What theory of mind, of thought, of perception, of interaction between the world and the subject perceiving it, do these poems propose. Develop your ideas using specific poems as test cases, and by offering clear close analysis of key elements in those poems.

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Sharon Olds and Frank O’Hara

Sharon Olds and Frank O’Hara offer two takes on a conversational, almost confessional style. Choose one poem from each and use the compare-contrast form to work out not only how each poet engages with the form and how their different or similar approaches help you read the other.
Olds’ and O’Hara’s poems offer windows into the mind of the speaker. (In each case the speaker seems mostly consistent through the works.) What theory of mind, of thought, of perception, of interaction between the world and the subject perceiving it, do these poems propose. Develop your ideas using specific poems as test cases, and by offering clear close analysis of key elements in those poems.

Explains what personal consumer debt in America is. What kind of personal debt do Americans have?

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American Consumer Debt

Compose an Academic Report that explains what personal consumer debt in America is. Answer this question: what kind of personal debt do Americans have? Think about the different categories of debt the average American experiences and report objective, reliable information that shows readers what this looks like in our current American society. The focus should be informative

Should parents restrict the use of smartphones by their teenagers, or should the not, but encourage their teenagers to better monitor their use of the devices?

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We Need to Talk about Kids and Smartphones

Read “We Need to Talk about Kids and Smartphones” as it appeared in Time on November 6, 2017. The question that should be answered in the essay is Should parents restrict the use of smartphones by their teenagers, or should the not, but encourage their teenagers to better monitor their use of the devices?
Direct quotations: can’t be replaced with common language, provides support that paraphrase, 5 or more citations and work cited after each usage.

Writing style: Past or Present tense
6 to 7 paragraphs long.

Is the post persuasive and/or rhetorically effective? What is the central argument? Who is the intended audience? Why has the author created this post?

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Rhetorical Analysis Essay:

For this project you will be asked to select a social media post that is engaged in discourse about social (in)justice and write a rhetorical analysis on it. In your analysis make sure to observe the rhetorical strategies (e.g. Logic, Ethics, Emotion) being employed by the piece.

Is the post persuasive and/or rhetorically effective?

What is the central argument? Who is the intended audience?

Why has the author created this post?

Here are some possible project topics, but you are free to choose your own: The Black Lives Matter Movement, The Defund The Police Movement, The Abolish The Police Movement, The Me Too Movement, and The Capitol Riot. Refer to the course readings on rhetoric.

 

You are required to use a minimum of 3 scholarly sources (journals, essays, texts, articles), 1 of which must be from the course readings on rhetoric from week 1.

 

The Rough Draft should be approximately 2 pages

 

How has what you valued in this trope changed over 100 years? Why do you think this has changed in that way? What in modern day do you see reflected, or what do you connect in modern times, presented from YOUR data?

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Data Collection forming hypotheses

What is data collection and how do students demonstrate this with fairy tales?

Data collection is the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest, in an established systematic fashion that enables one to answer stated research questions, test hypotheses, and evaluate outcomes.

After you have actively read the whole chapter of your choice including the introduction of the chapter from our TEXTBOOK and ALL tales within that chapter, you must decide on your variables of interest or VALUE. Show me your collection of this data.

1. You can submit graphs, Cornell notes, charts, spread sheets, column notes, etc., what ever format you wish, as long as it is generated on a computer and can be sent easily and opened by me easily.

Identify the Chapter number and title
Identify specific titles and authors’ names as well as page numbers of your data (minimum of 5 tales)
Track your data by noting variables/value (mark the text where you find evidence of this value whether its character description, behavior, dialogue or plot/conflict/action description and development)
Use direct quotations and citation end notes with page numbers like this (Gozenbach 148) (12-15 quotes is average)
Identify how the marked text reflects the VALUE(s) of your focus
Identify the lens(es) you have applied
Note constants and changes among all tales you’ve collected data from (5 minimum) to your valued area throughout 100 years of this trope
How, in what ways, has what you valued (data collected) survived (stayed the same) in this trope over 100 years?
How has what you valued in this trope changed over 100 years?
Why do you think this has changed in that way?
What in modern day do you see reflected, or what do you connect in modern times, presented from YOUR data? When you read your data, what does it make you think of that is relevant, important, interesting, or controversial today with our current knowledge? Align your quoted data (each quote) with HOW you see it as modern day connections. Try out various lenses here!

2. Suggest three possible arguments you make about this chapter based on the value(s), lenses, and evidence you have tracked.

Write an essay in which you observe a particular place and the people frequenting that place. Make the place and the actions of the people vivid for your reader by providing a wealth of concrete description.

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Observation essay

Write an essay in which you observe a particular place and the people frequenting that place. Make the place and the actions of the people vivid for your reader by providing a wealth of concrete description. Attempt to develop the significance of your description through sustained reflection (what does it mean?).

Write a short one page essay about your college experience so far. Include things such as a favorite class, professor, and other perceptions you have of your college journey so far.

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My College Experience

Write a short one page essay about your college experience so far. Include things such as a favorite class, professor, and other perceptions you have of your college journey so far. This should be submitted as a WORD attachment (.doc or .docx) in perfect MLA format.

How did the One Armed Sister Sweeps her House. Explains how behavior could be taught through learning and reinforcing.

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The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones

The novel, How The One-Armed Sister Sweeps Her House by Cherie Jones, provides us with insights into Adan’s life which helps us to understand why he did what he did. Adan’s mom died at childbirth, leaving him to be raised by his poor aunt who had no children. He was a bad kid in the neighborhood as a child growing, and his Aunt Preta hardly ever disciplined him for his bad behavior. She also had a boyfriend named John who became his role model since he was 10 years old. John taught Adan that the way to make a living was breaking into people’s property and stealing. John ends up going to jail for his criminal activities, and Adam became a professional thief.
BF Skinner explains how behavior could be taught through learning and reinforcing. We saw this played out very clearly in Adan’s life at a very young age, it became worst as he enters into adulthood. He began hurting his wife and killing people to get what he wants. So we should all learn a lesson from this novel as to how much an adult can impact a child’s behavior.

Complete your work as a formal research paper with an articulated statement and defense. In either case, you may support the law, policy, regulation or issue you choose, or disapprove it; but either way, you must give your related logic and evidence to support in support of your position in doing so.

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Standford Act/Federal Regulation

Earning an MA degree requires you to master the literature, this final assignment is intended to familiarize you with Emergency Management theory and its associated literature. Thus, when completing this assignment, you are required to research that literature and complete a traditional term / research-based paper. For this course, the overall theme of the term paper will be your assessment of the history, present status, and future of some aspect of emergency and disaster management law that is significant to today’s world (in other words, a relevant issue) and that interests you.

You can choose some policy, law, or regulation that promotes or hinders sound emergency and disaster management. You can choose to present your work as a case study, presenting the issue with your analysis and predictions supported by illustrative (case) examples. Or you may complete your work as a formal research paper with an articulated statement and defense. In either case, you may support the law, policy, regulation or issue you choose, or disapprove it; but either way, you must give your related logic and evidence to support in support of your position in doing so.

 

Explain what personal consumer debt in America is. What kind of personal debt do Americans have?

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American Consumer Debt

Compose an Academic Report that explains what personal consumer debt in America is. Answer this question: what kind of personal debt do Americans have? Think about the different categories of debt the average American experiences and report objective, reliable information that shows readers what this looks like in our current American
society.