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Rogerian Argumentative Essay

Rogerian Argumentative Essay

Instructions: Please carefully read the following assignment details in its entirety. There are many components to this particular assignment, and each component is graded.

This essay should be between 900 and 1000 words, excluding the required annotated bibliography.

First, you will choose a public debate that has at least two opposing sides (please do not reuse your Toulmin essay topic). As before, you need to research that topic in order to narrow the topic’s scope, so it can be easily discussed in 1000 word essay.

Note: Consider your audience as laymen in the field who have only general knowledge of your topic.

This essay must include a minimum of five sources. Threeshould be peer-reviewed sources, preferably from the APUS databases. From the library welcome page, click on Advanced Search at the bottom of the page and then check the “peer reviewed” sources box filter.

The following should clarify the term “peer-reviewed”: http://youtu.be/rOCQZ7QnoN0. You may use eBooks; however, as discussed in your textbook, books generally are not as current as peer-reviewed articles. You may also use primary sources (interviews, statistics, etc); however, these primary sources should be obtained from experts within that field. If you cannot find strong sources for your chosen topic, then change your topic. If you have a question about the validity of a source, please contact a librarian:librarian@apus.edu

Make sure to include the following sections in your essay:

an introduction and claim,
background,
body,
and a conclusion.

Make sure your essay includes the following:

The background for your chosen topic,

A discussion of both sides of the debate, including core values or warrants underlying their arguments

Your common ground (Rogerian) solution/claim

An explanation of how that common ground claim can resolve the core issue for both sides.

After you have written your essay, please make sure to revise the content of your essay. Lastly, be sure to edit your essay by checking grammar, format, and smaller technical details. Please make sure your essay is written in third person.

The Annotated Bibliography

As with the Toulmin essay, an annotated Bibliography (AB) is due with your Rogerian essay.

The following is a sample of an annotated bibliography entry.

Clark, Irene L. The Genre of Argument. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt Brace, 1998. Print.

Clark’s textbook identifies the major steps to developing a well-researched and well-written argumentative essay. It is older, but still contains much useful material on process. Professional essays are included in the text as models. It will help me mostly with writing and organization, since internet research has changed since 1998.

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LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SPAIN 6-8 pages

LATE MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN SPAIN 6-8 pages

LATEMEDIEVAL AND EARLYMODERNSPAIN6-8pages

These are the following instructions that are provided and necessary for this writing assignment:

Your answers should be between 6 and 8 pages, but no more than 8 typewritten pages, double spaced, 12 font with I inch margins for both questions, that is, 8 pages in total as a maximum, but please realize that a very short paper may not do as well. Answer one question from each part. Make sure that you place your discussion of these topics within a historical context. Make references to your reading (mostly to the primary sources on the website), but do not be afraid of being creative. What is expected is a serious critical evaluation of the material and imagination.

READ THE QUESTION CAREFULLY. THINK ABOUT WHAT IS BEING ASKED.

PROVIDE CHRONOLOGICAL INFORMATION. BE CREATIVE.

PART 1:

Question: What was the social structure of Spain around 1500? What were the social orders? How a society of orders was being transformed by commerce and wealth. Provide an outline and in detail discuss one of the following:

1. The peasantry; 2) urban dwellers; 3) the nobility; 4) the clergy; 5) marginal groups.

MUST PROVIDE EXAMPLES FROM SOURCES SUCH AS QUOTES.

ONLY USE SOURCES ONLY FROM:

Spanish Society, chapter 1

 

Part 2:

Question:

What was the nature of Spanish culture in the period between 1300 and the reign of the Catholic Monarchs? How does the culture of Castile compare to that of Aragon? After discussing these topics in some detail, focus on Jorge Manrique’s Ode to the Death of My Father. What does that poem tell you about Castilian culture and values in the late fifteenth century and as to Manrique’s intent and values?

MUST PROVIDE EXAMPLES FROM SOURCES SUCH AS QUOTES.

ONLY USE SOURCES ONLY FROM:

Manrique’s poem and Ruiz, Spain: Centuries of Crisis

All of these sources I will provide by attaching them for download.

Please make sure to only use the sources provided and to not use any outside sources at all.

Please let me know if any of the downloads don’t work I will try to fix those. Also, feel free to ask me as many questions as possible if you happen to get stuck anywhere and need some clarification with anything.

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Anyone interested in writing a 3 page paper about the yellow wallpaper?

Anyone interested in writing a 3 page paper about the yellow wallpaper?

For this paper, you will write 3-5 pages about a text that we have read this semester. Identify a theme from the text, and analyze how the author expresses that theme through various methods, such as character, setting, structure, diction, imagery, point of view, etc.

Your paper should develop an argument, have an arguable thesis statement, and be supported by evidence from the text through summary, paraphrase, and direct quotes. You must use in-text citations and include a work-cited sheet.

While you are allowed to bring in outside sources, the majority of your text should be focused on YOUR analysis. All analysis and ideas should be yours. Outside sources would mostly be used to reference historical context, explain an allusion, or for context about the author.

Your paper should be in MLA format (double-spaced, 12 pt. font, 1-inch margins, Time New Roman font) and include a header, title, and page numbers.

You will turn in your paper to Canvas.

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2-3 pages film respond on Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott) with Russell Crowe

2-3 pages film respond on Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott) with Russell Crowe

Watch the film Gladiator (dir. Ridley Scott) with Russell Crowe.

Read https://bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2004/2004.07.40.

For full credit you need to refer to the article and to specific scenes!

Write 2-3 pages answering the following questions:

§ How do major characters such as Maximus, Commodus, and senator Gaius express the values of late imperial Rome?
§ Based on the movie, how would you describe society at the time the film takes place? How “civilized” is it compared to previous periods and regions? Consider men and women and elite and commoners.
§ What are the advantages and disadvantages of learning about history through (fictional) feature films?
§ What impressed you the most about this movie?

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