Prompt Some people are either a writer or an editor. By now, you have experienced some writing in your life. Which one are you, or would you like to be, and why? Incorporate at least one scholarly source into your response. Guidelines Post a minimum...
Choose any current/contemporary public celebrity figure that interests you from the world of film, television, music, or sports who has been involved in negative or scandalous behavior that has threatened to compromise or destroy the celebrity's established "image." Next, do the following: ...
Develop a vocabulary for criticizing, evaluating, and describing works of art. Instructions For this competency, you will assume the role of a critic. View each piece of work listed below and analyze it as a piece of art, identifying key elements of the work and...
In an answer of at least 300 words, compare and contrast a major character from the first unit (Achilles, Oedipus, Penelope, Hector, Creon, Priam, etc.) with any of the characters from The Thousand and One Nights (Shahrazad, Shahrayar, Dunyazad, Shahzaman, etc.)....
If we are either our minds (or souls) or our bodies as the seats of our "real" identities, does either declaration do justice to everything that we are? Are we are or are we not "double" creatures? In what does our...
Prompt Consider how you will create rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos) to support your argument. Provide at least two examples of each. If using a source, make sure to use MLA style to support the source. Parameters: 250 to 450 words; typed and double-spaced;...
Prompt Attribute and support ideas by integrating and synthesizing primary and secondary research material into an expository argument using summary, paraphrase, and quotation techniques in MLA styles. Finding sources to support a topic or topics is about discovery. Throughout the writing process, a writer must...
Discuss the interactions between Henry and Catherine. Is Henry Tilney’s “teaching” of Catherine patronizing or bullying or is he just teasing her? Why does Henry feel the need to treat Catherine the way he does? Is Catherine open to his “help” or does...
Complete the handout on peer review. Be thoughtful in your responses. Is the thesis clear? Is it supported by claims that are developed with details and analysis? What is confusing to you? What would you like...
When I think of fallacies and the arguments they encounter, my head immediately goes to those pesky commercials slamming politicians. As general election is fast approaching here in Wisconsin the mudslinging commercials are flooding in. There is a Lt. Governor by the name of Mandela...