Choose a topic that has some debatable issue. Take a position on that issue and write a two full-page Persuasive Essay trying to influence your reader to accept or agree with your position on this issue.

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Persuasive Essay assignment

The purpose of the Persuasive Essay assignment is to choose a topic that has some debatable issue. You will then take a position on that issue and write a two full-page Persuasive Essay trying to influence your reader to accept or agree with your position on this issue.

Here are the details:

1. Read the Lecture Notes in Unit 5 on persuasive writing. Also, especially read Chapter 10.9 in the online text for ideas on how to construct an approach to persuasive writing.

Here is the link to that chapter – https://open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/chapter/10-9-persuasion/Links to an external site.

While all the information in this chapter can be helpful, what is especially helpful is the information under the heading “Writing a Persuasive Essay.”

2. Choose a topic. Your topic will be on some issue of debate where you are able to take a side on that issue. There are no subject limitations for this assignments.

3. Unlike the previous two-unit essays, there is no required outline or pattern that you have to use for organizing this essay. However, you will want to plan your organization so your ideas connect and make sense to the reader. You may use either of the patterns from the previous two units. Also, you may look at the different patterns presented in Chapter 10 for ideas. As a bit of advice, the structure shown in Chapter 10.9 under the heading “Structure of a Persuasive Essay” is a helpful model to look at.

4. Since this essay is more persuasive instead of argumentative, you do not have to do any formal research, but you should have explanations and support for any positions you offer.

5. After writing the essay, be sure to take the time to read it several times for revision and editing. It would be helpful to have at least one other person proofread it as well before submitting the assignment.

Will your reader need any knowledge or experience to do this job or task, or will you write these instructions for a general reader where no experience is required to perform the job?

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Informative Essay assignment

The purpose of the Informative Essay assignment is to choose a job or task that you know how to do and then write a 3 full-page Informative Essay teaching the reader how to do that job or task. You will follow the organization techniques explained in Unit 6.

Here are the details:

1. Read the Lecture Notes in Unit 6. You may also find the information in Chapter 10.5 in our text on Process Analysis helpful. The lecture notes will really be the most important to read in writing this assignment. However, here is a link to that chapter that you may look at in addition to the lecture notes:

https://open.lib.umn.edu/writingforsuccess/chapter/10-5-process-analysis/Links to an external site.

2. Choose your topic, that is, the job or task you want to teach. As the notes explain, this should be a job or task that you already know how to do, and it should be something you can do well. You may ask your instructor for advice if you have a difficult time finding a job or task to write on. Also, think at this point about your audience (reader). Will your reader need any knowledge or experience to do this job or task, or will you write these instructions for a general reader where no experience is required to perform the job?

3. Plan your outline to organize this essay. Unit 6 notes offer advice on this organization process. Be sure to include an introductory paragraph that has the four main points presented in the lecture notes (again, while your introduction has those main points, they don’t have to be in the order given in the lecture notes).

4. Write the essay. It will need to be at least 3 full pages long.

What are the differences in forms of social media that cause the views of body image and what influences this?

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Social media use and body image

Based on your objectives, write 4-6 pages describing the design, participants, instruments, procedure, and statistical analysis methods that you propose to use to test your hypotheses.

It is unclear what the relationship is between social media use and body image. Some examples of body image issues include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. There has been some research to suggest a correlation between the two. Still, it is unclear if social media is causing body image issues or if people who already have body image issues are more likely to use social media (Quitkat et.al, 2019). This is an important question because if social media is causing body image issues, interventions can be put in place to help people at risk. If people with body image issues are more likely to use social media, then it is important to understand why this is the case and whether there is anything that can be done to help them. Some things that help people with body image issues include providing them with information about healthy body image, helping them develop a positive self-image, and providing them with support if they are struggling with an eating disorder. Surveys and statistics will come into play a lot with the idea of body image, especially when it comes to social media.

The key research question for this topic is:

What are the differences in forms of social media that cause the views of body image and what influences this?

 

What kinds of books or magazines do you enjoy reading? Make your topic sentence a general statement about what you like to read and then develop the rest of the paragraph with either many examples or one long, fully explained example that illustrates your main claim.

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D7E

You are planning a full exemplification essay, so in this discussion, practice illustrative writing by making a paragraph that uses examples to develop the main idea. What kinds of books or magazines do you enjoy reading? Make your topic sentence a general statement about what you like to read and then develop the rest of the paragraph with either many examples or one long, fully explained example that illustrates your main claim (the topic sentence).

Which of his examples do you feel best serve his purpose, and why? Are there any examples that do not help uphold his purpose and thesis? Explain. As always, make a fully developed paragraph and respond to other learners’ ideas as well.

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D6E

After reading “No, I Do Not Want to Pet Your Dog,” consider the organization of the essay. This essay seems to have a delayed thesis statement, delivered in paragraph 10 when the author says, “But here’s my problem: There’s now a cultural assumption that everyone must love dogs” (Manjoo 244). What is the author’s purpose? Manjoo uses many examples to develop his main ideas, both that people assume we should love their dogs AND that it’s problematic. Which of his examples do you feel best serve his purpose, and why? Are there any examples that do not help uphold his purpose and thesis? Explain. As always, make a fully developed paragraph and respond to other learners’ ideas as well.

Choose ONE of the bulleted points and explore further some of the significance of that item. Share another example from the movie not already discussed above if you prefer.

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Real vs Illusion; Genuine vs Fake; Original vs Copy

Knives Out(2019) cleverly plays with ways in which almost all the characters confuse—sometimes deliberately—the real and the illusory, the genuine and the fake, the original and the copy. Sometimes they even prefer the illusion, the fake, the copy, the short-cut.

[Similarly, you must all have noticed in our society that there are many who prefer the movie version of a novel, or an abridged or simplified version of the original book, or perhaps even to read a short internet article about a work rather than the work itself, right?]

Some examples from the movie:

  • Internet Shortcuts: Joni Thrombey is pleased to announce to Benoit Blanc that she read a “tweet about a New Yorker article” about him. How many of us today take the short cut of casually glancing over the tweet and stopping with the abbreviated version as opposed to reading the full profile, like some who read internet synopsis of a novel/film rather than engaging in the experience of reading/viewing itself?
  • Emptiness of Social Media: Joni Thrombey, according to State Trooper Wagner, is all over “Insta” and is well-known as an “influencer.” This would signify to many in the audience that, like so many who have become famous merely for having a large social media following, Joni does not really DO anything but rather sells an image, a lifestyle, which we know is based on fraud and false dealing.
  • Stage Prop and Set: Harlan Thrombey anticipates one of the film’s climactic moments when he tells Marta that some cannot tell the difference between a “stage prop” and a “real knife.” Is this a problem with all the family members? They cannot spot something that is genuine (person, talent, work ethic, love, etc.)? And is the entire house and household just like a murder mystery set, not real life?

Now that these examples have been shared, you might take the further critical step of refining distinctions between real vs illusion, genuine vs fake, original vs copy. For instance, are all these pairings pointing to same/similar concepts, or is there a noteworthy difference between these pairs of oppositions?

Discussion Prompt 2: Real vs Illusion; Genuine vs Fake; Original vs Copy

Carefully read the above section of the lecture with various examples the movie plays with when it comes to exploring the relationship between real vs illusion, genuine vs fake, original vs copy.

Choose ONE of the bulleted points and explore further some of the significance of that item. You are welcome to share another example from the movie not already discussed above if you prefer. Whether you address something from the lecture or a different moment from the film, you need to analyze the significance of the example in the ways we might explore the differences—or the similarities—between real and illusion, genuine and fake, original and copy, etc. How do we know what is real and whether it’s clear to differentiate that from the illusion/fake/copy? What might the film be suggesting about life in the 21st century?

The response should be at least 150 Words before citations

  1. Respond to these two posts with 100 words each before citations;

Discussion 1. Rian Johnson created Knifes out inspired by Agatha Christies books. He enjoyed the details within her books and loved that she explored the subgenres, also being able to integrate them in a narrative way. Rain got most of his inspirations from many other writes, like Agatha, another mystery author he based the movie on was christie. She was the creator of Hercule poirot who was a Belgian police, who is also based on Benoit Blanc in his movie because Ryan states that both characters share the same traits. The overall on how this movie even cam about was more of a small project, it wasn’t supposed to be anything too big for Rian. Rain had just made Star Wars, he wanted to do something other than the Star Wars world. He had the ideas from Agatha and Christie, then decided to put it all together to make his small project not thinking it was going to be such a huge hit.

Discussion 2. Rian Johnson seemed to really appreciate and love our world class detective, Poirot. There was an “interview with Empire Magazine in 2019, Johnson shared that Poirot was a big inspiration for Craig’s detective”(Knight). Murder on the Orient Express has also been a big inspiration on knives out as well as the movie Evil Under the Sun (1982). Johnson had said that “this era of Poirot films was a massive influence on the Knives Out series” and that he was always thinking about the Poirot played by Peter Ustinov. It seems that Johnson has always been in love with Agatha Christie’s books as he stated that he “grew up reading Agatha Christie’s books”(Lachenal). Benoit Blanc has some of the elements of Poirot, meaning the egotistical side but he explains Daniel Craig has “a warmth to him”. This shows that Johnson’s character is attempting to be more likeable to the audience but still have that calculated detective feel that Poirot had.

 

Make an argumentative claim on a significant topic; this claim should be developed and supported by summarizing, analyzing, and synthesizing perspectives from sources.

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GUN VIOLENCE

By the end of this writing project, you will be able to:

  • Develop an argumentative thesis that articulates a position on a significant issue
  • Use evidence from research to provide relevant background information, examples, and counter-arguments
  • Employ strategies of argumentation including making a claim, supporting claims with evidence, and identifying and engaging with alternative perspectives
  • Attribute and cite sources using signaling phrases, in-text citations, and works cited page
  • Apply genre conventions for a research-based academic essay including structure, design, formatting, language usage, and mechanics
  • Compose a text using the writing process by drafting, reviewing, collaborating, revising, and editing

Task

The research-based argument is the culmination of your semester-long research project. In this paper, you will make an argumentative claim on a significant topic; this claim should be developed and supported by summarizing, analyzing, and synthesizing perspectives from sources. You will demonstrate your skill in articulating complex ideas, examining claims and evidence found in your research materials, supporting your ideas with relevant reasons and examples, sustaining a coherent discussion, and employing rhetorical strategies to convince your readers to agree with your stand on the issue or at least to believe in the soundness and reasonableness of your position.

 

How did this policy get enacted? Why did policy-makers think this was necessary? What scientific evidence supports your position? What scientific evidence refutes your position?

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Choose a health;

Policy from the list below, or another approved topic of your choosing, and present an opinion paper based in solid scientific evidence. Policies you may choose from include (but are not limited to):

  • Childhood obesity prevention programs in schools
  • Limiting or banning sale of super-sized sodas in restaurants
  • Limiting or banning sale of sugary sodas and snacks in schools
  • Fluoridation of municipal drinking water
  • No smoking allowed in any public spaces or buildings
  • Legalizing medicinal marijuana

Find at least SIX references from peer-reviewed sources. If you’re not sure whether the references will count, just ask. In your 2-3 page opinion paper (NOT including bibliography page), be sure to consider the following:

  • How did this policy get enacted? Why did policy-makers think this was necessary? (If it isn’t enacted yet, why is it thought to be needed and what is preventing it from being enforced?)
  • What scientific evidence supports your position?
  • What scientific evidence refutes your position?
  • Should this policy be continued, modified, or discontinued? How and why?

Your paper must between two and three pages in length and be typed in Times New Roman 12-point font with 1 inch margins and be double-spaced. Cite your sources

 

What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to convince your state legislature to accept your point of view.

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Persuasive Writing

Your state legislature is considering a bill that would require a person to earn a high school diploma before he or she could receive a driver’s license. What is your position on this issue? Write a letter to convince your state legislature to accept your point of view.

While the format of the body is still the basic five paragraph essay, this assignment is also a formal business letter. The only other difference is that limited use of first and second person pronouns is allowed. Find the name and contact information for your state legislative representative online.

Describe the field of service or population you selected to study, why you chose it, how you gathered information about it, information about the social worker you interviewed, the agency he/she works for, and when the interview took place.

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Discussion Essay

The paper should be 8 to 10 pages and paper needs to be doubled-spaced, 12 point font, 1 inch margins, with pages numbered. Your paper should include:

  1. An introduction describing the field of service or population you selected to study, why you chose it, how you gathered information about it, information about the social worker you interviewed, the agency he/she works for, and when the interview took place.
  2. What you learned from the interview including a description of the agency’s mission and philosophy, its funding sources, connections to the service delivery system, and how well you feel it meets the needs of the population is serves. Integrate a few sections from your interview transcript into the paper. Integrate information from 4-6 professional articles related to the population served at this agency and the models of intervention used in working with this population.
  3. The paper should end with a conclusion which includes your personal reflections regarding your sense of the agency after talking to the social worker and studying the field for your presentation, as well as what lessons your learned about yourself and your decision to become a social worker.
  4. Your reference list should be included at the end. Use APA format (if you are unclear about this formatting, http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ is an excellent resource).