How would you feel in this scenario? What would you be thinking to yourself? In the second paragraph, identify if your response in paragraph #1 is more like a fixed or growth mindset. What characteristics of either mindset did you exhibit in this scenario? If you identify attributes of a fixed mindset, discuss in this paragraph how you might change what you do next to better develop a growth mindset.

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Growth and Fixed mindsets

Begin this journal by reading and considering the following scenario:

One day, you go to a class that is really important to you and that you like a lot. The professor returns the midterm papers to the class. You got a C+. You’re very disappointed. That evening on your way back to your home, you find that you’ve gotten a parking ticket. Being really frustrated, you call your best friend to share your experience but are sort of brushed off.

 

Next, write a one-page journal response. In the first paragraph, describe as honestly as possible the following:

How would you feel in this scenario?
What would you be thinking to yourself?
In the second paragraph, identify if your response in paragraph #1 is more like a fixed or growth mindset. What characteristics of either mindset did you exhibit in this scenario? If you identify attributes of a fixed mindset, discuss in this paragraph how you might change what you do next to better develop a growth mindset. If you identified attributes of a growth mindset, describe what experiences you have had in the past that have taught you to take on a growth mindset when faced with setbacks.

In the third paragraph write what you could you do next time from what you learned this week.

Using the 20th Century Timeline, analyze the information looking for any data clusters of blocks that catch your attention. Or, you might want to grab a single block of data and jump from there.

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Education in The US

For the Grouping Assignment, students will pick between two options. Then submit their work via the Blackboard portal.

Option (A): 20th Century Timeline
1) Grouping: Using the 20th Century Timeline, analyze the information looking for any data clusters of blocks that catch your attention. Or, you might want to grab a single block of data and jump from there.

2) Patterns: Now, take a step back and look; what does the information table tell you? What events in time surround your data block(s)? Do you see a logical pattern that leads the creation of that event? Do we see any unusual activity accompanying your data block(s)? Discern where we have holes, see trends, and assess if the information is reliable. What outside research do you have to perform to answer these questions?

3) Summary: After evaluating the patterns, write a summary of your process to determine a logical conclusion. Your overview should begin with a thesis of sorts.

For example: The ___insert data cluster___ shows that when ___ this ____ happened, ___that___ happened, meaning __insert brief reason__.

Your overview should explain to the class what patterns you found, how you found them, and what logical conclusion you drew. We want to see the process you took as much as we want to know the ending. Meaning, after you group the items, what does that information tell us? Why would a simple exercise of ‘grouping things I like’ help my learning style? Is there a message to be learned from this exercise? Have you gathered enough information to make a valid assumption about me? Did you design a classification scheme to help build your groups? Did you need to search more areas? Have you fallen into a trap where everything is the same? 4)

Submit your work using any visual means, i.e., Google Docs, Slides, Sheets, Microsoft Word, PPT, or Excel. If you use a cloud-based document, be sure to turn on sharing mode. If the document is locked to viewers, and I can’t grade it, welp … Use the Rubric to ensure you hit all your requirements. The final product should include visual references of the grouped data, a few paragraphs discussing what information means and how we should interpret the data you are trying to convince exists.

In this paper, continue to practice basic discourse patterns common to all academic writing, but with the specific focus of moving closer to the discourse conventions in your chosen major, recognizing that scholars in different fields write in different ways for different purposes. In the process, define an issue in your chosen field and take an arguable position or outline a research question in a larger debate.

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Dietary Supplements- Is the regulation of the industry too lax

My paper is supporting the article dietary supplements is regulation of teh industry too lax .i have attached the article and my paper so far

GOALS: In this paper, you will continue to practice basic discourse patterns common to all academic writing, but with the specific focus of moving closer to the discourse conventions in your chosen major, recognizing that scholars in different fields write in different ways for different purposes. In the process, you will define an issue in your chosen field and take an arguable position or outline a research question in a larger debate.

TASK: Your final paper will be a 5- page double-spaced research paper written in response to one or more of the class readings. This paper will focus on an argument. This means it will make an arguable claim on a debatable subject, or possibly propose or answer a research question in your field. The library guide for this class (https://nu.libguides.com/ENG240) contains readings in every undergraduate major that requires this class. Read the articles in the tab that corresponds to your major area of study. If you don’t know what your major will be or if you are pursuing general studies, you may choose any subject that interests you.

 

As we mentioned in the class, most papers will be primarily responding to one article on your subject. Responding to this article is your entry into a particular conversation in your field. Other articles in the class reading list may or may not be in conversation with this article, so, in your research, part of your goal is to find and read the rest of the conversation.

 

All the assignments in this class have helped you prepare for the final assignment, so you should have much of the work completed already. Now it is time to assemble it all into a coherent whole.

 

Citation Style

You will cite your paper in the citation style preferred by the discipline in which you are writing. Include a works cited page in the same citation style. If you are using a citation style that is not MLA or APA, please let your instructor know which citation style you are using.

 

Academic writing is a conversation. Your final paper must use five credible sources that support your argument or add to the conversation around your main point. Two of your sources must be peer-reviewed journals. Two of your sources must be sources not listed on the course library guide. You must find them through your own research.

 

Acceptable scholarly sources include:

Books/ebooks
Scholarly or Professional Journals
Acceptable popular sources include:

Magazines
Newspapers
Websites (if scrupulously chosen)

In many academic papers, popular sources will not be allowed, but since this paper may make a claim about a topical, polemic subject in your field, popular sources used for the sake of conveying popular interest or public exigency in a problem are acceptable if used judiciously.

Define primary sources and secondary sources. Where do you obtain primary source data? Where are secondary sources found?

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Primary sources and Secondary sources data

Define primary sources and secondary sources. Where do you obtain primary source data? Where are secondary sources found?

Book for course is College English and Business Communication
Sue Camp and Marilyn Satterwhite, 2019
McGraw-Hill Education

In what ways does having a company website provide customer service?

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Customer service

In what ways does having a company website provide customer service?

Book for course is College English and Business Communication
Sue Camp and Marilyn Satterwhite, 2019
McGraw-Hill Education

How did your purpose and audience shape the way in which you wrote your narrative? (3-4 sentences) Sophia says: Your hypothetical audience extends beyond the people who will evaluate your narrative. Which individuals or groups were you addressing when you wrote your narrative, and how did consideration of your audience and your purpose influence the way in which you wrote it?

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Naarative Essay Visit to New York (Don’t add any references writers’ content only)

Choose a topic that enables you to tell a short, interesting personal story. Your story can be funny, suspenseful, meaningful, or exciting, but it must focus on one event. For example, if you decide to write about traveling to Denmark, you should not write about the entire trip. Choose one event (e.g., an afternoon you spent bicycling on an island, or your first taste of smoked herring, or your visit to the childhood home of Hans Christian Anderson) and tell a detailed story that focuses on that event.

The following are some ideas that can help you to select a topic for your story:

Firsts: Think of a “first” in your life and describe that moment in detail.
Proud Moment: Choose a moment when you felt proud about an accomplishment.
Adversity: Describe a time when you had to think or act quickly to overcome a challenge.
Travel: Recall a memorable experience you had while visiting an interesting place.

B. Think About Your Writing
Below your completed narrative, include answers to all of the following reflection questions:

1. Which narrative techniques did you use to bring your story to life? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Did you use vivid description, sensory details, and/or dialogue to engage readers? Provide two examples from your essay in which you “show” readers rather than “tell” them. EXAMPLE: A sentence such as “I glanced at the clock, grabbed my briefcase, and sprinted for the elevator” uses more descriptive language than simply saying, “I was running late for the meeting.”

2. How did your purpose and audience shape the way in which you wrote your narrative? (3-4 sentences) Sophia says: Your hypothetical audience extends beyond the people who will evaluate your narrative. Which individuals or groups were you addressing when you wrote your narrative, and how did consideration of your audience and your purpose influence the way in which you wrote it?

3. Provide a concrete example from your narrative that shows how you have written specifically for this audience and purpose. (3-5 sentences) Sophia says: Consider including a quotation from your essay and explaining how it was written to appeal to your audience, and to accomplish your purpose. Alternatively, you might describe a theme, tone, or narrative technique that you used and explain how it was intended to appeal to your audience and achieve your purpose.

Choose one word that describes how Smith characterizes himself and discuss whether or not that self-characterization remains consistent or is complicated by the events he narrates. Explain how the text advances certain values that are consistent with the project of colonization or the settlers themselves. What qualities or beliefs does Smith’s text value, either implicitly or explicitly?

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John Smith (1580-1631) 

Instructions

For each discussion, you must select one of the posted questions and respond with a substantive post which answers this question for the rest of the class.  Posts should be between 200 and 300 words each.  Your post should interact with the work(s) you are writing about through quote and analysis. Remember that this is a college-level course, so you should use correct grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.

Discussion 2: John Smith

Smith

For this week’s forum, respond to ONE of the following questions:

  1. Choose one word that describes how Smith characterizes himself and discuss whether or not that self-characterization remains consistent or is complicated by the events he narrates.
  2. Explain how the text advances certain values that are consistent with the project of colonization or the settlers themselves. What qualities or beliefs does Smith’s text value, either implicitly or explicitly?
  3. How does Smith view the Native Americans with whom he deals? Explain how this view influences his account of one or more events in the text.
  4. How does Smith establish and maintain a relationship with is audience(s) in The Generall Historie? Give examples to support your viewpoint.
  5. Smith includes the now legendary tale of his “rescue” by Pocahontas during captivity, which subsequent historians and scholars have cast into doubt. What purpose do you believe this story served for Smith and his audience(s)?

 

 

Who are Columbus’s audiences, and how can you tell? Explain how his letter reveals a specific self-characterization that is tailored for these audiences. How does Columbus view the Native Americans? Discuss his interpretation of their culture, using his language. Is there any evidence in his account that another interpretation is possible?

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Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) 

Instructions

For each discussion, you must select one of the posted questions and respond with a substantive post which answers this question for the rest of the class.  Posts should be between 200 and 300 words each.  Your post should interact with the work(s) you are writing about through quote and analysis. Remember that this is a college-level course, so you should use correct grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.

Discussion 1: Exploration/Colonization, Columbus, De Vaca

 

For this week’s forum, respond to ONE of the following questions:

  1. Who are Columbus’s audiences, and how can you tell? Explain how his letter reveals a specific self-characterization that is tailored for these audiences.
  2. How does Columbus view the Native Americans? Discuss his interpretation of their culture, using his language. Is there any evidence in his account that another interpretation is possible?
  3. Characterize Columbus’s view of the landscape. Given his audience, what does he gain or lose by proposing such a view to readers?
  4. Discuss the view of either religion or commerce that Columbus reveals in the letter and consider how those views inform the actions he recounts. Are there other possible readings?

Indicate the number of the question you’ve chosen in the title of your post. 

 

Write a rhetorical analysis essay on a text of your choosing. To do a rhetorical analysis, you look at the strategies the author uses to engage the audience.

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Rhetorical Analysis

Overview. For this essay, you will write a rhetorical analysis on a text of your choosing. A rhetorical analysis is an essay that breaks apart a text and makes the parts meaningful by looking at the text rhetorically. To look at a text rhetorically means that you do not focus on what the author writes, but instead you focus on how the author writes. See (Links to an external site.)“What is a Rhetorical Analysis,” (Links to an external site.) an external site, for more information. To do a rhetorical analysis, you look at the strategies the author uses to engage the audience.

Though you likely won’t write a rhetorical analysis outside of this course, rhetorical thinking is transferable across all writing and communication situations. Hopefully, you can already see how thinking rhetorically about these situations can prepare you to be a more effective communicator, whether you’re writing your own texts or reading others’ texts, both in and out of school.

Purpose and Audience. Your purpose is to evaluate how the author meets their purpose with their intended audiences using the evidence compiled in your answers to the Rhetorical Analysis Questions.

Your intended audience for this essay is your instructor, who will expect that you write a formal academic essay with a thesis statement, clear analytical claims, and textual evidence that supports those claims. Your instructor will expect that you write multiple drafts of your essay and that you edit it to the best of your ability.

You will be evaluated on the same things you are evaluating in your chosen essay

Write an essay in which you analyze, explore, and prove the causes behind a trend in modern culture related to your topic. Include the ramifications of your argument or the solution to the problem.

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Why people remain single

Causal Argument Research Paper

In this class, we’ve read a variety of essays on different topics ranging from predictive advertising to gender roles in the workplace. You may pick a topic related to an issue we have read about this semester or your own topic that follows the assignment:

Write an essay in which you analyze, explore, and prove the causes behind a trend in modern culture related to your topic. Include the ramifications of your argument or the solution to the problem.

Your topic can be based on something we have discussed/read in class this semester such as predictive advertising, parenting styles, campus speech, reparations, language and identity, gender dynamics in the workplace, outsourcing, or media literacy. If you prefer, you can pick a recent casual analysis topic that we haven’t read about in this class. These are general ideas–you must narrow and customize your topic. Your causal analysis has to be current and relevant. You must create a topic unique to this class, not one used for another assignment or class.