Category: English

The readings will be in the course outline at the bottom and the instructions are below. Thank you 🙂

Essay Two Draft ONE “Helping Ourselves to a Better Self-Image”
Please open the attachment to view our second and final essay. This essay requires some independent research in order to explore “helping ourselves to a better self image.” 
Through this assignment, we will use everything we learned in this course about writing and research. The assignment handout is especially helpful, even providing a clear choice between two thesis statements. (Choose one, but try to put it in your own words.)
Remember, the best first step to this assignment is to complete Discussion Post #6 as that discussion post will get you thinking about who/what might be your subject area.  Make sure you optimize that posting assignment from Week Eleven.
A first draft is due this week, WEEK TWELVE, Wednesday, May 28, and is worth 5 points.
A second draft is due during finals week, Tuesday, June 11, or sooner, if you are able or would like. 
Please open the attachment to view your Essay TWO.
May2024 Essay TWO- Helping Ourselves to a Better Self-Image ENG24.docx
Essay Two: Independent Research –    Helping Ourselves to a Better Self-Image
(based on Chapters 5 and 6 of The Honest Truth About Dishonesty
What is the Purpose of this assignment?
The purpose of this assignment is to apply the theme of “Helping Ourselves to a Better Self Image,” based on chapters 5 and 6 of The Honest Truth About Dishonesty, to an independent research project that taps into social media posting as a research basis–whether you are using Instagram posts, TikTok videos, Vlogs or trending Reddit threads. Acceptable samples of social media will be by individuals who highlight themselves—as individuals—in their post(s), and whom you can LINK to, so that their social “statements” can also be viewed by the reader of your essay as well. The individual(s) you choose as your “sample” must demonstrate a particular brand of “self-presentation,” as shown in selected visual post(s) that you will use as your primary evidence. Our prior Discussion Board posts and Journals should have prepared for you for this assignment, as they mostly all asked for very specific examples of your reaching out to social media. Remember the theme, “Helping Ourselves to a Better Self Image!”
What Position ABOUT “Helping Ourselves to a Better Self-Image” Will I Take?
By now, it is clear to you that Ariely is an observer of our sometimes inconsistent, sometimes even comical, practices of “helping ourselves” toward honesty (or dishonesty) about ourselves. So collectively, all in all, Ariely presents varying views of whether our tendency toward both honesty and/ or dishonesty is “good” or “bad.” Really, our tendencies toward dishonesty, in Ariely’s view, just “is” what it is; I don’t think Ariely is judging us.  But just because Ariely “doesn’t judge,” that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t take a position.
For this essay, you should take a definite position and that position should carry through your entire paper. The two possible theses for this paper to work are given to you below. CHOOSE ONE:
My Position Choice:
CHOOSE EITHER Thesis One OR Thesis Two for your paper.
Thesis One:
Self-puffery, like the blue crab (see chapter 6), impacts our social relations today, usually negatively, in which individuals create exaggerated or unhealthy means toward “helping ourselves toward a better self-image.” This kind of self-puffery is evident in the type of posting which I am calling ___, as exemplified by ____ , as it infuses an individual’s self-presentation and perpetuates harmful messages about ___ through their popularity.
OR
Thesis Two:
Self-puffery, like the blue crab (see chapter 6) , fulfills the essential function of “fake it ‘til you make it” –a practice that constructively promotes self-signalling for positive effect. This kind of self-puffery is evident in the type of posting which I am calling ___, as exemplified by ____ , as it infuses an individual’s self-presentation and builds confidence and helpful messaging about ____ through their popularity.  
Sources You Will Use.
• An individual who exemplifies the type of posting you want to draw attention to
• A comparison individual who exemplifies the same type of posting (comparison as a way to show off your additional insight) or a CONTRAST individual who exemplifies a kind of opposing, or opposite, type of posting (still relevant, but opposite).
• One other research source that could be either based in psychology, communications, behavioral economics, or marketing. While you do not need to report in-depth on your research, it should be written about in such a way as follows the format of Assistive Handout # ___ in the Course Menu.
How Should This Essay Go?  Let’s Keep Working in “Steps”
Basically the essay goes like this:
• Step 1:
An introduction that opens the essay to the topic of “helping ourselves to a better self-image,” also including some reference to Ariely from the opening pages of either “Calling All Chloes” (chapter five) or the story of the blue crab (chapter six); some concept or keyword terms related to “self-presentation” from Discussion Board Post 5 (Who Do We Think We Are); your thesis statement choice (either Thesis One or Thesis Two).  
• Step 2:
A paragraph that deals with the “type of posting” you are identifying. (If you did a good job on Discussion Board Post 6, step 1, this shouldn’t be hard—it’s the same thing.) This paragraph should also include your description that critically characterizes this type of posting for a better self-image. (Again, this is being taken from Discussion Board Post 6, step 2—it’s the same thing.)  
• Step 3:
A restatement of your thesis at the beginning of paragraph three; what Ariely might say about this type of posting and how you know he would say this. (Refer to some writing and details from either Chapter Five or Chapter Six to back up your idea of what Ariely would say about this type of posting.)  A sentence or two that leads into an individual—a specific person who posts—doing this type of posting; general statements about this individual’s posting style that connects to the beginning of this paragraph three.
• Step 4:
A full-in, ALL-IN, description of ONE post by this individual as an example. You know what to do! Follow Assistive Handout #6 in Course Menu for how to read and describe a post with visual elements. Make sure you offer the details you choose to include as proof and support of your thesis.
• Step 5:
A comparison post of some kind—either by another individual doing the same kind of thing like your first individual, or someone who offers a kind of contrast (maybe showing an “opposite” demonstration of self-presentation).
• Step 6:
A personal perspective: Who are you in terms of your style of self-presentation? How do you compare to or contrast the individuals you’ve studied? What from your own life or experience connects you—in terms of interest or background—to the individuals you have highlighted?
As part of this reflection (either within your Step 6 paragraph or in a separate paragraph), add some supplemental research—one source—that backs up the personally-relevant point you are bringing forward in this step of your essay. Make sure the way you write about this source coordinates in style with Assistive Handout 3 on incorporating research, which you will find in the Course Menu.
• Step 7:
Back to Ariely—Bring him back in; Recap and re-mention (a sentence or two) the supplemental research you included in step 6; find a way to conclude (offer your resolve to self-present in this way or not to self-present in this way). Your conclusion, and DONE!
• Step 8:
Make sure you have a Works Cited list that includes the two posts you used, Ariely’s text, and your supplemental source as well. Required Length:  4-5 pages (not more).
Congratulations! You Did It!

Construct a proposal of at least 1,500 words that something should or shouldn’t be the case. Use “should” or “shouldn’t” in your thesis statement. In constructing your essay, offer analysis of at least five well-chosen sources. 
Goals
Demonstrate analytical skills
Choose and research a topic
Construct an appropriately sophisticated thesis-driven essay
Evaluate and integrate appropriate sources in order to support the thesis
Understand how to utilize pre-writing and revising techniques
Explore a topic that’s potentially significant to you
Practice rhetorical moves that are persuasive for academic audiences
Grading Checklist
This assignment is for a grade, which you’ll assign to yourself on the following page in Canvas. Note that I reserve the right to reverse your decision. If I reverse your decision, you can still meet with me and then revise this assignment and turn it in again. See the course grading policy for more details.
Your work will receive six points toward your final grade in the class if it meets all the requirements listed below. 
To receive 2 points (out of 6 total), your essay must address both of the following items (each item is worth one of the two points):
Take into account the complexities of the issue being written about, acknowledging and incorporating others’ points of view
Take evidence from sources with enough interpretation/evaluation to develop a coherent analysis or synthesis, subjecting expert viewpoints and sources of information to questioning
In other words, the essay should take a clear, nuanced position in a complex debate. The essay needs to include a thesis that contains tension between contrasting ideas. They Say / I Say can help you to take a nuanced position. Make sure to fairly and accurately acknowledge the viewpoints of others and to frame your view as a response to their viewpoint(s). Make sure to acknowledge weaknesses in your own argument and strengths in the arguments of others. An essay that oversimplifies an issue, presents only one side of an argument, or reduces a debate to a simple “all or nothing” proposition will not earn credit. 
Furthermore, the essay should incorporate a variety of contrasting viewpoints, including expert viewpoints, from various sources. The viewpoints included in the essay should be subjected to questioning and analysis, meaning that the claims in the sources shouldn’t be taken at face value. There should be some exploration of the reliability and limitations of the data and viewpoints provided. Your essay should cite specific reasons and evidence for agreeing or disagreeing with the views taken from sources. Furthermore, the evidence and viewpoints in your essay should be combined together into a coherent whole, meaning any areas of potential confusion or apparent contradictions are clarified for the reader.  
To receive another 4 points (out of 6 total), your essay must:
Be at least 1,500 words, excluding the list of works cited
Be double spaced and formatted according to MLA guidelines
Respond directly to the prompt
Begin with an introduction that offers contextualizing information and a thesis statement
Include body paragraphs that focus on specific main ideas and that provide evidence and analysis to support or illuminate the thesis
End with a conclusion that offers your own take-away claim or explores the larger implications of the analysis that you’ve done
Demonstrate rhetorical moves from Chapters 2 (Summarizing), 3 (Quoting), 4 (Responding to Sources), 6 (Counterarguments), and 8 (Connecting the Parts) of our textbook
Cite at least five appropriate sources you’ve found on your own
Include a list of works cited for all of the sources you reference in your essay
Have been revised and proofread so that the reader won’t have difficulty understanding the essay
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Write a four-paragraph essay, critical summary of an article that is in support of your argument, research paper thesis. The article must be from one of our library’s data bases. In addition, this essay will become part of your research paper. You will integrate it into your research paper rough draft, so in essence, you will receive credit for this assignment twice!
The following are some guidelines to follow:
• Include the title of the article in quotation marks, author’s complete name, author’s thesis, and your thesis (That you generally agree with the author) in your introduction.
• For each of the two body paragraphs, include one of the author’s premises or key points or main ideas, any specific examples that the author cites in support, your response, and your real or hypothetical examples as original support.
• For the conclusion, quote from the author’s conclusion, and give your response.
• Throughout the essay, always refer to the article in the present tense.
• Avoid the first person “I” at all times except when providing original support (From your own real-life experiences) in the body paragraphs.
Use MLA in text citation style and format for the assignment, and include an MLA work cited page with one source listed.

Identify the APA research style, including citation guidlines, reference formating, and overall structure for academic papers.

Instructions:
The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores? Choose the option that best helps you answer that question and write an essay of no more than 650 words, using the prompt to inspire and structure your response. Remember: 650 words is your limit, not your goal. Use the full range if you need it, but don’t feel obligated to do so. (The application won’t accept a response shorter than 250 words.)
The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

This product is about my aunt with cancer. you can use any descriptive details or scenarios you like. has to be 1000 words. 1 citation. I attached the instructions and rubric. you need to focus on a short period of time.

Ready to write Essay #1?
Essay #1 is designed to help you demonstrate the tools you worked with in Module 2 on poetry and song.  
If you are turning in your essay and the submission portal is closed, contact me through the InBox. I’ll open the Module for Late Submissions 
Learning Objectives
In completing this essay, you should 
be able to approach any text by  interpreting and evaluating a work of literature 
be able to recognize and discuss the basic elements or devices in a poem or song as a reader-response.
be able to structure and organize an essay based on making inferences to argue your point.
Instructions
Choose one of the assigned prompts listed below.
Choose one of the Casebook assigned poems or songs to explore and interpret through a  Reader-Response Lens.
What Should You Submit? Three Items.
Your completed essay  
A rationale for choosing the prompt and poem/song (name the prompt) and what you learned about the poet, songwriter, or singer.
An explanation of what you learned about writing on the differences between experiencing, interpreting, and evaluating
See the chart below for a full description of essay requirements.
(Test your ideas under brainstorming. Get clarification. Ask for feedback! You can always return to Brainstorming at any time to test or exchange ideas.)
THIS IS THE PROMT 
You explored the elements and devices in the poem. In analyzing the elements and devices, how did your own experiences and observations about the subject matter or themes in the poem influence how you gave the elements and devices meaning?  Focus on you as much as on the poem.
The poem I picked from the casebook files was Langston Hughes I, Too.
I am a women in sports so I related to this but always trying to get the approval of men in my Latino community that girls can too also play and belong in athletics I was always shunned and felt unwanted you can make up your own story and bend it to how you like that connects my experience being  a women to Langston being a black man at a time where itvwas not fully accepted to even me being a young women raised in an sexist culture where I was not accepted. 

II.   ELABORATORS: The second sentence of the introductory paragraph, this  statement is closely related to and explains the opener, generally by giving  either
a.  Some reasons for the situation expressed in the opener
Nowadays, being an effective parent can be difficult. As a parent, you must constantly worry about the many negative influences and dangers that are present.
b. Or more information about the topic
In the last five years, we have seen an increase in the number of marriages and a decline in the number of divorces. In fact, the divorce rate is the lowest it has been since 1979.
DIRECTIONS:   
Add elaborators to the openers below.
1.    How to Meet New People/topic
When I first moved to Miami, I didn’t know anyone except my immediate family.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
2.    How to Be an Effective Parent
Most people will tell you that one of the most difficult jobs in the world is being a  parent.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
3.    How to Have a Successful Marriage
Getting married is one of the most important decisions that you will ever make.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
4.    How to Reduce Stress
Because of our hectic lifestyles, almost everyone today is affected by stress.
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
5.   How to Improve Your English Speaking Skills
Good English speaking skills can be a tremendous asset.
Also, it needs to be in APA format and be checked on Turnitin for Artificial intelligence (AI), and plagiarism aswell.

Career Research Paper Directions and Format
Format: 3 pages, double-spaced, typed, #12 font Content:
For the Career Research Paper, choose a career that interests you or one suggested by the career assessments done in this class. Answer the following questions in the written paper (paragraph format). Describe the career. What are the typical job duties? Why are you interested in this career?
Are certain personality types and skills desired and/or required? How does your personality type match this career or not? Go back to your Assessments in CollegeScope to help you answer this.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of working in this career? What type of environment will you be working in?
What is a typical day, week, month, year?
What is the salary or pay? Part time? Full time?
What is the job outlook? Is there a demand or not in this field? How difficult or not difficult is it to gain employment in this career?
What are the educational requirements you need to complete to get into this field? Licenses? Experience?
What are related majors or majors needed for this career?
What are related occupations for this career? Research other occupations similar that may be of interest.
What are the growth opportunities?
What interesting facts did you discover?
Extra: Find a job advertisement on this career and copy/paste it into your paper. Go to College Central (your campus online job-board you learned about in Week 5 Discussion)
To research your career, use at least 4 sources of information listed in the bullets below.
Websites, Texts, E-books, Articles (databases at the library)
Informational Interview: It is encouraged you use an interview with a person in your career of interest. Go back to the Informational Interview Assignment in Week 3.
Assessments (Personality, Multiple Intelligences, Learning, Skills). O*Net OnlineLinks to an external site. (You researched this website in CollegeScope. A librarian can help you with this site as well.)
Occupational Outlook HandbookLinks to an external site.
Outlook Quarterly and Career Outlook PublicationsLinks to an external site.
Include a “Works Cited” listing of the sources you used. Get help form the library if you need help with your “Works Cited” format. Visit the Career Center to get help researching.
Visit the Writing Center for help with your paper.