What choices have the author(s) made that allow you to believe the source you have selected is a trustworthy? Is the organization/presentation an effective way to convey that particular information? How does the evidence work to support that particular argument being made by a source? Thinking

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Effects of Fast Food Culture on Regional Cuisines and Individual Health

Overview
For this project, you will be asked to think more carefully about the rhetorical purpose of several of the sources about your chosen topic. You will select three sources–one scholarly, one popular, and one other source–from your research and complete the rhetorical analysis activity using textual evidence to support your claims for each one. That is, you will gather the information to make an evaluation about the rhetorical effectiveness of the author for three different sources you plan to use in your future writing about your topic. You will also write a reflection to submit along with the completed project.

Context
In order to have a clear understanding about multiple, credible perspectives on your topic, you must critically analyze the perspectives themselves and the sources where you find them. With this assignment, you will focus on the rhetorical effectiveness of three of your sources. Rhetorical analysis focused partly on what is being said by a source, but also on how it is being presented and by whom. We ask questions like what choices have the author(s) made that allow you to believe the source you have selected is a trustworthy? Is the organization/presentation an effective way to convey that particular information? How does the evidence work to support that particular argument being made by a source? Thinking about sources in this way is part of developing your critical reading and research skills and your ability to select and utilize good quality, effective sources.

Step One: select and carefully read your three sources–one scholarly, one popular, and one other.

Step Two: download the 201 Rhetorical Analysis Project
Download 201 Rhetorical Analysis Project and complete the four stages of the project–one stage for each source and a one-page reflection.

Step Three: submit your project.

Analyze Maya Angelou’s purpose, tone, style, and rhetorical stance in her poem. Analyze Frederick Douglass’ purpose, tone, style, and rhetorical stance in his book. Analyze and explore your personal reflection on each of the selections. Explore examples of others who have chosen to stand up for a cause or those who have felt guilty for their reluctance to act.

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“My Guilt” by Maya Angelou and the autobiographical account of the life of Frederick Douglass

Read the selections “My Guilt” by Maya Angelou and the autobiographical account of the life of Frederick Douglass. The poem written by Angelou reflects her guilt for not standing up for what she deems is a just cause, particularly the issue of Civil Rights. (Maya Angelou was a contemporary writer). Douglass gives his first-person account, and he narrates the events that cause him to rise up against injustice, in his case, life as a slave.

In a well-written essay, analyze the purpose, tone, style, and rhetorical stance of each author. Include your personal reflections on the selections. Include examples of others who have either chosen to stand up for a cause or felt guilty because of their reluctance to act (such as, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Oskar Schindler, and Nelson Mandela). Include in-text citations and a works cited page on the information.

APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences. This resource, revised according to the 7thedition of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (7th).
Criteria for This Assignment
Length and Formatting Requirements

Five to six pages, double spaced
Time New Roman, 12-point font
Works Cited page
In-text citations
Content Requirements

Analyze Maya Angelou’s purpose, tone, style, and rhetorical stance in her poem.
Analyze Frederick Douglass’ purpose, tone, style, and rhetorical stance in his book.
Analyze and explore your personal reflection on each of the selections.
Explore examples of others who have chosen to stand up for a cause or those who have felt guilty for their reluctance to act.

Provide a detailed summary of the source’s argument and responding to that argument with your position based on the information provided in the source.

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Sugar in School Breakfast: A School Districts Perspective

For this essay, it need to be n a 2-3 page summary and response dialogue with the source. This will involve providing a detailed summary of the source’s argument and responding to that argument with your position based on the information provided in the source.

Write a research paper on the benefits of legalizing marijuana in the United States.

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Legalizing Marijuana in the United States

Write a research paper on the benefits of legalizing marijuana in the United States.

What is the problem that your case represents? What is the source of the problem? How serious is the problem? Where are 2-3 examples of places with a similar problem?

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Trash

SPEAKING ASSESSMENT:

Group Persuasive Presentation 1. Choose ONE Case. Summarize your problem and restate it to check your group’s understanding. a. CASE 1: A city is running out of room for trash, especially bulk trash from construction sites. It currently has a large landfill that takes in most of the construction waste for the entire region. Recycling exists but is not equipped for the amount of trash. The city wants to add more acres of land to the landfill, but that means expanding the garbage site closer to a historic neighborhood. On one hand, people already complain about the smell and potential negative effects on people’s health and the value of their homes. On the other hand, the area is growing rapidly, and more construction will take place for the next decade.

What is the problem that your case represents? What is the source of the problem? How serious is the problem? Where are 2-3 examples of places with a similar problem?

Solution 1
What is the solution? How does the solution work? Pro — any similar cases or facts/data to support Con — any similar cases or facts/data to contradict

Solution 2
What is the solution? How does the solution work? Pro — any similar cases or facts/data to support Con any similar cases or facts/data to contradict

Solution 3
What is the solution? How does the solution work? Pro — any similar cases or facts/data to support Con — any similar cases or facts/data to contradict

Write a paper in which you take a clear side, and make an argument for your position. Find sources that agree with you, and sources that disagree.

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Argumentative  paper

Write a paper in which you take a clear side, and make an argument for your position. Find sources that agree with you, and sources that disagree. Keep in mind that many topics have more than just two sides; there may be several points of view, depending on how complex your subject is.

Considering what is known about Atticus Finch and his background, and also considering Atticus’ use of the persuasive elements, evaluate Atticus’ use of persuasive tools. What from the closing argument might connect to the people, events, and/or values of today? Why?

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To Kill A Mocking Bird

Read Atticus Finch’s closing argument from To Kill A Mocking Bird

Prompt:
Considering what is known about Atticus Finch and his background, and also considering Atticus’ use of the persuasive elements, evaluate Atticus’ use of persuasive tools. What from the closing argument might connect to the people, events, and/or values of today? Why? (In other words, how applicable is the literature?)

Read ”Dimensions” by Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro, and ”Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” by Tim O’Brien, and write a response essay with at least 500 words of your own writing.

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Vietnam War

Read ”Dimensions” by Nobel Prize winner Alice Munro, and ”Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong” by Tim O’Brien, one of the best to write fiction about the Vietnam War. Both stories are in Fifty Great Short Stories. Then, in the Reply box below, write a response essay with at least 500 words of your own writing (quotations and headings don’t count).

Create a complete, coherent literature review. Practice the recursiveness of the writing, research, and reading processes. Develop genre competency and savvy through reading and writing. Reflect critically on writing habits and the writing process.

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Literature Review: Full Draft

  • Points 25
  • Submitting a file upload

Purpose

This assignment is intended to help you learn to do the following:

  • Create a complete, coherent literature review.
  • Practice the recursiveness of the writing, research, and reading processes.
  • Develop genre competency and savvy through reading and writing.
  • Reflect critically on writing habits and the writing process.
  • Apply feedback systems (peers, faculty, Learning Commons, etc.)

Action Items

  1. Review the requirements for a literature review, as described in the Literature Review Assignment Description.
  2. Review your intro and first section of your literature review, which you developed in the Literature Review: Partial Draft assignment in Unit 7.
  3. Review and consider the feedback you received from your peer in the Comparative Peer Review: Partial Draft assignment in Unit 8.
  4. Develop a full first draft of your literature review. Your literature review should be approximately 12-16 pages, conform to APA style, and include the following components:
    1. An introduction that:
      1. Outlines the rationale (i.e., the problem of practice and the problem or gap of research) you hope to address.
      2. Provides a brief overview of the central themes, trends, and patterns you have observed in a given field.
      3. Introduces the research question(s) you are pursuing.
      4. Outlines the central takeaway(s) from the review of the literature as it has been conducted thus far.
    2. A series of “body” sections that discuss the particular themes, trends, and patterns you have observed in considerable depth.
    3. A conclusion in which you discuss what implications the literature review has for your own research and/or future research in the field more generally.
    4. A Reference list that includes approximately 25 sources that you have cited in your literature review.

Provide a convincing argument around a declarative claim (thesis) about Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, supported with evidence taken from the text using the literary elements of character, narration, conflict, setting, plot, story, symbolism, tone, and theme.

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Station Eleven

The purpose of this essay is to provide a convincing argument around a declarative claim (thesis) about Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel, supported with evidence taken from the text using the literary elements of character, narration, conflict, setting, plot, story, symbolism, tone, and theme. You must take direct quotations from the text to support these claims. Your discussion posts should be a point of reference that will help in drafting this essay.

The thesis must center around a single declarative statement that will be proven by analyzing the elements of fiction with evidence taken as direct quotations. You could either focus on one literary element (such as who/what really is the protagonist) or all the elements to tackle a broader statement (such as the thematic statement).