Describe one or two specific times or incidents illustrating why the place was important to you.

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Essay Assignment:  Description

DESCRIPTION ESSAY

Write about a place: a treehouse you and your father built together, an urban basketball court where you played for hours every summer evening. Help your reader see the place by using all the elements of scene. Describe one or two specific times or incidents illustrating why the place was important to you. Focus on specific details of memory that draw your reader into the experience. Would the place be the same if you returned there today? What was the significance of this place to your development?

Other Requirements:

Length: 3 pages, double spaced (No more and no less!)

Font: 12 pt, New Times Roman

Format Heading: MLA (see video)

please refer to the video to see how the set up of page in mla style!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XP56cox1_II

An “A” paper demonstrates fresh insight in a focused and organized manner.  The central thesis is developed with noticeable coherence and the ideas are substantive, sophisticated, and fully elaborated.   Choice of language is precise, purposeful, and polished.  The use of sentence structure and mechanics contributes to clear communication with the reader.  Mastery of documentation rules according to MLA is evident.

 

 

Write a summary of your paper, framing it as a letter to the Member of Congress that represents you in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Ron Wright U.S. Congressional District 6.

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Write a summary of your paper, framing it as a letter to the Member of Congress that represents you in the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman Ron Wright U.S. Congressional District 6.
You should address your letter to them and demonstrate that you understand the Member’s point of view on the issues that you are writing them about. Your letter should demonstrate your knowledge of the Member and anticipate the Member’s position on your proposal and included the main points that the decision-maker should know. At a minimum, the letter should be appropriately addressed and should include the following: (1) a summary of the current policy;
(2) reasons for initiating changes;
(3) policy options to be considered;
(4) pros and cons of each option;
(5) recommended course of action; and
(6) reasoning for selecting that course of action.

Write a proposal about something that you choose to improve a situation in relations to Ground Handling

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Write a proposal about something that you choose to improve a situation in relations to Ground Handling

Reflect on Marcus Aurelius’ work and provide some degree of organization.

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Identify five categories and include two quotations for each category. The purpose of this assignment is to reflect on Marcus Aurelius’ work and provide some degree of organization. Include a parenthetical citation at the end of each quote.

Does racism affect how a police officer responds to people of color?

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ESSAY#1:RESEARCH-BASED POSITION PAPER ON A SOCIAL JUSTICE ISSUEENGL1133Spring 2020 Johnson, GPrewriting:After you decide on a topic, you may want to start by asking a questionand then answer that question and explain why in three reasons. •For example: oQuestion:Does racism affect how a police officer responds to people of color? oAnswer:Yes.oWhy:§

(1) Statistics show that since 2016, the Boondock Police Department has had more allegations of excessive force used on peopleof color when compared to other races.§

(2) TheBoondock Police Department has been successfully sued for racial discrimination againstpeople of color 6 times in 2017 where the alleged suspect claimed the responding officer used racial epithets when talking to them. §

(3) In 2019, the City of Boondockfired 25 police officers who were found guilty of profiling alleged suspects based on their race. **Doing this exercise first, basically writes the thesis sentence for you while givingyouthe framework youneed to write youressay’s body paragraphs.**Paper Structure: The paper should follow a simple-to-complex pattern of development (see textbook Ch. 17: Academic Arguments, “Argumentative Essay Structure and Content”). Additionally, use your textbook for guidelines on how to properly cite sources within a paper in MLA format, how to properlyhead your paper, and how to properly structureyourWorks Cited page. Stay away from quotes thatare longer than 2 sentences, as this paper is only1,000 wordsat minimum. Use the following guidelines to structure your paper:

I.Title of the paper:The title of your paper should be unique to what it is you are researching and writingabout,anditCANNOTbe question. II.Introduction: Your introductionshould consist of one substantial paragraphwhichadequately definesthe issue, establishesthe importance of the issue, and the thesis statement. The thesis statement should give your reader a clear sense of what your argument will be and your position on that issue and your claims to supportyourposition.

III.Body: Following the intro paragraph, yourbody paragraphs should develop your supporting claims and build off of each other in ways that contribute to the development of the paper’s larger argument. Within the body of the paper, you should demonstrate the ability to use sources effectively, respond to opposing viewpoints, and use relevant evidence to support your arguments.

IV.Conclusion: Your conclusion shouldbea substantial paragraphwhich reflects on the implications of the paper’s fully developed argument for your audience, and it should NOTintroduce any new ideas, but it should restate yourthesis sentence. Also,do NOT begin yourconclusion with “In conclusion”, “In closing”, “Like I said”, “As stated in this paper/my paperearlier”, etc., and the paper should avoid a “call to action”, as this is NOT a persuasive piece.Doing so will result in an automatic deduction of 20 points from your paper—NO EXCEPTIONS.

Examine one pair of companion poems from Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience

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Examine one pair of companion poems from Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience (for example, the two “The Chimney Sweeper” poems). Analyze each poem and compare and contrast them in order to point out the difference between “innocence” and “experience

How does the concept of “generic sameness” illuminate your reading of Mairs’ essay?

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Formatting requirements:

One-inch margins, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12
Name, professor’s name, class code, and due date in the upper left corner
Page numbers in the upper right corner, preceded by your last name
Original title in regular type and centered
Citations in MLA format on a separate page: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ (Links to an external site.). This page does not count toward the five-page requirement.
Assignment:

In her essay “The Age of Instagram Face,” Jia Tolentino discusses the aesthetic of generic sameness present on Instagram and especially visible in the phenomenon she calls the Instagram face. The aesthetic’s strength is in its monotony and repetitiveness, and it turns out that bodies and faces can be infinitely modified to meet the criteria of this aesthetic, either with the use of editing tools or with the use of plastic surgery. According to a celebrity makeup artist quoted in the essay, “People are absolutely getting prettier . . . The world is so visual right now, and it’s only getting more visual, and people want to upgrade the way they relate to it” (3). People around us are getting prettier: what could be wrong with that? Perhaps reading Tolentino’s essay on its own doesn’t answer this question in a satisfactory way, but when it is paired with Nancy Mairs’ “On Being a Cripple,” it can lead us to some interesting reflections on the nature of beauty, on social expectations and perception, and on the ever narrowing standards that people are trying to meet, seemingly to no avail.

Using examples from both texts, answer one of the following questions. I REPEAT: CHOOSE ONLY ONE OF THE QUESTIONS.

How does the concept of “generic sameness” illuminate your reading of Mairs’ essay? (lens essay)

Alternatively, you can answer the following question:
What implications might IG culture have for people who fall outside the narrowly defined aesthetic (like people with disabilities)?

Alternatively, you can make any thematic connection between the essays and write about the connection. Our bank of ideas (in the form of our discussion “Connections between Mairs and Tolentino”) could be a great start.

Explain how the graphic novel-American Born Chinese portrays two opposing values: the strength to stay true to yourself, and the willingness to change and grow.

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Explain how the graphic novel-American Born Chinese portrays two opposing values: the strength to stay true to yourself, and the willingness to change and grow. Does the graphic novel suggest that one is more important than the other (or that they are of

Within your analysis, you need to incorporate material about the idea of stereotype threat from the book-Whistling Vivaldi in at least two body paragraphs. Follow-up questions to start your thinking:
What does “staying true to yourself” and “growth” look like in different circumstances within the graphic novel-American Born Chinese? How do your explanations differ for various characters in the novel? What kinds of pressure come from within a person, and what pressure comes from the outside? What specific aspects of stereotype threat—for instance, underperformance, mental drain, the pressure to defy stereotypes, and so on—seem most relevant to certain characters in American Born Chinese?

Explain how critics might have come to this conclusion, and how thinking of Hurston as an ethnographer explains some aspect of this text to you.

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1. Recall my introduction of the term “separate spheres.” For a refresher, this Wikipedia page is not bad: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Separate_spheres.  Please find and identify two passages that might support that claim; quote from and discuss one of them. Remember to follow the model supplied for the correct use of quotes (It’s in the Content folder).

2. As noted in class, Hurston studied with one of the most prominent anthropologists of her day. Critics suggest that she’s just as interested in depicting the cultures of African-Americans as she is in following Janie’s individual development. Explain how critics might have come to this conclusion, and how thinking of Hurston as an ethnographer explains some aspect of this text to you.

Do you find his criticisms persuasive? Why or why not? write an argumentative essay.

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In class we discussed James Rachels’ critique of Cultural Relativism. Do you find his criticisms persuasive? Why or why not? write an argumentative essay.
Your paper should be 4-5 pages.
Your paper should be doubled-spaced with the following margins: 1” top & bottom; 1.25 inch left & right.
You must use Times New Roman, 12 point font.
You should include the following information (single-spaced) in the top left corner: (1) Your name, (2) Name of the Class, (3) Date.
List page numbers in the lower right corner.
You may use any of the following methods for citation: MLA, APA, or Chicago. Whichever one you choose, please use it consistently.