Write a 5-6 page essay in reference to how The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood relates to society today. You can discuss any (or all) of the following issues:
*Gender roles (Gender inequality, sexism/repression, economy )
*Religion
*Fertility
*Rebellion
*Love
*Oppression
*Dominance
*Segregation
While Daniel Gilbert is focused on the psychology of happiness in his chapter “Immune to Reality”, Eula Biss is focused on the history of public opinion about vaccines in her Harpers article “Sentimental Medicine”. Although each author is focused on two different subjects, your task in this first essay is to analyze the relationships between Biss and Gilbert to defend a thesis in response to the prompt in bold below.
Towards the end of her article, Biss close-reads the origins of the word toxic and claims “The way we now think about toxicity bears some resemblance to the way we once thought about filth…both allow their subscribers to maintain a sense of control over their own health by pursuing personal purity” (40). Biss’ idea here about the relationship between toxic, filth, and purity make me think of Gilbert’s claims about how our own psychological immune system is triggered by intense or inescapable circumstances, and the control that cooking the facts, allegedly, gives us. When Gilbert says: “Once we explain an event, we can fold it up like freshly washed laundry” it recalls Biss’ discussion of purity, or cleanliness. Biss is focused on physical immunity, or auto-immunity, while Gilbert is focused on psychological immunity.
Respond to the following prompt in bold with an independent thesis that relies on synthesis of Biss’ and Gilbert’s direct quotes to prove: How might the psychological immune system influence individual concepts of purity?
In his 2005 commencement speech, “This Is Water David Foster Wallace’s asserts that, “’Learning how to think’ really means learning how to exercise some control over how and what you think. It means being conscious and aware enough to choose what you pay attention to and to choose how you construct meaning from experience” (2). Wallace
uses various examples in an attempt to justify the aforementioned argument. At the end of the Wall Street Journal’s transcription of Wallace’s speech we are informed that he killed himself in the fall of 2008. Since his speech references life, death and freedom, it is not out of the question to think about the “philosophy” of the speech in relation to its creator.
Write a 4 page, essay that analyzes whether Wallace’s suicide undermines, or confirms the central argument of his graduation speech. You must analyze the examples he provides in his speech. Your conclusion ought to connect your analysis of Wallace’s thinking to Murakami’s; does Murakami communicate anything that reinforces a particular idea that Wallace stresses? Keep in mind that your essay needs: a clearly defined thesis statement that addresses the topic, at least four independent main ideas, textual evidence and analysis that satisfies the topic.
Discuss to what extent his character deserves to be called ‘great.’ Is Fitzgerald being serious, or ironic? Discuss the presentation of his character, making a clear argument for your interpretation, making meaningful links to context and author’s purpose. Your answer should mention;
– prohibition
– the emerging consumer culture
– Fitzgerald’s commentary on the American Dream
Grann, David. Killers of the Flower Moon: Oil, Money, Murder, and the Birth of the FBI. Simon & Schuster, 2017.
QUESTION 1
How long did the “Reign of Terror” last?
a. 3 years
b. 2 years
c. 4 years
d. 5 years
QUESTION 2
What is the new energy source Grann sees on Osage land?
a. Wind farm
b. Oil derricks
c. Ethynol plants
d. Solar farm
QUESTION 3
Who did Rosa Vaughan sue in civil court for embezzling money from her husband’s estate?
a. James and David Shoun
b. William Hale
c. H. G. Burt
d. Scott Mathis
QUESTION 4
Which Osage woman, who was noted as the wealthiest, was locked in her house, beaten and drugged by her husband?
a. Mary Elkins
b. Mary Lewis
c. Sybil Bolton
d. Hlu-ah-to-me
QUESTION 5
Who does Mary Jo Webb say provided the poison that killed countless Osage?
a. Harve Freas
b. Scott Mathis
c. James and David Shoun
d. William Hale
QUESTION 6
How did Paul Peace die?
a. He was shot in the back of the head.
b. His house was blown up
c. He was killed in a hit-and-run car accident
d. He was poisoned.
QUESTION 7
After looking through the records, who does Grann suspect killed Charles Whitehorn?
a. William Hale, David Shoun, and James Shoun
b. Hattie Whitehead, LeRoy Smitherman, and Minnie Savage
c. William Hale, Bryan Burkhart, and Ernest Burkhart
d. Bryan Burkhart, Kelsie Morrison, and William Hale
QUESTION 8
In a letter written from jail in 1931, what did William Hale refer to himself as?
a. The savior of the Osage
b. The devil
c. A broken man
d. A true friend to the Osage
QUESTION 9
Which two murders does Grann note remain unsolved, the killers getting off “scot-free”?
a. Charles Whitehorn and William Stepson
b. W. W. Vaughan and Barney McBride
c. Bill and Rita Smith’s
d. Lizzie (Mollie’s mother) and Minnie (Mollie’s sister)
QUESTION 10
Whose murder did Grann learn about in the Pawhuska library?
a. Charles Whitehorn
b. Minnie Brown
c. Anna Burkhart
d. Mary DeNoya-Bellieu-Lewis
ASSIGNMENT: Select one of the following writing prompts and draft a 3-5 page (approximately 800-1300 words) informative essay. As a part of your completed draft, complete the color coding activity described below. In addition, answer the “Think About Your Writing” questions on a separate sheet of paper and include it with your draft submission.
Note: Touchstone 3 will be a revision of the draft that you submit for Touchstone 2.2.
Sample Image Analysis Essay: Prompt A
Sample Extended Definition Essay: Prompt B In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be sent back with a 0, and you will be given one attempt to redo the Touchstone.
A. Instructions
Choose one of the following prompts for your informative essay.
PROMPT A: IMAGE ANALYSIS: Although we look at print advertisements every day, we often do not consider the ways in which they affect us. Visual images in ads can influence and persuade us, so it is important to evaluate them critically to understand their meanings. Good image analysis involves examination of the components of an image to gain an understanding of the whole.
Select an advertisement image to analyze. The advertisement you choose should be a single image directed towards a specific audience. To identify the intended audience, think about the members of the potential audience for the advertisement that you have chosen. Who are they? Ads for a beauty product, for example, may be aimed at young girls; ads for a deodorant might target men; a diaper ad is likely intended for new parents; ads for cruise trips might be aimed at retirees. You can use any academically-appropriate advertisement to complete this assignment, as long as its intended audience is clearly identified.
Your thesis must inform the reader of your topic and purpose. Because you are writing in the informative mode, use objective language and a neutral point of view.
Draft an analytical essay that examines the audience, context, and purpose of the advertising image you’ve chosen. Read the article by Jenna Pack titled “Breaking Down an Image” found in the “Model Informative Essays” tutorial for ideas about how to write an image analysis. Your analysis should lead to a conclusion about the ad’s effectiveness, based on examination of its components. Include the image with your draft.
PROMPT B: EXTENDED DEFINITION: Define or redefine one of the following words:
• Family
• Success
• Courage
• Art
• Beauty
In your draft, briefly explain how society, or the dictionary, defines the word you’ve selected, and then explain your unique or extended definition of the word. Provide examples and explanations to support your definition. Your thesis must inform your readers of your new definition and, because you are writing in the informative mode, you must use objective language.
Draft an extended definition essay that defines or redefines a word or concept. Read the article by Dan Richards titled “Digital Ethics” found in the “Model Informative Essays” tutorial for ideas about how to write an extended definition essay.
B. Think About Your Writing
As a part of your completed draft, complete the color coding activity and include answers to all of the questions below your draft.
PART 1: Color Coding Activity
Using the color codes provided, evaluate your draft as follows:
• Use red text to indicate your thesis statement.
• Use green text to indicate the topic sentence of each body paragraph.
PART 2: Questions
1. What is the significance of your essay? Why should readers care about what you have written? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Think about why you decided to analyze this particular image, or why you picked the word you chose to define. Your interest in in your subject matter should be clear to readers.
2. Which areas of your draft do you think will benefit most from revision? (2-3 sentences) Sophia says: Consider the organization, style, focus, development, and conventions of your draft. Which areas did you struggle to complete?
3. Consider the strengths and weaknesses of your writing. How can you capitalize on your strengths and improve on your weaknesses in future essays? (3-4 sentences) Sophia says: Think about what was easy about writing the draft, and what was more difficult. For example, if you write paragraphs with strong topic sentences, but repeatedly use the same type of sentence to provide supporting details, you can improve your paragraphs by varying sentence structure.
HOW DOES THE CONCEPT OF PARADOX CONTRIBUTE TO THE MEANING OF ONE OF THE POEMS WE READ IN THIS MODULE (excluding “The Canonization,” which Brooks has already analyzed).
Use Cleanth Brooks’s concept of paradox to support your thesis. What is the paradox in the poem you are analyzing? How does that paradox contribute to the overall meaning of the poem? Why is it important/helpful/necessary/beneficial to express this meaning through paradox? Or, to use Brooks’s language: why is the paradox in the poem you’re looking at “the only way by which the poet could say what [he/or she] says” (3)? Why would saying what the poet says without paradox “enfeeble and distort what is to be said” (4)?
Include at least one quote from the Brooks essay and at least one quote from the poem you are analyzing.
Please do not include any definitions of paradox that come from a dictionary. You are encouraged to define your terms, but your definition of paradox should come from the Brooks essay or from an essay about Brooks (the Nasrullah Mambrol essay, for example).
A. Instructions
Choose one of the topics below and write a comparison/contrast essay.
You will need to compare or contrast two or three primary points about the two subjects you choose to write about, resulting in an essay with either four or six body paragraphs, an introductory paragraph, and a conclusion.
• Compare or contrast two cities you’ve visited or that you’ve lived in.
• Compare or contrast two members of your family.
• Compare or contrast two sources of news.
• Compare or contrast two singers in different music genres.
• Compare or contrast two historical figures.
• Compare or contrast two artists (for example, Vincent van Gogh and Pablo Picasso or Keith Haring and Andy Warhol).
• Compare or contrast two eras in time.
• Compare or contrast two television series.
• Compare or contrast two types of technologies (for example, Android and Apple phones or PlayStation and Xbox).
• Compare or contrast two medical topics (for example, traditional medicine and modern medicine or doctors and midwives).
Remember that the two subjects you choose should have a meaningful connection so that you can draw comparisons or contrasts between the two.
Your thesis should convey the main idea of the essay and clearly articulate what two topics you are comparing/contrasting. Because you are writing in the informative mode for this essay, you should use objective language. Remember that for this essay, you are not trying to persuade or convince the audience that one thing is better or worse than the other; you are instead informing the reader about the similarities or differences between the two subjects in an objective manner.
Your Essay should include at least 4 scholarly sources cited in APA format
Question:
Following the method of Transitivity Analysis, Analyze each clause in the following text. Identify processes by type, participants by role and circumstances (fill out a table similar to p.223 Halliday & Webster):
Literature review to support an informed approach to curriculum planning in your subject/ phase (3000 words)
Identify an aspect of the curriculum in your subject/phase that is of interest to you. Using the literature, provide a clear rationale outlining why this aspect of the curriculum is the focus.
• Introduction to include:
o The area of curriculum that interests you
o Description of the literature around this area
o Explanations of key terms from the literature
o Statement, using the literature and your experiences, on why this is an important aspect to focus on
Critically discuss what the literature says about your chosen focus and how it will inform your future curriculum organisation and planning.
• To include:
o Critical discussion of the literature around your focus
o Comparisons between different sources
o Counter arguments and evaluation of the literature
o Explanation as to how the literature will inform your planning
Draw conclusions, using evidence from the literature, that supports the intent (what and why) for your planning.
• Conclusion to include:
o Justification of why this is important to include this aspect in planning, with specific reference to the literature
o Summary of why teachers should plan this way with specific reference to the literature
o Brief statement on what should be achieved from planning in the way you have chosen
Work effectively within the set word limit. (Clear organisation and expression of ideas, attention to vocabulary, spelling, grammar, and sentence structure, along with appropriate use of quotations.) Adherence to Harvard referencing and other academic conventions.
• Use of sub-headings to provide structure to your essay
• Check your sentences are succinct and coherent
• All statements made are referenced
• Harvard referencing used consistently throughout
• Proof read your work carefully to ensure you identify and correct errors
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