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Write an essay that addresses all of the questions below. The essay should be have multiple paragraphs. The essay should not be a list or numbered set of answers. In other words, sometimes students to try write the number one and then answer question one; then they write the number two and answer question two. I repeat, do not number your answers, do not write the questions in your essay when you answer the questions, and do not number/list your responses. Like with any other essay, you should write multiple paragraphs that address all of the prompt, which is the set of questions below. Some of your paragraphs may answer multiple questions while other paragraphs may only answer one question because that question needs multiple sentences to answer it. How many paragraphs you need in order to answer all of the questions in a clear and cohesive way is up to you. 
Additionally, this is just a diagnostic essay. A diagnostic essay is an essay that is just seeing what skills you already have. If you are missing any skills, that is fine. You will receive full points as long as you turn this essay in. You have the whole semester to learn skills that are needed to pass the class, so of course you do not need to know everything at the start of the class. Try you best so that I know what skills you do have already and so that we nurture those skills while fostering other skills for you, too. Ultimately, the diagnostic essay helps me help you with your composition skills. 
Here is the prompt. Answer all of the questions below in a multiple paragraph essay. Interpret the questions however you like, but be sure to answer them fully, clearly, and in a way that shows you know how to support your own ideas.
What have you learned about how you think?
Did you ever study your thinking?
What information do you have, for example, about the cognitive processes involved in how your mind thinks?
More to the point, perhaps, what do you really know about how to analyze, evaluate, or reconstruct your thinking?
Where does your thinking come from?
How do you define high quality thinking, and how do you define poor quality thinking?
How much of your thinking is of high quality, and how much of your thinking is of poor quality?
How much of your thinking is vague, muddled, inconsistent, inaccurate, illogical, or superficial? 
Are you, in any real sense, in control of your thinking?
Do you know how to test it?
Do you have any conscious standards for determining when you are thinking well and when you are thinking poorly? 
Have you ever discovered a significant problem in your thinking and then changed it by a conscious act of will? 
If someone asked you to teach them what you have learned about thinking thus far in your life, would you have any idea what that was or how you learned it? 
(This question is optional.) Is there anything else that you would like to share about your relationship to your own thinking? 
Submission Guidelines: Submit a .docx or .pdf file of your diagnostic essay.

attached goes with outline  
Abstract
Engagement with artificial intelligence (AI) can be highly beneficial for theology. This article maps the landscape of the various ways such engagement can occur. It begins by outlining the opportunities and limitations of computational theology before diving into speculative territory by imagining how robot theologians might think of divine revelation. The topic of AI and imago Dei is then reviewed, illustrating several ways AI can inform theological anthropology. The article concludes with a more speculative take on the possible implications of AI for divine infinity, incarnation, theodicy, and demonic intelligence.  
https://doi.org/10.1111/zygo.12831

For this assignment and the remainder of the semester, you are going to focus on one social problem. We are going to define it in this module and work toward creating change to improve the lives of those affected in future modules. To get started, you should watch the following project overview video. Then, answer the questions posed below.
What is the social problem that you would like to address?
Define the problem in one paragraph.
Why did you choose to focus on this problem?
Answer in one paragraph; this section can be in first person.
Who is affected by this problem?
Describe what groups of people are affected, how they are affected, and how much they are affected. Focus specifically on vulnerable or marginalized populations.
In this assignment, it can be very tempting to jump ahead to solving the problem. We will get there, I promise! But for now, focus on defining the problem, not solving it. Otherwise, we can’t know if we’ve solved it, because we won’t know what we are trying to solve.

Requirements
Upload your completed assignment as a Word document or PDF by the posted due date.
Plagiarism detection will be used.
Your assignment should be written in APA format as a complete paper rather than in a Q&A format. In addition, only Part B can be in first person.
All facts in the paper and ideas that are not your own should be cited in APA style, using in-text citations for at least two sources. You can use course readings as these sources.
Other than the paragraph about why you have chosen the problem, everything else should be in third person.
The length of your assignment should be two pages of text, plus an APA style title page and a reference list. It does not require an abstract.

For this discussion, research a cultural group that you are not familiar with but are curious about. For example, you can choose a religious group or culture other than your own. Briefly research the cultural group. Provide the direct link to one of your resources in the discussion board. 

the instructions are in one of the files, use the sources I mentioned in my bibliography paper to complete this assignment 

The introduction to James Baldwin’s The Fire Next TimeLinks to an external site. is subtitled “Letter to My Nephew on the One-Hundredth Anniversary of the Emancipation”, signaling both a reflection on American history and a personalization of “place” in that history (applied to, ostensibly, a child). The letter attempts to reconcile a warring central argument for the text, one of both hope found and hope lost. For most writers, this process entails a blending of the three primary rhetorical strategies:
logos = utilizing logic and reason to lay out facts and information to support a claim
pathos = employing emotion and empathy to convince a reader via shared/relatable experiences
ethos = heightening morality (right and wrong, good and bad) to emphasize “justice” while also supporting one’s thoughts with mention of credentials
Each strategy helps to make Baldwin’s initial message impactful and persuades the listener/reader to consider and potentially agree with his main argument. For this discussion, I’d like you to respond to the following (for 10 points):
Which of those rhetorical strategies do you think Baldwin utilizes most? Why do you think that, and how do you believe he does this? (Use 1-2 specific examples/quotes from “My Dungeon Shook” in your explanation)
The title “My Dungeon Shook” comes from a line of poetry. What do you think it means in relation to Baldwin’s message for his nephew?
Is Baldwin’s perspective with this opening section more personal or universal? How does Baldwin’s goal reflect the personal and the universal simultaneously?
Which quote do you feel is the most impactful from “My Dungeon Shook”? Why?
Finally, be sure to respond to at least one (1) student’s post (with a question or additional thought regarding their response) to receive full credit for this discussion post (for the other 10 points).
Additionally, if you have a question for me (the professor) please ask!
Happy discussing!

Compare and contrast Dental hygienists and Mental health technicians, with the three comparison points: the nature of the work(what they do and types of companies), educational requirements, and work environment/travel. I have already started writing some of it can you add on and expand?

Visual Representation of Writing Conventions 
Start Assignment
Due Tuesday by 11:59pm
Points 20
Submitting a website url, a media recording, or a file upload
For this assignment, you need to create a visual representation of the common writing conventions in your two publications. You can complete an outline, a mind map, or any other visual showing of the conventions.
For example (PLEASE NOTE ONLY THE FIRST EXAMPLE ACTUALLY USES OUR TOPICS)
REDLINE MAGAZINE JOURNAL OF ASTRONOMICAL JUDGMENT
informal diction, like casual conversation formal, pedantic diction, a lot of jargon
language difficulty is minimal, high school level DICTION high level of difficulty in language, degreed professional in field
tone is casual and almost friendly TONE tone feels like a formal conversation, maybe professorial or like a boss to an employee
sentences are varied in length, but none are too long SYNTAX sentences are varied in length, but quite a few are really, really long
for the most part sentences follow a typical subject verb style sentences use a lot of dependent clauses, high complexity
articles use quotes and facts/stats from sources USE OF RESEARCH continual references to source material and the inclusion of many facts/stats
source material tends to be quotes attributed to people source material tends to be long summaries of primary research

For this discussion, you will develop one BODY paragraph of your research paper. Your paragraph will begin with one of the topic sentences from your sentence outline. (Feel free to revise the topic sentence if you think it would be beneficial.) It will then provide major and minor details to develop the idea in the topic sentence. Consider where evidence from your sources will help support your ideas, and make sure you comment on the evidence to show how it supports the topic sentence. Post your paragraph here. Peer Response (first peer response due by 11:59 p.m. on Sunday; second peer response due by 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday) Choose a paragraph posted by one of your peers. Then find an example of evidence used in the paragraph and consider it in light of the reading on Using Evidence. What characteristics of weak or strong evidence, or of effective or ineffective quotation do you observe? Please be constructive in your comments, so that if you find areas for improvement, you point them out respectfully and include suggestions for more effective use of evidence.

Literary criticism is a conversation. The larger conversation is often hidden from
view, and the mode of conversation can be elaborate and sometimes convoluted
beyond comprehension. Good researchers are not daunted by the challenge of
investigating, decoding, and entering into the conversation, however. As such, this
paper requires digging and persistence. You will find a current academic, peer-reviewed
article about one of our current or future texts to use a starting point for your
bibliographic journey. Read this article to get a general sense of the argument, and
keep an eye out for quotations, references, footnotes, and citations to previous articles
or books. Write down author names and article titles that seem to be in conversation
with the main argument of the first article. Begin tracing the conversations between the
first article and previous works. This will require you to dig into the Works Cited (or
Bibliography) of the first article to find the journal titles and publication information of the
cited material. Once you find the citation information you need from the first article,
begin looking for the next article in the library databases. Once you find the second
article, repeat the process until you have three peer-reviewed academic articles that are
in conversation with each other.
When you have three relevant articles, begin organizing the ideas for your essay.
The task is not to merely summarize each article but to trace the conversation between
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them. In other words, focus on the concepts they all discuss, and give special attention
to voices that disagree or that take slightly different stances on the subject. Once you
have a general sense of how to characterize each author and article, begin writing your
essay. Keep in mind that this is still an essay; it is not merely a book report. You’re
creating a narrative about the research that will distill the conversation for your reader.
Your essay will reveal the hidden conversation that readers often miss when doing
literary research. The introduction should do two things: present a striking quotation
from one (or more) of the articles and briefly summarize the conversation. Arrange the
rest of the essay based on an organizational principle of your choice (chronological,
reverse-chronological, or conceptual). The conclusion should also include a striking
quotation, but it should also give your reader a sense of where you stand in the
conversation and what future research needs to be done.
A full draft of this paper (900-1200 words or about 3-4 pages) must be uploaded
to Canvas by the designated day at 11:59 p.m. You must then comment on three
other student papers in Turnitin by the deadline. Set aside about 1.5 hours for this
(allowing at least 20 minutes per paper). After your read other student comments on
your paper, make changes and upload your final draft to Canvas by the designated
day at 11:59 p.m. (See the course calendar under “Syllabus” in Canvas.) Remember to
use MLA format and include a Works Cited with your three articles and the book from
class that you are researching.