Assignment 1: Revising a Poorly Written E-MailWe’ve now learned about composing an effective e-mail and you have learned how to write an effective memos/e-mail (Module 8). This assignment is the first of three (3) short memo/e-mail assignments. Your task here is to revise the following e-mail so that it’s clear, effective and professional. You may need to invent some minor details (ie. a name). This will be evaluated on the basi...
Discussion OverviewIn this course, you will be using the tools of intercultural rhetoric to identify a problem in your community that needs solving and propose a way to address that problem. This unit’s discussion is meant to prepare you for that process by exploring how others have engaged in this process. For example, Steven Johnson’s TED Talk “Where Good Ideas Come From” explores how people can generate ideas throu...
Questions: To submit your paper, select “assignments” from the Quercus course page then “Take-Home Midterm Exam.” You may upload your exam as a single .pdf or .docx file after agreeing to have your paper screened by plagiarism detection software.Weight:20% of final gradeInstructions: Compose two short essays (700-800 words) in response to two of the four prompts listed below. Clearly identify the questions you are responding to and submi...
Directions: Using the sources you found for your persuasive research report, answer the questions in Part I below. Be thorough in your responses. For Part 2, you will only need to pick three (3) of your sources to evaluate. The source evaluation must be included as an appendix to your persuasive research report. Should you decide not use some or any of the sources evaluated, you will need to revise in order to include three (3) sources...
Objectives of the Research Project Essay 2 should be around 600 words. Remember the main three questions posted in the document “About the Research Project, Fall 2021â€Â: 1. What arguments are focused on a particular object that exists around us but that many of us don't usually think much about? 2. How does this object relate to or emphasize something important about a particular culture and society or possibl...
Summary of the Poem and Key Conflict1. Submit a TPCASTT (either picture of annotated poem or table ) of one of the 4 poems in the assessment pack. 2. Explication of the poem (approx 1000 words in lenght) 3. A 1-2 minute recording of you discussing an element of the poem or a part of it that spoke to you. I chose "the language issue" among the 4 poems. If you write the script for me i will record myself reading the script. I copy paste...
The old woman and the bird: An interpretationHow does the setting affect the plot? How does the setting affect the conflict? Nobel Lecture Nobel Lecture December 7, 1993 “Once upon a time there was an old woman. Blind but wise.” Or was it an old man? A guru, perhaps. Or a griot soothing restless children. I have heard this story, or one exactly like it, in the lore of several cultures. In the version I know the woman is the...
TaskAs you know already, the general topic for the research paper is: The Everyday Object, the same topic you wrote about for Essay 2 and Essay 4: For this course, I am asking you to consider the word âthingâ literallyâfocusing on a concrete object created by humans that you could find in the world around you. Based on this idea, 1. What arguments are focused on a particular object that...
PurposeThe critical analysis essay will be based on one of the essays students have read thus far in the course or on a piece the instructor chooses. Write an essay that identifies and discusses one or two nonfiction elements that are most essential to the reading selection. First, identify the nonfiction element for example, characterization that is most important in the selection. Next, explain why that element is important and whet...
Prompt 1: Discuss the treatment of the mentally ill in the novel.Choose one of the following prompts about Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar and provide an essay that is around 1000-1500 words. It must include an original title, introduction, thesis statement, body paragraphs that support your thesis with quotations from the text, a conclusion, and a works cited page. Your essay must adhere to MLA style. Remember that you may approach your chosen...
QuestionsYou will orally summarize The Kite Runner for the teacher. Answer the prompts listed below with as much detail as possible. Please submit as a sound file. 1. What is the plot of the story? What happens during this story? 2. Who are the characters in the story? Who is your favorite character and why? 3. What is the main theme of the story and how is it represented? Please provide examples with your answer. 4. Which part o...
TaskRelated Readings: John Gattoâs âWhy Schools Donât Educate,â Darryl Robinsonâs âI Went to Some of D.C.âs Best Schools, I Was Still Unprepared for College,â Hunter Rawlingâs â College Is not a Commodity,â âJennine Capo Crucet&aci...
Instructions Instructions: For the Annotated Bibliography assignment, decide on a Thesis (an arguable point) in relation to one of four Intelligence Squared Debate Topics: ? COVID: Who Owns the Vaccines”.? “Slavery Reparations”.? “Stop Worrying About National Debts”.? “Can Employers and Schools Require Vaccines?”You will then undertake Library Research to accumulate source material. This material mus...
I. Sonnet 3 by William ShakespeareFor this paper, I ask you to watch three YouTube performances (Macbeth, at least, is meant to be performed, not only read!), and then also to comment on the texts. Of course you can read any material you find on the internet (cite whatever you use), but there is plenty of opportunity for your own interpretations, always supported by specific detail from the text. Independent reading will be the mos...
TasksI do not remember when Myra Sayla came to town, though she must have been in our class at school for two or three years. I start remembering her in the last year, or three years. I start remembering her in the last year, when her little brother Jimmy Sayla was in Grade One... Everybody knew of Jimmy Sayla’s shame and at recess (if he was not being kept in, as he often was, for doing something he shouldn’t in school) he did...