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Underwrite the interests of capitalist industries?

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Choose at least 3 print or electronic form of advertisement. Undertake an analysis of the various representational elements in those advertisements. What are some of the ideologies and values which circulate in the ads, and which support and underwrite the interests of capitalist industries? Explore the role of advertising industry within the capitalist system and its relationship with the culture industry – how it fosters false consciousness, and contributes to the standardization of cultural life and consumers. (Do not take on the topics such as how does alcohol or tobacco advertisements affect on people’s consumption habits, the impact of the fast food commercials on child obesity, or the marketing strategies of Dove’s advertising campaign. Do not focus on the marketing effectiveness of advertising.) Media sources (newspaper articles, letters to the editor,
TV clips, YouTube videos, radio broadcasts, podcasts, etc.) are strongly encouraged
– in fact, I expect you to use them – and must be cited fully and correctly. For
anything you access via the web, an access date must be provided. DOUBLE SPACED.

Write a brief literature review based on one of the following topics, drawn from the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2019-2023:

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Your task is to conduct a search of the academic literature to write a brief literature review based on one of the following topics, drawn from the Victorian Public Health and Wellbeing Plan 2019-2023:
Minimum of 10 references

Discuss what conclusion can be drawn based upon this comparison and analysis.

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For this essay, in an approximately 6-page paper, you will bring together at least three texts (Fire In Paradise, and two sources from your own original research) to assess key issues raised by the book. You will carefully read the book, annotate major ideas and quotes, and respond with your thoughts and ideas. Then you will use nonfiction library research to add depth to your analysis. Sources selected may be drawn from current events, historical, cultural, biographical, or other theoretical contexts, but they need to be found through the library database. Compare the ways in which these three texts (the book, and two sources from your research) address a topic of your choice, and discuss what conclusion can be drawn based upon this comparison and analysis.

Since this is a synthesis essay in which various parts are being connected together to form a cohesive argument.buse templates from to present the arguments. They Say/I Say:Academic Writing 4th Edition pages 101-114.

According to the article, what is the interesting observation or question that motivates the investigation?

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ALL RESPONSES MUST BE PARAPHRASED (Written in your own words) 

  • According to the article, what is the interesting observation or question that motivates the investigation?
  • In a journal article this found in the first or second paragraph (abstract may help).
  • If it is not stated explicitly, what do you think it is?
  • Give a non-technical explanation, like you were explaining it to a family member who does not study psychology.
  • There is ALWAYS a question or real-world observation that motivates the research (we are doing research in psychology, here, so there must be some aspect about humans that motivates the research).

This is a very broad “Why is this interesting” question.

– It is NOT about theories or prior studies.

– It is NOT because it will help people.

Example:

Why do certain faces look attractive and others look less attractive? Is it because certain facial configurations are intrinsically more appealing or are we constantly recalibrating our perception in response to the range of faces that we see every day?

OR

People solve more problems after a period of sleep. Is this because sleep is beneficial to problem solving or is it because sleep interrupts our repeated (often failed) attempts to solve the problem and this period of delay helps us come up with an answer

  • On the basis of the reviewed literature, what reasons do the authors give for why their study needs to be done?
  • This will usually come towards the end of the introduction.
  • If it is not stated explicitly, what implicit reasoning have the authors provided?
  • We’re interested in how the general question about the world that you outlined in Question 1 has been investigated in the scientific literature.
  • Here is where you talk about the prior research and the theories.

Example:

While people solve more problems after a period of sleep, they also solve more problems after a period of delay, suggesting that any kind of ‘incubation’ interval – whether sleep or a delay period -allows individuals to forget wrong solution attempts and allows spreading of activation to correct items. To better understand whether sleep is helpful for problem solving, it is important to compare problem solving performance after a period sleep, after a delay period without sleep, or with no delay.

3) State the hypothesis or hypotheses of the research in terms of the IV(s) and DV(s). (e.g., the reaction time will be shorter for participants in the blue group than the purple group.)

  • Note that a hypothesis is not the same as a general prediction.
  • A hypothesis needs to be stated in terms of the IVs and DVs

Example:

There will be an interaction between adaptating condition and test time, such that mean distortion level in the post-adaptation phase will shift towards the negative end of the continuum in the negative condition and towards the positive end of the continuum in the positive condition, relative to the preadaptation phase.

Fill in the details of the following methodological elements and explain the reasons why the authors chose each one.

– If the reason is not stated explicitly, what implicit reasoning have the authors provided?

4) the participants

  • You’ll need to go to the method section.
  • If the reason is not stated explicitly, what implicit reasoning have the authors provided?

Example:

The participants were adult university students who were paid for their participation. No reason is given why university students were chosen, but it is assumed that this is a convenience sample and that they are representative of adults from the general population.

5) the sample size(s)

  • If the reason is not stated explicitly, what implicit reasoning have the authors provided?

Example:

There were sixty-one participants in the experiment – 27 male and 34 female. No explicit justification was provided for the sample size but it is assumed that it is a sufficiently large sample to observe the expected effect sizes.

6) the stimuli and experimental task(s)

  • If the reason is not stated explicitly, what implicit reasoning have the authors provided?
  • Information about the details of the stimuli and experimental tasks can be found in the method section, but the reasoning for why they have been chosen is in the last two paragraphs of the introduction.

Example:

Experiment 1: The stimuli consisted of photographs of 10 young adult Caucasian faces, which had been altered using a spherical distortion to manipulate attractiveness along an 11-step distortion continuum from negative (compressed) to positive (expanded). Participants first rated the 110 test faces for attractiveness or normality before completing an adaptation phase, in which they were asked simply to pay attention to a series of faces. Half of the participants saw faces from the negative end of the continuum and half from the positive end of the continuum. In the final postadaptation phase the participants performed the rating task again (for either attractiveness or normality) on the 110 test faces. To maintain the adaptation during the rating phase, the faces to be rated were interspersed with faces from the adaptation phase.

The authors justified the choice of task in the introduction by arguing that it had been used in previous research to show adaptation in perception of normality. They reasoned that the same effect should be shown if the participants are asked to rate the faces for attractiveness instead.

7) State the independent variable(s) and whether they are between-subjects or within-subjects variables.

  • It’s a grouping variable.
  • You are comparing the results from a set of participants to another, or from a set of stimuli to another.
  • IVs have to have a general label (e.g., adapting condition) and two or more levels (e.g., positive, negative).

Example:

IV1 (Between subjects): adapting condition (2 levels: positive, negative)

IV2 (Within subjects): test time (2 levels: preadaptation, postadaptation)

OR

IV1 (Between subjects): Condition (3 levels: control, incubation, sleep) IV2 (Within subjects): Test (2 levels: first test, second test)
IV3 (Within subjects): Item difficulty (2 levels: easy, difficult)

8) State the dependent variable(s).

  • It is what you measure.
  • To be a dependent variable, it needs to be a number that you can add up and divide.
  • The dependent variable(s) isn’t always explicitly stated in the introduction

Example:

  • The mean distortion level (along the distortion continuum) of the face rated most attractive, 2) The mean distortion level (along the distortion continuum) of the face rated most normal.

OR

The dependent variable is the proportion of correct responses to RAT items

9) What did the authors find?

  • e., what were the results?
  • There is often a summary of what was found at the beginning of the discussion.)

Example:

The hypothesis was supported. The authors found that the participants in the sleep condition performed better on the problem solving task than participants in the incubation conditions. Interestingly the benefits of sleep to problem solving were only found for RAT problems that were difficult; there was no benefit of sleep to problem solving for easy RAT problems.

10) As a result of this study, what new knowledge has been gained about the aspect of human behaviour that was being investigated in the study?

  • e., how do the authors interpret their results – what does it all mean?)
  • Clearly this is in the General Discussion, but you might also find the Abstract

Example:

Our perception of what is attractive is affected by the appearance of faces we experience and averageness is a factor in what we perceive to be attractive. This effect is not a low level visual effect, which suggests that higher-level neurons contribute to the adaptation effect.

11) Based on the authors’ interpretation of the results in the (General) Discussion section, list at least two suggestions of a study that could be done next to build our knowledge in this area.

  • If the authors list a suggestion you can write that here, if not you will need to come up with your own.

Example:

  • The results have shown that high-level mechanisms are involved in face adaptation, but additional research is required to investigate the relative contribution of high- and low-level mechanisms in adaptation.
  • Having established that high-level mechanisms contribute to face adaptation effects, future research should determine if those mechanisms are face-specific.
  • They suggest that the long-term effects of face adaption still needs to be tested, as well as their interaction with the short-term processes investigated in this study

 

What has been the greatest challenge for this movement/reform in terms of achieving equality, either historically or modernly?

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History 1302 Essay Assessment Assignment
General Information and Instructions:
The purpose of this assignment is to use different historical methods you have learned about during this course to complete a historical research project. Your research project should start with your developing a historical question, that you then research, and then attempt to answer using both primary and secondary sources to support your research.
How to proceed:
1. Select one of the essay topics below in the Essay Options section. There are a total of four possible research options, please read each one to decide which you feel you would like to pursue.
2. Create your specific historical question within the broader essay topic you select.
3. The examples under each essay option are by no means the only topics that you can write about, they are merely provided to help you think about how you might approach this topic. You should select your own topic, however you can choose one of the examples.
4. Begin researching primary and secondary sources to gather information that support your discussion of your historical question.
5. Review the paper requirements for both the research portion and the writing portion of your assignment.
6. Review the grading rubric to ensure that you have met all of the paper requirements before making your submission.
Essay Options (select one of the following options):
Research Option #1: History Turning Points
General Overview: Select an event, incident, a legislative action, or related marked historical moment in the years from Reconstruction until today that marks an important transition in American History. This historical event can lead to a social, economic, or political transition that shaped the country’s history. Additionally, you will conclude this research project with a supposition of how history might have been shaped had this event never occurred or of another possible outcome could have been possible.
Examples: How did the new technology of WWI change modern warfare? What could have been the possible benefits and problems if the Freedman’s Bureau continued beyond Reconstruction?

Research Objectives & Questions to be Discussed in Your Essay: (Incorporate these questions in the writing of your essay.)

• Why did you select this event?
• What were both the short- and long-term effects of this historical event?
• Who all were impacted/affected by this historical event?
• How was history changed by this event?
• If you were to imagine a different outcome or reaction to your event, what do you suppose might have been a different outcome in the short- and long-term?

Research Option #2: Oral History and Historical Memory
General Overview: You will read two historical personal accounts in relation to life in the past or tied to a specific historical event. Then your research will compare these personal accounts with the “factual” or “documented” history of the era. Next, proceed to compare the personal account against the historical record, and then analyze the value of oral history in enriching our understanding the historical period/event.

Example: a government investigator and an observer of the JFK assassination

Research Objectives & Questions to be Discussed in Your Essay:
• What was the personal background of the two individuals you chose?
• How are the individuals specifically tied to the specific historical event?
• What are the similarities and differences in the accounts of the individuals?
• What elements in their narratives do you feel influenced (if it applies) the way we teach/learn that history today?
• How do you feel personal accounts either enhance or possibly detract from our understanding of the historical past?

Research Option #3: Impacts of Reform
General Overview: This research project will examine the impact of reform and/or civil rights movements of the 19th – 21st centuries. Your research will examine should place your selected movement/reform in both the historical and modern context, choosing to focus on either their causes, achievements, struggles, and/or stances of your selected reform movement and/or civil rights movement. This essay should additionally analyze the contributions these movements have made in the overall fight for freedom and equality in United States history.

Examples: The history of the temperance/prohibition movement and the impact on the ratification of the 18th amendment; the origins of the African American civil rights movement and the issues of equality under the law in the modern context; the women’s struggle for suffrage and the relation to issues of equal opportunity; the recognition of the rights of the disabled and legislative moves to provide accommodation and access to opportunity.

Research Objectives & Questions to be Discussed in Your Essay:
• What are the most significant organizations formed for your movement that have had the greatest impact historically and/or modernly?
• What are the sources of division amongst reformers/activists? Is there disagreement on approaches on how they should present their desired reforms to the public/government?
• What has been the greatest challenge for this movement/reform in terms of achieving equality, either historically or modernly?
• What is the modern status and/or legacy of these movements today?
• How do you feel that you have directly benefitted, or are influenced by, the reform movements in the past or modernly?

Research Option #4: History Yesterday & Today
General Overview: This research project will start with you examining a recent news story (reported within the last year) that reveals new information about the historical past, OR a recent news story that contributes to the longer dialogue/history of the relationship between Africa, the Americas, and Europe.The goal of this essay should be to emphasize the idea that history is a continually developing story that evolves with new information, discoveries, and/or changes in political, social, and or economic conditions. Important note: the news story should be directly tied to an event that this course covers (Reconstruction until today).

Examples: The question/concern about unequal treatment under the law; a discovery of a new artifact that tells us something previously unknown about the historical past; the nature of protest in a modern democratic America.

Research Objectives & Questions to be Discussed in Your Essay:

• What is the topic of the news story, and what does the reporter highlight as the current historical significance?
• What is the historical context of the news story? What does it specifically relate to?
• How does the news story either add new information, expand, and/or change what we know about the historical past?
• In your assessment, should this story/discovery/research fundamentally change the way in which we teach history of this event/period?
• Overall, using your news story as an example, how do recent events and discoveries illustrate that history is a dynamic and evolving study?

Research Requirements:
1. You will need to use at least two (2) primary sources for your research topic. (See below for definitions of a primary source)
2. You will need to use at least three (3) secondary sources for your research topic. (See below for definitions of a secondary source). Preference is for academic articles found in scholarly journals. Online sources must be pre-approved by your instructor before use within your paper.
3. Your textbook cannot be used as a source, as it is a tertiary source.
4. You will also need to find at least one image that is relevant to your research topic. This image can be either a primary or secondary source, although a primary source image is preferred.
5. If you are using a secondary source image, it should be an image that is created for academic purposes to help support your research (a modern map, etc).
Writing Requirements:
1. Your essay should be a minimum of 1000 words. This word count does not include any cover sheet wording, your footnotes/endnotes, or your works cited/bibliography page.
2. Your essay must be formatted using 1” margins for all margins (top, bottom, left and right).
3. Your essay should be typed using 12pt. Times New Roman font.
4. Your essay needs to be double-spaced.
5. Please do not include any headers (your name, course, date, paper title) on any written pages of your essay.
6. Your research essay should be accompanied by a cover sheet that states your paper title, your name, your course, and date.
7. All of your sources should be cited using the Chicago/Turabian method. MLA will not be accepted!
8. You must cite your sources using either footnotes or endnotes formatted in the Chicago/Turabian citation method. Please select either footnotes or endnotes based upon personal preference, just remember to be consistent throughout your essay with your citation method. Parenthetical reference is not permitted.
9. If possible, you will want to try to incorporate your image into your essay by embedding it into the text. Otherwise, placing the image at the end of your document is acceptable (after the conclusion and before your Works Cited/Bibliography page).
10. Your image should include a caption that describes the image and its relevance to your topic, this caption to your image should be at least 150 words. This word count does not count toward the overall word count of your essay.
11. You must include a Works Cited/Bibliography page at the end of the document. Be sure you are documenting all sources used for your research paper, including your image source in this section. There should be agreement between the sources you document in this section and the sources you cite in your footnotes/endnotes.
Grading Rubric:
• Formatting 0-20 points: Paper is formatted correctly, does not include headers in written text, nor utilizes excessively large margins, paper is double-spaced and demonstrates clear organization in the form of paragraph breaks.
• Image 0-5 points: Paper includes at least one appropriate image relevant to the research topic, and the image is properly captioned explaining its relevance to the essay.
• Academic Honesty & Integrity 0-25 points: Paper is properly cited using either footnotes or endnotes. Includes a properly formatted Works Cited/Bibliography. Demonstrates agreement between documented sources and citations in the essay text.
• Essay Content 0-50 points: Paper content is well-written, organized, has a strong introduction with a clear thesis statement, and is concluded with a summarization of research findings. Paper shows editing, lacking excessive spelling and grammatical errors.
Sources (Types and Recommendations):
• Primary Sources: Written materials, images, and artifacts that produced and are contemporary to the time-period of your subject matter. (examples: a cave drawing produced by an indigenous person, a speech given by an individual, a painting of a street scene).
• Secondary Sources: Generally, written materials, images, and artifacts that are produced by individuals after the time-period of your research. Most secondary sources are based upon primary sources.
• Internet Sources: Any use of internet sources, should be pre-approved by your instructor before using them in your research. If selecting option #4, internet news sources are appropriate, however try to select articles from mainstream sources. In all other essay options, select internet sources that come from government entities, library archives, universities, and other online primary source repositories.
• Internet Sources to avoid:
o History.com
o Wikipedia.com
o Khanacademy.com
o Britannia.com

Research and provide 2–3 case briefs on specific case law related to the entrapment defense as it may or may not apply in the case scenario.

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While working an undercover detail in a neighborhood known for drug activity, you notice a vehicle stopped at the intersection waiting for the light to change. The man in the vehicle makes eye contact with you. You approach his vehicle and begin carrying on a conversation with him. You ask him if he needs anything, and he responds by asking you, “What do you have?” You ask him what he is looking for, and he tells you he is looking to score. You show him a small bag containing a white powdery substance; he asks how much, and you respond, “20 dollars.” He hands you a $20 bill, and you give him the bag and tip your hat to signal that the transaction was completed. At this time, the man drives off and is stopped a block away by a marked unit. The individual is placed under arrest for drug possession and purchasing drugs, and he is taken to jail.
The individual is charged with possession of a controlled substance. At his trial, he claimed that he was a victim of entrapment by the police. He was found guilty and sentenced to serve 5 years in jail and given credit for the 3 months he already had served in jail.
Assignment Guidelines
Address the following in 1,250–1,500 words:
Research and provide 2–3 case briefs on specific case law related to the entrapment defense as it may or may not apply in the case scenario.
Your case briefs should follow this format:
Title: Title of the selected case
Facts: Summary of the events, court timeline, evidence, and so forth
Issues: Issues that were present in this case
Decisions: The court’s decision and the conclusion to the case
Reasoning: The rationale behind the final decision
Dissenting opinions: Any dissenting opinions, and an explanation of what they were and why they were raised
Answer the following questions:
Did you have probable cause to approach the defendant while he was parked at the traffic light? Why or why not? Defend your answer.
Do you feel that the entrapment defense is a valid one, considering the assignment scenario? Why or why not? Defend your answer.
Is providing the opportunity for someone to commit a crime the same as entrapment? Why or why not?
If the substance were marijuana, how much would be needed for a misdemeanor charge? A felony?
Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

What do you understand by the term Global Popular Musics?

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Assignment:
10-minute recorded presentation addressing the following question:
“What do you understand by the term Global Popular Musics? With specific reference to one musical genre or style, discuss how popular musics globally have emerged from – and been transformed by – cultural contact and exchange brought about by the movement of people and technological developments. You may want to reference the role of music in relation to issues such as identity, politics, religion, etc.”
Please submit an audio file of your presentation, plus accompanying slides (PowerPoint or PDF format).
Criteria:
The presentation demonstrates an original and exceptionally effective approach to the
material or topic as the result of significant independent research. Argumentation will be
exceptionally clear, nuanced, effective, and show a high level of spoken English. Sources will
be thoughtfully interpreted. The delivery will be engaging throughout with excellent
supportive (printed and/or audio-visual) material, and will generate a lively discussion.
Please use references from the documents provided.

List the eight principles that are the basis for ISO 9000.

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• ■ List the eight principles that are the basis for ISO 9000.

• ■ State the overall objective of ISO 9000.

• ■ Describe in brief how ISO 9000 is applied to an organization.

• ■ List the documentation that must be included in an ISO 9000 quality management system.

• ■ Explain how an organization gains the authority to certify/register other organizations to ISO 9001.

• ■ List the most widely used industry-specific applications of ISO 9000.

• ■ Distinguish between an organization registered to ISO 9001 and one that adopts a quality management system but does not get registered.

• ■ Explain the benefits of ISO 9000.

• ■ Explain the origins of ISO 9000.

• ■ Compare and contrast quality management and ISO 9000.

• ■ Summarize management motivations for ISO 9001 registration.

• ■ Explain how ISO 9000 and quality management are compatible.

Describe the situation briefly, explaining its impact or potential impact

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1- read instruction bellow :
Now that you’ve done some brainstorming and basic research for yesterday’s discussion post, I’d like you to dig a little deeper and start some more detailed planning for Major Assignment 3.
Use these prompts to brainstorm a potential structure for your Technical Report, writing a response of at least 500 words:
Introduce the research problem or question and what is significant about it.
Introduce the problem, clearly stating it up front.
Describe the situation briefly, explaining its impact or potential impact
Establish the significance of the problem and what compels your audience to consider it.
How many people are affected?
What aspects of our society are affected?
What difference will it make in people’s lives?
Why is this particular question significant?
Describe and analyze what has already been written or said by others about the problem or question, and how this advances your understanding.
Who has made a significant contribution to the conversation (existing research) about this?
Who are the strongest, most credible voices in the conversation?
What have they said and how does that relate to this situation?
What important questions do these other voices raise for you?
Explain what you find to be the most persuasive or significant answer to the research question (thesis)?
In the end, which voices were most convincing? Why?
What aspects of the conversation turned out to be most important? Why?
What might you add to the conversation?
What actions/decisions do you recommend the audience take/make about the situation?
What questions remain unanswered or what issue is unresolved?
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2- discussion about the topic
3- read the major assignment folder just to have an idea about the contained: Major Assignment 3 :
(Research-Based Analytical Report and Presentation, Student Example_ Native American Food Insecurity, Student Example_ Socioeconomic Status.pdf, Technical Report_ Food Insecurity Example.pdf , Technical Report: Structure Brainstorm )
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Develop your topic and argument logically and cohesively.

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In the following assignment, you will write a literary analysis of the poems below ( Ive also attached them as a file)
– you can critique each poem in their own paragraph & then do a summation of the 2 poems in 1 paragraph. Im okay with whichever think you way its best for literary analysis
Poetry
“Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night”
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see the blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
B Dylan Thomas (1914 – 1953)
“Psalm of Life”
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream! –
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
And things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art, to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Not enjoyment, and not sorrow,
Is our destined end or way;
But to act, that each to-morrow
Find us farther than to-day.
Art is long, and Time is fleeting,
And our hearts, though stout and brave,
Still, like muffled drums, are beating
Funeral marches to the grave.
In the world’s broad field of battle,
In the bivouac of Life,
Be not like dumb, driven cattle!
Be a hero in the strife!
Trust no Future, howe’er pleasant!
Let the dead Past bury its dead!
Act,–act in the living Present!
Heart within, and God o’erhead!
Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time;
Footprints, that perhaps another,
Sailing o’er life’s solemn main,
A forlorn and shipwrecked brother,
Seeing, shall take heart again.
Let us, then, be up and doing,
With a heart for any fate;
Still achieving, still pursuing,
Learn to labor and to wait.
By Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 – 1882)
In your essay, you will present both comparisons (similarities) and differences (contrasts) of the authors’ development of the themes of life and death. Be sure to analyze tone, metaphor, simile, diction, style, and most importantly, the core meaning of the selections. I don’t needs author life story.
Content Requirements
Develop your topic and argument logically and cohesively.
Your thesis should drive the content of your essay.
State specific examples of the literary techniques in your essay (for example, don’t just say the author uses a rhyme pattern to convey his message; be specific about how and why.) no plagiarism
you can critique each poem in their own paragraph & then do a summation of the 2 poems in 1 paragraph. Im okay with whichever think you way its best for literary analysis