English homework help

ASSIGNMENT:

Compare OR contrast two people, animals or situations. Make sure you have a CONTROLLING IDEA, one that consists of two parts: happy/sad, extrovert/introvert, etc. Your subject i.e. My sisters, my dogs, etc. is not your controlling idea. The controlling idea says something about your subject.
Support the controlling ideas with three examples/situations that illustrate it. Be careful you do not introduce another controlling idea as a supporting point. These supporting points should be concrete, not abstract.

LENGTH: 600 to 800 words

STRUCTURE: Use the point-by-point format (to emphasize individual points) or block format (to emphasize the whole picture). Use the same points for each half of the contrast.

SENTENCES: Use concrete words and vary sentence structure using the ones discussed in class. Create images.

OUTLINE: Include an informal outline that includes your subject, controlling idea and three supporting points.

This essay should follow the guidelines for an argument by definition. Remember, any we argument we write should have the “Four Pillars” to support the thesis (also referred to as the “claim”).
“Why Do We Need to Define Fake News?” should be 1200 words in length. When you check the wordcount, highlight only the actual essay and be certain that the wordcount reads more than 1200 as we do not count articles (a, an, & the) as a part of the count.
Write in the third person only. This means that you should not use the pronoun “you” at all.
Make certain to take the time to proofread before you hand it in.
To save time, you are to use the sources in the book (pg. 408) and any primary sources that they may quote or list in their essay notes. If you use a source in your essay, you must create a Works Cited list on the final page that follows the MLA Guidelines in format. (See Purdue OWL).

The textbook is Practical argument and the sources referred to in the description is on 408

Paper should be at least 3 pages, not counting cover sheet and References page.

2. Double-space, 12-point type. Indent all paragraphs. No 4-space between paragraphs.

3. Write well-organized paragraphs of at least 4 sentences with good topic sentences.

4. Cover sheet should include your name, title of paper, and the date.

5. Find four articles or books on your topic in San Jac databases.

6. You are looking for 4 pieces of information:

BACKGROUND OF DISASTER

WHAT CAUSED THE DISASTER?

WHAT WERE THE EFFECTS OF THE DISASTER?
WHAT LESSONS WERE LEARNED/ WHAT HAS CHANGED SINCE THE DISASTER.

7. As you look for articles, try to find information on these topics.

8. You should have at least four quotes in your paper. You may have more than one quote from an article.

9. List all articles that you read on the References page, even if you did not quote from one of the articles.

10. Use APA format for your quotes.

11. In your first paragraph, introduce the background information: WHEN did the disaster happen; WHERE did it happen; WHO was affected?

12. In your second paragraph, discuss at least TWO CAUSES of the disaster. Explain the causes. Try to use a quote here.

13. In your third paragraph, discuss at least two EFFECTS of the disaster. Try to use a quote here.

14. In your fourth paragraph, discuss a “lesson learned” from the disaster; how will things be done differently in the future? Try to use a quote

15. In your conclusion, discuss anything you learned from your research.

16. Create your References page in APA format.

Please read the ‘Food Matters Topic’ and get a glimpse of my what topic is about – Long story short it’s about food corporations who suppress the truth about the harmful effects of red meat consumption. The food corporations they only care about making profits rather than caring for the wellbeing of human health. Once you finish reading that make sure to follow the instructions very carefully for ‘A14 Food Matters Persuasive Research Essay Final Draft Instructions’

My thesis statement is ‘Eating less food and exercising are similar because both help loses weight, but they are surprisingly different because of sustainability and health.’

I don’t really want to put source(APA) on my essay. You may start a sentence with “I” in your comparison-contrast essay. I want to talk about sustainability which include eating less food is short term wayand exercising is long term way. Also, I hope you include exercising make our bodies healther, but eating less is harmful to our bodies. I would like to include in the last paragraph that eating less food than usual (unhealthy desserts) and exercising steadily are the best way to lose weight.

Briefly discuss whether Benjamin Zepahnia’s novel Refugee Boy succeeds in representing illegalised migrants in the UK in an ethically and poltically successful way.

At this point you should go to “Research Paper Sources” and choose a writer, either a poet or fiction writer that will be the focus of your research paper. Our lessons beginning with last week asked us to consider the negatives and be self-aware of how literature can at times provide only a single story of a group of people whether by ethnicity, race, gender, religion, or other. This week the readings ask us to consider the positives to reading literature, one is that it can provide a lens to a multi-leveled view of a group of people and allow us to connect with others despite our differences. The other part to this week introduces us to the Romantic Period in which we should reflect on how a movement or time period can impact what the writer or artist creates. The Romantic period (1820-1860) charged its writers and artists to focus on self-awareness, to look to Art rather than Science to express a Universal truth, to understand if we are self aware that we are one with ALL humanity, that we have a moral duty to reform social inequalities and relieve human suffering. The idea of self was redefined. You must think about this influence in reading work from this time period.
Also, consider how you must think about your own study of your chosen writer. You will need to do the following in your Research Paper. See steps below:
1. Choose a poet or short story writer from list
2. Study personal biography of writer (for consideration of how this may have influenced his or her writing)
3. Study time period in which your writer lived (think for example how the Pandemic or George Floyd’s death will impact today’s writers)
4. Study where they live and what happened where they lived (Did they live through a war or live during a period of peace and prosperity?)
5. With that lens study the poems or stories and think about how those items impacted or shaped what they wrote
6. That should begin to shape your thesis statement (1-2 sentences about what you think the works were about *find a link between the works)
7. Use the poems or stories (in analysis to support your thesis), this will be your body paragraphs
8. Include other writers who also studied your author (include quotes or summarize their feelings about the artist/writer), and integrate that into your paper (please search PCCC’s online library for sources).You are searching for “Literary Criticism.”
*If you choose a poet, choose at least 8 poems found on line from your poet
*If you choose a fiction writer, choose at least 4 stories from your fiction writer
9. If you need a refresher on what a MLA paper looks like, go to Resources for a sample paper.
10. Go to “Example of a Literary Analysis Paper” to study what your papers should include

What are the most profound quotes from the readings and why? Select at least one quote from each of the two readings. You may write or or two paragraphs depending on how you explain them.

Your sources for this assignment will be the following two items (listed in MLA 8 format). The blue text is the link to the source. For Du Bois, you can review the introduction information, but you will use the actual speech as your source. For Rowling’s speech, you can read the transcript and watch the speech. To inform your essay, pay special attention to the second half of the speech.

Du Bois, William E. B. “The Individual and Social Conscience.” WEBDuBois.org. Robert W. Williams, www.webdubois.org/dbIASC.html

Rowling, J. K. “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination.” The Harvard Gazette, Harvard University, 5 June 2008, news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2008/06/text-of-j-k-rowling-speech/

Expectations:
Proper grammar and punctuation are expected in all college writing including discussion board posts and responses. Errors in writing will reduce the grade of the assignment.

A logical and organized response is expected in all college writing. This assignment allows two small paragraphs or one big paragraph. First and foremost, each paragraph should start with a topic sentence that directly answers the prompt. Then each of the following sentences should illustrate and explain the claim of the topic sentence. Be specific and be thorough in your writing.

Correct citations are expected including the essay titles being capitalized with quotation marks: “The Individual and Social Conscience,” “The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination”

Refer to the authors by their names: Du Bois, Rowling

this paper has to be at least twelve paragraphs long, which is approximately 2500 words. 10 citations. There is an attached plannerfor the essay to be filled out as well. I have created a worksheet for you to help you plan your research paper. I hope that you remember the discussion we had about ethos, pathos and logos. If so, I hope you remember that there is a special type of logos appeal called the “condensed argument.” This type of condensed argument means that it is logic appeal with a lot of assumptions built into it. If we think about any condensed argument, we can begin to strip out the assumptions that the conclusion is based on. In this case we call these assumptions “warrants.” The word warrant really just means a reason. (So for example, in the phrase, a warrant for someone’s arrest really just means that a judge has created a document with a reason for someone’s arrest.) Warrant means reason.
When you create the thesis statement in the format of an assertion followed by three statements, the format we have been using in class, the three statements are actually your condensed arguments for the essay. So on the planner, at the top, put in your topic, and then write down the thesis statement in the format of the assertion and the three parts of the argument. Next, take each of those three part, and put them into the planner as condensed argument for part 1, condensed argument for part 2, and condensed argument for part 3.
Once you have done that, start analyzing your condensed arguments to extract the warrants. Strive to get four warrants for each condensed argument. Also, pull out at least one objection and your rebuttal for each condensed argument. You can do one for each warrant if you want to, but try to find at least one for each condensed argument.
Once you have this worksheet filled out, you have your essay almost written, believe it or not. Each warrant (you will have twelve), and each objection and rebuttal (you will have three) can be its own paragraph in your essay. That means that you actually have twelve paragraphs planned, and you only really need ten body paragraphs (and an introduction and conclusion). So chose the ten best, and write those paragraphs. Add an introduction and conclusion, and that the first draft of your research paper done.
When you chose your ten best warrants or objection-rebuttal pairs to write about, choose based on what you have drawn from articles that you can quote from to substantiate your position. As I have said before, it is really difficult to get good quotations from trying to research on the topic level because it is too general. Instead, once you have your warrants defined, use those to search in the databases for relevant articles. You will find material that is much more relevant to what you want to write. This will actually save you a lot of time. It may not seem like it, but trust me, it will save you a LOT of time.
As you read and pull quotes out of what you are reading, keep a running list of citations using the full citation (MLA style) for each article you read. This will also make it easier and save you time when you are trying to do the final version of your document with the in-text citations and the list of works cited.

Objectives:
Use techniques for critical reading
Develop an informed argument based upon previous reading and study
Conduct basic library database and web searches
Practice responsible use and correct citation of sources
Implement a mixture of summary, paraphrase, and quoting
Argue with a specific audience in mind
Synthesize multiple readings in an unbiased academic essay
Instructions:

Reread the articles between pages 310-325 about social networking privacy threats. After reading the four sources provided between those pages, write an Argument Synthesis Essay about one of the textbook articles and another online source (that you locate on your own) that discusses the same topic. For example, if you want to write about anonymous cyberbullying, you could pair Jonathan Mahler’s “Who Spewed That Abuse? Anonymous Yik Yak App Isn’t Telling” with another web article that discusses internet anonymity.

After evaluating the articles and developing your own perspective of the central topic, use the subject matter discussed in the two articles to help you argue an original point about social media privacy. More specifically, you will compose an arguable thesis about social media privacy, but you will use the support of two articles to lend credibility to your claim.

According to the synthesis concept described in Practical Argument between pages 341-343, you can “combine summary, paraphrase, and quotation from several sources with your own ideas to support an original conclusion” (341). In a nutshell, that is your goal for this new paper assignment.

Audience Tip: As a way to help you enhance the purpose of your paper, you could choose to direct your paper at a specific reading audience, like parents, new college students, new social media users, or another relevant party. With the knowledge you have gained from reading and critiquing multiple essays about social networking privacy, what do you believe __________ should know before they enter the social networking universe? Approximately 1000 words, plus a Works Cited page in MLA Format. Don’t forget your in-text citations! Please review the MLA formatting videos for document design and Works Cited page creation tutorials.