English
Self-identity and value
Question Description: “There is a common saying that a job is who you are. Jobs have emerged as a theme in a number of stories we have read in this class. Choose two of the stories from the list below, and write an essay that advances an argument about how the protagonists find self-identity and value in their jobs, or struggle with the limitations and constraints of their jobs”. Make sure your essay gives equal attention to both stories and Your essays should take the form of analysis rather than description.Your essay should present a sustained argument that is well written, well structured, and evidence driven, drawing specific examples from the stories and critical thinking. MLA style and no plagiarism.
Rhetorical Situation in ads
This process assignment will comprise the first few body paragraphs of your Unit 2 essay, the analysis (the evaluation paragraphs will come later). Your analysis will consist of two parts: 1) determining your ad’s rhetorical situation and 2) explaining how the ad uses rhetorical appeals to persuade its audience. In both cases, you should also determine why the creators of the ad made the decisions they made in constructing the ad.
For the first part, you are looking at the ad’s rhetorical situation, which consists of three main parts: the audience, the purpose, the context, and the genre. The intended audience of the ad is who the advertisement is intended for. The ad’s purpose is what
Concept of gender and sexuality
You have the option to either write a traditional academic paper for this class, or to do a creative project that somehow puts you in conversation with the course texts and themes. Your proposal for your final is due Wednesday of Week 9, in lieu of a weekly writing assignment.
Paper Option: An academic research paper of 8-10 pages (double-spaced, MLA format)
which cites at least 3 scholarly sources in addition to at least 1 course text. For this paper, you will choose a specific topic upon which to focus your research and analysis. You may choose to expand on one of your ideas from your weekly writing
Education curriculum
Though English is considered the primary language in the United States, the native language of many American students is not English. This discrepancy leads to many challenges for educators in determining the best method for educating students with little or no knowledge of the English language. Some believe that the best way to prepare students to become a part of their community is to immerse them in an English-only program, while others state that students will benefit more from a dual-language program.
Read the English-only or dual-language education on pages 96-97 in our textbook and conduct research on the effectiveness of these two programs.
Based on your research, which program would you promote and support? Why do you believe your program is the better choice? Explain the challenges involved with this program and determine courses of action that could be utilized by educators to overcome these challenges
.2. Your initial post (your response to the topic) must contain a citation. It is your ideas supported by research. Please refer to the APA Power Point in the Start Here section of the classroom for information on proper formatting. There will be a deduction