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Should individuals have the right to decide the time and
manner of their death through medical-assisted suicide? This contentious issue
has sparked debate among lawmakers, medical professionals, and the public. It
is important to note that medical-assisted suicide, also known as voluntary
euthanasia, is different from non-voluntary euthanasia, which is the act of
ending a person’s life without their consent. While some argue that
medical-assisted suicide is a compassionate possibility for those suffering
from terminal illnesses, others believe it goes against the ethical principles
of the medical profession. In this paper, I will argue in favor of
medical-assisted suicide, highlighting the importance of autonomy, reducing
suffering, and respecting individual choice.
One of the key arguments in favor of medical-assisted
suicide is the concept of autonomy. Individuals should have the right to make
decisions about their bodies and quality of life, particularly when facing a
terminal illness that will inevitably lead to a painful and undignified death.
For instance, consider the case of my great-grandfather Roy, who was diagnosed
with heart failure. By allowing patients like my great-grandfather Roy to
choose when and how they die, we are respecting their autonomy and empowering
them to support a sense of control over their own lives.
Furthermore, medically assisted suicide can help alleviate
suffering. For individuals with terminal illnesses, the physical and emotional
pain can be excruciating, a reality with which we must empathize. No amount of
medication or palliative care can truly lessen this suffering. In these cases,
medical-assisted suicide can offer a humane and dignified way to end the pain
and allow the individual to die with dignity.
It is also crucial to consider the principle of individual
choice. Each person has their values, beliefs, and preferences about
end-of-life care, a fact that we must respect. By denying individuals the possibility
of medical-assisted suicide, we are imposing our values and beliefs on them.
“It is essential to respect individuals’ autonomy and personal choice when
making decisions about their own lives,” particularly in situations as
personal and sensitive as end-of-life care.
In conclusion, medical-assisted suicide is a complex and
controversial issue that raises essential questions about autonomy, suffering,
and individual choice. While some may argue that it goes against the ethical
principles of the medical profession, it is a compassionate and respectful possibility
for individuals facing terminal illness. By allowing patients to make their own
decisions about their end-of-life care, we are not just honoring but
championing their autonomy, reducing suffering, and respecting their individual
choices. Medical-assisted suicide can offer a humane and dignified possibility
for those who are suffering and deserve to die on their own terms.

The minimum number of pages for this submission: 3 pages plus cover and References page.  
The evidence must demonstrate use of two in text citations(In APA format).
Please choose ONE topic from the following topics:  
1. Digital divide (bridging the technological gap) 
2. Elections
3. Elderly care
4. Water scarcity
5. Poverty
You will be creating a proposal argument (see p.144 of the textbook for more info).  
This report may be about a specific problem or about broader, more general public policy issues.
Step 1.  The Proposal needs to define the problem.  How we define the problem affects what we will think about the causes of the problem.
Clearly state the problem, causes, and explain the problem (two paragraphs—one page)
Step 2.  Identify two solutions to the problem that are specific strategies for solving the problem. The strategies must be researched on the web and on the databases.  
1. What reasons and evidence are given to support the solutions?  
2. Does the reasoning seem logical?  
3. Is the data relevant?  
4. You must research and provide intext citations to support each solution. 
5. Does the writer address the feasibility of the proposed solutions? 
6. What are they?
7. Does the writer make a convincing case for the realistic possibility of achieving the proposed solutions?
8. What are they?
Step 3:  Identify a counter argument. Why would someone NOT agree with the solutions? ( one paragraph )
Step 4.  Create a conclusion to summarize your report.  Include a “call to action” (one paragraph)
Step 5:   Create a Reference page called References

An analysis essay on the short story “A Family Supper” by Kazuo Ishiguro. Everything is provided in the files attached. I also need the outline for the essay in the format I provided. 

Hi everyone, Welcome to the revision reflection assignment video. So the instructions are posted in the week 5 module, but I’m just going to go through them with you as we would in an in-person class to give you some tips and reminders to help you succeed on this assignment. So for this assignment, you’re going to be using the red level strategies, the orange and the yellow level strategies. So what you’re going to do essentially is revise writing assignment 1, the memo. Only this time you will work on, first of all, improving the red level strategies by reviewing your feedback on the memo and perhaps editing the subject line using the direct organization. If you didn’t do that last time, including a few more details for completeness and accuracy and so on. So be sure to look at your feedback on writing assignment one. And to do that, you’ll need to go to the assignment through the grades tab. So access writing assignment 1 through the grades tab. Open the assignment, open your submission and then click (the percentage icon). That way you’ll be able to see the annotation comments–in other words, the comments within the document. And then the end comments will appear in the text box at the side. And then click Show rubric so you can see, okay, well, I did pretty well on subject fine, but I need to work on ensuring completeness and accuracy and using direct organization. So I want to be sure to look at my instructor’s comments and revise accordingly. All right, then you will add in the orange and yellow level strategies. So you’ll add goodwill. So remember, find a way to thank the reader, acknowledge potential obstacles. But that can be a little bit tricky when you’re trying to use positive emphasis. So you generally want to begin by finding something positive to say about the organization or thanking the reader. Both in the introduction–in the opening paragraph–and in the closing paragraph. Alright, you will then want to emphasize reader benefits. So don’t focus on you, focus on the reader. How will this help them, right, with a positive emphasis? So again, try to avoid negative phrases. Instead, focus on what can be improved going forward. What will be refined, what will be changed, what will be implemented? What will be done to help with the situation? Alright? In this case, remember it’s using social media for Housing Solutions. So don’t focus on the negative. In fact, as considering what we don’t have now. But focus on what we will have as a result of implementing your social media campaign to increase fundraising and outreach. So remember, fundraising and outreach. Both of those are key elements, alright? Right with the reader base emphasis. So remember, try to use you or the reader’s name perhaps. Or the organization in this case would probably be more appropriate. Instead of saying for our company, remember Housing Solutions is a non-profit. So just say Housing Solutions or our organization. Alright, so try to do that instead of focusing on you as the writer for the yellow level strategies, you want to refine information to make it more useful. For example, you’re going to need to summarize the different platforms that you think Housing Solutions should use. Don’t give them a link. Don’t incorporate blocks, large blocks of text from another source about the platforms. It’s your job to research those and summarize them for the owners, the directors, so they can decide, Okay, well, instagram sounds really good, and we should definitely update our Facebook page. I don’t know as much about Tiktok, so need to learn more about it before I can make a decision. But at least now I have an idea of what it is. All right, so your job is to refine information to make it more useful. Use SSPD, so standard style for printed documents. So that means you’re going to include headings that are informative in this case, remember, your headings need to need to include positive outcomes. You don’t just want to say Instructions. So as an example, I used headings in– in this assignment document as well, Instructions for Successfully Completing the Assignment. So I included a positive outcome there. All right, resources for assistance. Strategies you will use for this assignment, right? So all these began with a noun–Strategies, Instructions, Resources. And they include the outcomes, not just strategies, but strategies you will use for this assignment. Okay? So for this assignment you are viewing the video. So you’re going to use all the red level strategies and improve on how you did so based on your feedback on writing assignment one. And then you will add in the orange level strategies and the yellow level strategies. All of them, not just some of them. So we talked about goodwill, opening, closing paragraphs, revising word choice for positive emphasis. That’s the biggest issue I saw in the writing assignment, drafts that I reviewed. And again, it can be tricky, as we’ve discussed in previous videos, it can be tricky to focus on the positive. When, for example, for writing assignment three, you have negative things going on in the company that you want to address, but you don’t want to dwell on that. You don’t want to dwell on the negative. Focus on going forward, what can be done, what will be changed, what will be implemented to improve, for example, customer satisfaction or for the memo. Awareness in the community, perhaps of Housing SSolutions and how you help those in need. Alright, so think about the positive and that will be easier to do probably going back to the writing assignment 1 and revising it as opposed to the refusal letter and the report. But keep that in mind. You will need to also add a list of some sort. So remember, you don’t want to just put a list in that you could easily incorporate into a sentence. A list should be– remember–that’s the way to help readers easily absorb and quickly absorb the information. So maybe you could list some advantages of implementing the social media campaign. And remember to use parallel construction. So for example, you can began each bullet point in your list with a gerund, an I-N-G verb, like marketing will help Housing Solutions do X. Communicating. What We do to Assist the Community Will Help Housing Solutions do Y, and so on. All right, so keep that in mind. And you will want to go back and change the font to Times New Roman (12 point font) except for the headings which are an Arial bold. So I did that for this assignment document as well. So you can see just as a little reminder of what your memo will look like. All right, we talked about how to view your specific comments. But just to review that, go to the submission, Writing Assignment 1 through the grades tab. Open that up and then you’ll see in (the percentage icon) click there. So you can see comments within the document. Make all those corrections first or edits or additions depending on what I said. And then you, of course, you’ll also want to click Show rubric to see where you did well and what you need to work on improving for the next version. All right, so then this is the reflection aspect. So for part one, you’re going to revise the memo, adding all of the orange level strategies and all yellow level strategies and refining your use of the red level strategies. For part two, It’s the reflection part. So that’s five questions about your revision process and they’re on the form, but they’re also here for your convenience. All right. Okay., so actually now it’s four questions. Sorry, I have to update that. I made a few changes before posting it. Alright, so you’re then going to open up the revision and reflection assignment form. So this is the form because we want one document. You can’t submit multiple documents. And I have to have everything in one document to be able to grade it. So you’re going to use this form. So you can just delete that and place your original WA1 here if you want (to delete where it says WA1), but you don’t have to. So just paste the original submission. There doesn’t need to include the comments. It’s just your original Word document submission, which you can also access in the writing assignment 1 Dropbox. You can download that and then paste it so that’s your original. So I can look back and compare it to the revision. Right, then you revise. One will be here. So this will be what you add, will just add the memo here after you refine the red level strategies and add in the orange and yellow level strategies. Alright, and then you’ll answer these questions. So again, here, answer them on this document, not anywhere else, not in the comments section. I need all of this in one document. What changes have you made to your writing assignment One based on the specific feedback and rubric score. So basically how have you refined the red level strategies, your use of the red level strategies. What changes have you made to your writing assignment 1 to improve your use of that? Of the orange level strategies. At least two of the orange level strategies in your response, that should say to use the orange level strategies, sorry, I’ll fix that. What changes have you made it to use the yellow level strategies, what additions have you made? So you’re going to include all of them, all the orange level strategies and all the yellow level strategies in the responses here. You can just talk about two of them. You don’t have to talk about all of them in the reflection for the orange and yellow level strategies. But you do, as stated here on the assignment document, need to include all right, and then how the specific changes resulted in a more professional document. So what, for example, has adding SSPD done to make your document more readable and more easily readable by the Directors of Housing Solutions And then also I’m just interested in how you might use these strategies in the future in academic or workplace settings. And you will. So think about that. For example, if you’re writing a memo in your first entry level job after you graduate from college. If you’re writing a memo to your supervisor, you’ll reflect back and remember, oh, yes, I need to begin with goodwill. Oh, yes. I need to include enough information in it for my supervisor to make a decision, and so on. All right. Okay, and then here is the rubric for the revision and reflection. So I’m going to look at how well you’ve used the red level strategies. Did you clearly establish purpose and audience? So remember for that you want to state while you’re writing in paragraph 1. And that also goes along with using the direct organization. So uses simple concrete direct language, aligns language and purpose. So you don’t want to use (social media) terms the directors might not be familiar with. You don’t want to use a bunch of thesaurus words, either to make yourself sound really smart or because you are smart as it is, you don’t need to use the source words to sound smart. Trust me. It just isn’t the best idea, especially in workplace correspondence. Everyone in the workplace has plenty of work to do. They don’t need to spend time trying to decipher what you’ve said. Using thesaurus words, they just need, need the information. Alright, is complete inaccurate. The subject line is highly informative and purposeful. So one thing I noticed is that a lot of people for the subject line for the memo did not include both of the concepts that were mentioned, fundraising and outreach. So be sure to include both of those words, content in your subject line. You should also include the key phrase social media. And you want to, of course, be positive in your subject line. You don’t want to say something like our social media use is terrible or, or ineffective social media use. Now, focus on again, what can be done, what you will do, or have you refined the information. Again, we talked about that so the Anderson’s know what it is you are proposing specifically and how the platforms are different. If Instagram and Facebook are both social media with reels, or both can include reels then why use both? So you want to explain generally different audiences. Another way to get the word out there about Housing Solutions and so on. Headings are very informative. So again, we’ve talked about this several times, but we don’t want just one word headings, right? You want your headings to be specific and informative and they should include outcomes as well. So review that in the yellow level strategies tutorial. And remember I like how they’re described in there. In the tutorial. They’re described as like newspaper headlines. You wouldn’t just put DBU wins. You’d put DBU Women’s Basketball Wins Regional Tournament. All right. So you want your headings to be informative or a, did you use SSPD? So you’ve got the headings and Arial Bold. The content is in Times New Roman 12 point font, lists are used effectively, and they are written with parallel structure. All right, for the yellow level strategies, did you see an error here? 

You will compose a researched essay about the topic/issue you have chosen to pursue for Project 1. This research essay should help readers understand the complexity of the issue you’ve chosen, perhaps by highlighting things about your topic that are misunderstood (and misunderstood by whom) or should be understood in a new/different way. This essay should tell your readers what is important to notice in the research you conducted.
Required Sections—IMRaD (or IMRD) Format:
These steps correspond to the parts of the research report, which should appear in your paper:
Introduction (~350 words)
establish the question or issue in your field and discuss the context of your work
Methods (~350 words)
precisely and accurately describe the manner by which you gather data that will answer your research question or explore the issue
Results (~650 words)
describe your data logically and clearly
Discussion (~650 words)
establishes how what you learned fits with your existing understanding of the field, emphasizing logical relationships, discussing the limitations of your research, and defining new questions that arose as a result of your research
Conclusion (100–200 words)
(Optional.) summarize the topics and findings of the paper

Analyze the themes of DOUBT and CERTAINTY with the character, Father Flynn and how he uses ethos, pathos, and logos as a means of persuasion. These appeals will be the controlling points of the analysis.

This essay is aim to engage the intended audience in putting forth the relevancy of a research project—offering details to help the audience gain familiarity with the topic of study and the evolving the claim.
It’s a research proposal designed to share your research plan and the route you will take to convey a convincing claim.
The research proposal provides a space for you to share the reasons why you want to study your chosen topic and helps you determine the parameters of your future writing project, including your research question(s), rationale, summary, predictions, list of reviewed sources, and a strategy for next steps. This assignment serves two purposes: it provides a blueprint–or a working plan–for your future essay, and it helps you to establish topical boundaries, as you begin to narrow your research focus.
This assignment requires 7 fully developed and supported sections, as outlined in the attached pdf file.

For this assignment you will be writing a research proposal in which you will be asking a research question and a hypothesis for a research study on a subject of your choosing. Ideally, the research question will locate a gap or under-studied aspect of a subject you have chosen, perhaps following up with your annotated bibliography assignment, and propose a hypothetical research study in which you will investigate this subject further.
Be aware that research proposals often vary depending on what the audience is interested in seeing from the proposal.To highlight those differences, I shared the following documents only for that purpose:
Scholarly Article: How to Write a Research Proposal Download How to Write a Research Proposal[a detailed explanation for graduate level research proposals]
Website: San Jose State: Research ProposalsDownload Research Proposals
Directions:
What we will write is a simplified APA-style research proposal that will have six identifiable sections, meaning you must include Level 2 headings to introduce each section:
1. Introduction: here you will identify the need for study (why undertake this research), what the value of this research will be (significance of the study), and your research question. [Note: we are combining the traditional “introduction” and “rationale” together for simplicity.]
2. Literature Review: here you will summarize the existing scholarly work (journal articles) that has been done on this topic, identifying how the authors have studied this topic and interesting places where the research overlaps or disagrees with one another.
3. Methodology: here you will identify how you would hypothetically study the topic. Generalizing the study methods is fine–this is not a Research Methods course–but you should emphasize your objectives in this study (what kinds of information do you want to gather) and the practical details of how the study might be conducted.
4. Discussion: here you will discuss any potential problems or limitations you may anticipate in the study. Ignore monetary concerns (assume you would be getting the grant money unless your study is enormous). Instead, focus on the practical issues that may arise from such a study and how you might address them.
5. Conclusion: here you will hypothesize the short term and long term value of the study to researchers in this field. The conclusion about engaging persuasively with a professional audience to “sell” them on the idea of conducting this research for the benefit of other experts in the field of study.
Requirements: 
Word Count: A minimum of 2000 words.
A clearly articulated research question following the notes on what makes a “good” research question.
Following the organizational format above.
A minimum of seven scholarly sources (more can be used for support in the Research Proposal).
APA formatting throughout, including a title page and sectional headings.

Checklist for Formal Report Checklist for Formal Report
To ensure your researched report is effective, use the following checklist to make sure the report contains the following components:
_____ The body of the report is a minimum of five pages in length and is double-spaced.
_____ The report uses a minimum of 5 varied sources (All sources should not be the same type i.e. all books)
_____ The report contains a minimum of one visual aid that is titled and cited appropriately and correctly discussed in the report
_____ Transmittal Correspondence is included
¨ Written in memorandum format
¨ Contains the following:
a) contains the title of the report
b) has an opening to remind reader of report’s purpose and who has requested or authorized it
c) explains when the report was requested
d) provides a brief summary of the report’s findings
e) expresses appreciation to those who were helpful in assembling the report or providing information
f) offers to clarify any information or follow up on the report
¨ Length of correspondence is no longer than 2-3 paragraphs
_____ Title page is included in the report and contains:
¨ A clear specific title that tells reader what report is about
¨ Name and position of person(s) receiving report
¨ Your name and position
¨ Date of submission
_____ Table of Contents follows Title Page.
¨ Includes any prefatory matter (abstract, list of illustrations, glossary) in lower case Roman numerals
¨ Lists the name of each section of the report in the same wording and format as body of report
¨ Indents subsections of major sections
¨ Lists only the page number on which the section begins and uses Arabic numerals
_____ List of Illustrations is included if three or more visuals are used in the body of report
¨ Each visual is numbered and titled with page numbers provided
¨ The List of Illustrations may be written on the same page as the Table of Contents or on a separate page following it
_____ Executive Summary or Summary follows the Table of Contents
¨ Is a miniature version of the report (presents main ideas of the report without including details or supporting points)
¨ Is single-spaced
¨ Length ranges from one paragraph to ½ typed page
_____ Glossary is included if necessary (Assume you are writing for a lay audience. If you use terminology in the report that would be unfamiliar to a lay person, you must use a glossary to define the words.
_____ Report contains an Introduction section, which is the first section of the body of the report, that contains the following (sub-headings may be used):
¨ Explains the report’s purpose
¨ Indicates the intended readers of the report
¨ Explains the scope and limitations (explains what report covers and if appropriate, explains what the report does not include)
¨ Explains the methods and resources used to generate the information
¨ Includes a plan of development that outlines the major sections of report
_____ Body of report:
¨ Is divided into major sections and sub-sections that are set off from rest of text (bold, underline, italicize)
¨ Is well-organized, adopting the most logical sequence for the information
¨ Is clear, accurate, and sufficiently detailed to satisfy the needs of the intended audience
¨ Incorporates facts, figures, and expert opinion from a variety of sources
¨ Uses clear, simple language
¨ Maintains an appropriate tone: objective (not emotional), formal (not conversational)
¨ Employs appropriate visuals that are introduced in the text and explained. Visuals should be labeled as Tables or Figures. Full MLA citation of source directly below visual. ____Report contains a conclusion section that briefly restates the report’s main ideas and explains why they are important. It may possibly also do the following:
a) make recommendations
b) explain significance of situation
c) explain consequences of situation
d) make predictions about topic in relation to organization’s future
_____ Report includes full documentation of all sources used according to MLA format
¨ Contains Works Cited page following the conclusion of report
¨ Uses parenthetical citations throughout the body of report
_____ The report should use an Appendix if you are including supplemental information that may be helpful to intended readers but is not necessary to understanding the report itself.
(Examples: survey questionnaires, list of references for additional reading, list of useful addresses or phone numbers for resources, interview questions and responses)
_____ The report has been proofread and edited for typographical and mechanical errors in spelling, capitalization, punctuation, and grammar.
-your formal report is almost complete. Remember to discuss at least one ethical dilemma (a choice between two options that may be both difficult and unpleasant choices) that may occur in your topic of research.
-Do not use decorative images as support for your research. (Words, pictures of people, computers, etc. do not provide any data or evidence for your topic. MLA guidelines strongly discourages this.)
Avoid .com websites to find research information. Review the requirements for sources .com websites sell services or products to people, so their data and information may be skewed unless they provide a credible citation to where they compiled
-will allow one .com website, but all others should be from academic- peer reviewed, .edu or .gov-type sources. You can use another .com if you exceed the number of sources required and the .com sources do not exceed 25-30% of the resources. If possible, locate the original source to cite. If you borrow an image written by an author, who found the image somewhere else and cites it, you need to make this clear by citing it as an indirect quotation (Qtd. in “author’s name). Here’s one of the links I shared with many of you in my feedback: https://libguides.sccsc.edu/MLA/images
To earn a passing/successful grade on this report, you must demonstrate MLA citations in text and on the Works Cited page correctly. Any words taken verbatim must be surrounded by quotation marks. Do not plagiarize your work. PLEASE USE:
Elad, Barry. “30+ Most Shocking Employment Discrimination Statistics for 2023: The Employment Discrimination Situation in the United States.” Enterprise Apps Today, 6 Oct. 2023, www.enterpriseappstoday.com/stats/employment-discrimination-statistics.html.

Answer and discuss the following with your peers this week:
These authors use a combination of strategies to support their arguments from research, data, and stories. Which pieces of evidence do you find the most convincing in each piece and why? Which are the least convincing? Can personal stories and data work together? 
Your initial post should be 200 words at a minimum