy, X. J. & Gioia, D. (2017). Backpack literature: An introduction to fiction, poetry, drama, and writing (5th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson.
The University of British Columbia (2018). Bibliographic Genres. Retrieved from https://wiki.ubc.ca/Bibliographic_genresLinks to an external site.
Rubric
ENG1102: M3: Sending file: Haiku and Acrostic
ENG1102: M3: Sending file: Haiku and Acrostic
Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeSentence Structures
5 pts
100-90%
Sentence Structures were 100-90 % correct,
4 pts
89-80%
Sentence structures were 89-80 % correct.
3 pts
79-70%
Sentence structures were 79-70% correct
2 pts
69-60%
Sentences structures were 69-60 % correct.
1 pts
59%
Less than 59% of sentence structures were correct.
0 pts
Not done
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeFollows instructions accurately
5 pts
100-90%
Instructions were followed 100-90%.
4 pts
89-80%
Instructions were followed 89-80%.
3 pts
79-70%
Instructions were followed 79-70%.
2 pts
69-60%
Instructions were followed 69-60%.
1 pts
59%
Instructions were followed less than 59%.
0 pts
Not done
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeGrammar
5 pts
100-90%
Paragraph is gramatically correct 100-90%.
4 pts
89-80%
Paragraph is gramatically correct 89-80%.
3 pts
79-70%
Paragraph is gramatically correct 79-70%.
2 pts
69-60%
Paragraph is gramatically correct 69-60%.
1 pts
59%
Paragraph is gramatically correct less than 59%.
0 pts
Not done
5 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeClassification and supporting details
4 pts
100-90%
Classification and supporting details are 100-90 % accurate.
3 pts
89-80%
Classification and supporting details are 89-80 % accurate.
2 pts
79-70%
Classification and supporting details are 79-70 % accurate.
1 pts
69-60%
Classification and supporting details are 69- 60 % accurate.
0 pts
59%
Classification and supporting details are less than 59 % accurate.
0 pts
Not done
4 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUnity and coherence
5 pts
100-90%
Paragraph is 100-90% coherent.
4 pts
89-80%
Paragraph is 89-80% coherent.
3 pts
79-70%
Paragraph is 79-70% coherent.
2 pts
69-60%
Paragraph is 69-60% coherent.
1 pts
59%
Paragraph is less tan 59% coherent.
0 pts
Not done
5 pts
Total Points: 24
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The following documents are required in addition to the final draft of your critical comparison essay:
(No additional resources you can please choose two essays to compare and use those two resources only apa style)
Critical essay = 800 words
following doc = 700 or more
Templates of the following documents are attached in the attachment folder: please let me know if you have any questions:
1. Reverse outline – Article #1
2. Reverse outline – Article #2
3. Identifying issues and debates – Article #1
4. Identifying issues and debates – Article #2
5. Critical thinking questions – Article #1
6. Critical thinking questions – Article #2
7. Critical comparison outline

Of the poets you’ve read so far in the packet found in Module 1.1, think about what they have to say about social expectations or assumptions.  (Ideally, these would be two of the poems you are thinking of writing about for Essay 1.)  Focus your answers below on TWO of the poets, posting a response of at least 100 words EACH on TWO poems [200+ words total], answering the following questions/prompts by the posted due date:
Tell me what argument/point you think each poet is trying to make about the consequences of social expectations or assumptions.
Which specific lines in those poems are particularly relevant?  Quote them as part of your response.
Again, you are to answer the above questions TWICE, once for each of your two poems which must be from different authors.
Side note: you are welcome to use what you write in this response in your Essay 1 draft since you need to include quotations and discussion of at least two poets in your actual essay.  And you are not locked into your selections at all.

describe my culture (black) and provide quotes from Richard Rodriguez. Does Rodriguez make a valid point by asserting that, each one of us, as Americans, is made up of many different cultures, and not just of the cultures we inherited from our parents or ancestors? If that assertion is true, what different cultures make up your identity? (Support your answer with specific concrete examples: people, foods, music, etc.). Last, is Rodriguez ignoring the subject of racism with his assertion, as if it does not exist?

Using the Tale of Two cities chapter ‘The Night Shadows’. explain how it develops one of the central themes in the novel. Explain how The Night Shadows is a microcosm for the larger novel. How does The Night Shadows shed light on what the text is saying? In what ways does it provide some critical contrast, crucial parallel, and/or essetial refinement that illuminates one of Dicken’s central themes?
– prioritize essential text in the chapter
– focus on language: imagery, word choice, tone, mood, irony, etc. 
– explain and analyze dense and difficult text
– connect all back to ‘The Night Shadows’ 
– articulate and/or clarify the relationship between the chapter and the themes of the novel
– organize analysis in a meaningful way; the topic sentence as a mini thesis that anchors the paragraph to a specific idea, and in concluding sentences of the paragraphs, pull together a main point that the reader needs to take with them to the next paragraph or section. 
– try analyzing a word or image from the quote. Explain how the word’s denotation and connotation reveal or reinforce the meaning of the passage. Explain how sensory details reveal or reinforce the point the quote illustrates. 
– try explaining the irony of a quotation. Disscuss both the literal level of the quotation, and its ironic implications. 
– in the introduction you should include: summary of the chapter (you could include this in the introduction, create a specific paragraph, or weave the summary throughout other body paragraphs). also including the chapters relationship to the other chapters. 
– you can explain forshadowing in the chapter too 
– in conclusion: reformulate your thesis, use the “so what” from the introduction paragraph if it still works, close by either returning to the idea you started with in your intro or make some new text/world connection, remind your reader of your main point, and demonstrate you were right about why it matters. 
For this specific essay, focus on the main two charaters in the chapter, Mr. Lorry and Jerry. 
Include ideas like: 
– In “The Night Shadows,” Charles Dickens employs mysterious imagery, motifs of barriers and death, and evocative symbols to explore the complex nature of secrecy and its dual impact on human experience. By delving into these elements, Dickens reveals how secrecy serves as both a shield and a prison, fostering a sense of safety while simultaneously leading to profound loneliness and potential violence. 
– also bring up the theme of resurection that shows up in the chapter. 
– include a comparitive analysis of jerry and mr. lorry for the last body paragraph. 
additionally, use a write in a poeticish way, but not to fancy. It should be clear with a little extra-charm to the writting of it.