Do transitional words and phrases clearly lead readers from subject to subject and from point to point?

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Writing a Comparison-Contrast

Have you chosen two subjects that have significant similarities?

Does your paper’s structure follow either a point-by-point or a subject-by-subject pattern?

Does each of your topic sentences identify the subject you are discussing and the point you are focusing on in the
paragraph?

Do transitional words and phrases clearly lead readers from subject to subject and from point to point?

Have you followed your instructor’s format and documentation guidelines?

Does your paper’s structure follow either a point-by-point or a subject-by-subject pattern?

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Writing a Comparison–Contrast

Have you chosen two subjects that have significant similarities?

Does your paper’s structure follow either a point–by–point or a subject–by–subject pattern?

Does each of your topic sentences identify the subject you are discussing and the point you are focusing on in the paragraph?

Do transitional words and phrases clearly lead readers from subject to subject and from point to point?

Have you followed your instructor’s format and documentation guidelines?

What was the most challenging aspect of the process for you?

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How does Social Media help fight negative stereotypes?

Following the Topic Selection Guidelines below, choose an argumentative topic to research. This will be your topic throughout the entire course, so the activities required for this assignment will provide the foundation for your future Touchstones.

The topic for an argumentative research paper must be a debatable topic, meaning that it involves conflicting viewpoints. Additionally, it cannot be a topic that is already decided or agreed upon by most of society. You will need to take a firm position on the topic and use evidence and logic to support the position.

Touchstone 1.2 includes a research question,  a detailed outline, and a reflection on this pre-writing process.

Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.

Learning to conduct research is important because it is a skill you will use both in academia and in your professional life.

It improves critical thinking and empowers you to find information for yourself. Consider the process of researching as a whole. What was the most challenging aspect of the process for you?

T It should clearly identify a debatable topic and take a position on one side of that topic. Analyze the effectiveness of your working thesis statement. (3-4 sentences)

A detailed outline is an effective tool for laying out the progression of an argument. It allows you to consider the arrangement and organization of your ideas, as well as choose places to incorporate outside source materials.

You will use the same topic on three of the remaining Touchstones in this course. What kind of feedback would be helpful for you? What are specific questions you might have as you go deeper into the research process?

How does paying attention to the way you respond to a source help you formulate your stance on a topic?

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Sugar in School Breakfast

For this essay, you will select one of the articles provided below and engage in 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.

Below your assignment, include answers to all of the following reflection questions.

The article to use:

What ideas originally came to mind when you first read through the article?

Did your initial response to the article change after reading it for a second time?

How does paying attention to the way you respond to a source help you formulate your stance on a topic?

 

Did certain words used by the media affect change in the election results?

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To what extent has different media articles portrayed the candidates of the 2016 US election during the presidential debate’

Requirements for the IB extended essay – https://www.ibo.org/programmes/diploma-programme/curriculum/extended-essay/what-is-the-extended-essay/

My topic will focus on the bias of media towards the 2016 presidential election candidates, it cant be too broad and will only focus on comparing media articles. It had to be narrowed down and specific so i chose the presidential debate and how the candidates were portrayed.

Identifying word classes against both the candidates

Adjectives most commonly used towards Trump or Hillary

The imagery used to describe both of them

Did certain words used by the media affect change in the election results?

Trump’s positive portrayal by the media allowed him to win the election?

How big of a role did the presidential debate play on the voters’ choices ( was the media against any candidates? Ever?

How does colonialism inform this contemporary lived reality? Identify specific colonial forces/events that contribute to this issue.

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Critical Essay

Drawing upon the terms, concepts, theories and themes from this course, provide a critical analysis of the following article:

Although you are free to take any approach to your examination, remember that your critical essay must: make connections between the article and the terms, theories, and material presented in the course; provide an interrogation of the article that makes connections with themes, terms, and material identified/examined throughout this course; and, develop supporting arguments based on course material.

As part of your examination, you MIGHT want to consider structuring your critical analysis around the following questions:

· How does this article relate to the material examined in KIN 105?

· How does colonialism inform this contemporary lived reality? Identify specific colonial forces/events that contribute to this issue.

· Does the article attempt to explore the historical roots of this lived reality? If not, why might this historical context be missing? What impact, if any, does this absence have upon the presentation of this issue?

· How are Indigenous peoples portrayed in the article? What is the significance of these representations?

· Whose voices are represented in this article? And, how do these perspectives shape understanding of this lived reality?

· Does the article reinforce specific mythologies and/or stereotypes? If so, what is the significance of these narratives?

· Is this contemporary condition/conflict presented as an “Indigenous issue” or, rather, as an issue that affects all citizens of the nation-state, specifically those of the dominant culture? What is the implication of this particular approach and perspective? And, what is the benefit—and who benefits—from portraying the issue as “Indigenous”? What does this suggest about reconciliation?

· Does the article address decolonization and reconciliation?

How does Shakespeare use race and gender to enable conversations about society, about identity?

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Are Shakespeare’s ‘The Tempest’ and ‘Othello really about race?

How does Shakespeare use race and gender to enable conversations about society, about identity?
Talk about intersectionality. Gender and race mixed up. Class?
Attempted rape by Caliban make it about gender

Ariel – ambiguous in gender terms.

Deliberately imports gender to complicate race and race to complicate gender.

Differently read by different people, different audiences

Intersectionality
Political identities
Is it distinctly about one or does he care about both?

Which one is he more fussed about – is it possible to ascertain?

Explain the overall background and background of this issue.

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Homeland Security Incidents

Research Analysis Essay will address the following ideas:

Present a topic or issue relevant to your academic or professional field.

This will be presented in your introduction. Explain the overall background and background of this issue .

Article 1

Discuss your first source article.

Identify the article, and then

Describe the perspective presented in the article.

Summarize the article’s findings on your identified topic.

Show how the article’s perspective contributes to your overall thesis.

Article 2

Discuss your second source article.

Identify the article, and then

Describe the perspective presented in the article.

Summarize the article’s findings on your identified topic.

Show how the article’s perspective contributes to your overall thesis.

Article 3

Discuss your third source article.

Identify the article, and then

Describe the perspective presented in the article.

Summarize the article’s findings on your identified topic.

Show how the article’s perspective contributes to your overall thesis.

Conclusion

Analyze the significance of the evidence cited and the connections you have made.

This will be presented in your conclusion. Connect the ideas presented to show why the topic is an important one, while highlighting your major takeaways from the articles and relating them to your thesis.

The Research Analysis Essay

Must be six to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft Word (Links to an external site.)

Do you believe censorship is important in the media?

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In “The Boston Photographs”, Ephron argues about the role of censorship in the media and news reporting. Do you believe censorship is important in the media? Use a contemporary example about censorship (contemporary meaning an example from within the last 5 years, and within Canada) to analyze your position.

Your essay must be 1,200 – 1,500 words in length (not including your Works Cited page) and must include quotations from the course reading(s) and 3 scholarly, reputable sources in MLA formatting.

You must include a Works Cited page, and, as a whole, follow MLA formatting. You are free to draw upon, and cite, more than the minimum three required research sources, but no more than 5 reputable sources should be used

Should There Be A Standard Minimum Wage In All States?

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Should There Be A Standard Minimum Wage In All States?