ASsignment 1: LBS 3001
Part 1:
Answer the following questions, from readings, in answer and question format:
- Many campus and advocacy groups are currently involved in struggles for a "living wage." How do you think a living wage should be calculated?
- Were you surprised by the casual reactions of Ehrenreich's coworkers when she revealed herself as an undercover writer? Were you surprised that she wasn't suspected of being "different" or out-of-place despite her graduate-level education and usually comfortable lifestyle?
- Many of Ehrenreich's colleagues relied heavily on familyfor housing and help with child-care, by sharing appliances and dividing up the cooking, shopping, and cleaning. Do you think Americans make excessive demands on the family unit rather than calling for the government to help those in need?
- Nickel and Dimed takes place in 1998-2000, a time of unprecedented prosperity in America. Do you think
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Essay
Essay 1: Exploring a Theme - Education
Your first essay assignment has two purposes. The first is for you to start exploring your ideas around the theme of Education by thinking about how others define what education is. To start thinking about definitions, look at forty quotations from famous thinkers that Dr. Price-Mitchell, a researcher and psychologist has gathered on her blog: . Choose one of these quotations, or another definition of what is education, that resonates with you, and use it to start brainstorming what beliefs you have about one aspect of education. This is the second purpose of this essay, and it is guided by National Public Radios call for essay contributions to the This I Believe project.
Guidelines:
Here are the writing instructions (quoted/adapted from the National Public Radios website):
Begin your two page (approximately 500-600 word) essay with a compelling introductory strategy such as o
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Research Paper
For this assignment, you will need to submit:
- The first draft of your research paper, complete with properly-formatted parenthetical citations from at least four credible sources within the text.
- The Works Cited page, which should be located at the end of your essay. The Works Cited page should be clearly labeled and follow MLA formatting requirements.
You will need a good, comprehensive thesis statement that states your claim (what will you prove? Keep in mind that the purpose of this assignment is to support a claim, which means you must do more than merely inform the reader. You must take a stance on your topic and make/support claims that go beyond mere facts) and at least three supporting details (how will you prove your point?).
You might use this as a guideline in crafting your thesis:
(Reason 1), (reason 2), and (reason 3) prove that (add your claim).
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Descriptive Paragraph
Outdoor Experience Description Detail a real or imaginary experience walking through an outdoor event or activity, such as a zoo, open-air market, festival, etc.
You only need to develop one paragraph for this assignment, but it should include many sensory details and directional transitions. Start with a topic sentence, which will also serve as the thesis statement, that explains the exhibition you are experiencing as well as mentions how the adventure ignites your senses. In the sentences following, describe your journey. What do you see? Hear? Feel? Smell? Taste? Where are these experiences located (directional transitions)? To the right? Just above? The reader should be able to build the environment around you and take part in the sensory experience you illustrate as he or she reads along, so be as descriptive as necessary, touching upon all five senses within the body paragraph. Finally, complete your paragraph with a concluding sentence that
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Annotated Bibliography
Topic and Structure:
Annotated Bibliography Review four potential sources for your research paper project (you should already have your research essay topic chosen), and select two to explore further, with at least one qualifying as a .
Here are some possible places to search for credible sources:
- Truman State Universitys Pickler Memorial Library (this source lists periodical databases only, so you may choose your periodical here):
- Google Scholar: (note that this is different from regular Google)
- Microsoft Academic Search:
- Cornell Universitys arXiv (open access sources in math, biology, physics, and other fields):
- Bielefeld Academic Search Engine (BASE):
- Your local library
This assignment does not follow the standard introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion format; instead, you will simply create three well-developed paragraphs per source, each
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Character Evolution
Topic and Structure:
Character Evolution Explain how a character from a novel, film, television show, or another medium of your choice evolveseither good or badfrom the beginning to the end of the story.
Your introduction will provide a brief synopsis of the story and then smoothly transition into the last sentence of your introductionthe thesis statement. Next, you will develop at least three body paragraphs, each dedicated to one example (such as a scene) in your chosen medium that serves as support for your thesis claim. Finally, you will compile a conclusion paragraph that synthesizes your findings.
Creating the thesis statement:
Is your argument focused and meaningful in a way that it also offers a clear-cut, but debatable point of view, which a reader might either agree or disagree with? Avoid claims that are too obvious to the readersoffer them a new idea! Remember, a thesis also serves as a map for your
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Writing An Introduction
Writing an introduction about the reading of Walden.
It includes
1. the opening sentence context
introduce the background---context shape
2. what- the claim/focus/ the argument
(Broad to Narrow)
Argument: rural life is good. modern urban life is bad.
3. how: through analysis
4. why
why does it matter
why do you choose this text
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I Need A Persuasive Outline With Speech
Please submit your full sentence persuasive outline by attaching it here. Make sure to include three full pages, APA citations in text and reference page, Times New Roman font, 12 point size, proper grammar, indentation, sentence structure, punctuation and more.
Students will perform a persuasive speech from 3-4 minutes using a webpage as a visual aid. The requirements are mostly the same as the informative speech.
You will create a free website using wix.com or any other tool as a visual aid for your speech. Your webpage will be your visual aid for your presentation. Use the Sample Outline took as a Guide. Use the Reference Page and In Text Examples as Guides also.
Speech Grading Criteria:
APA citations:
DO: 1 inch margins. Put your name in the top left hand area of the page.
DO NOT: Create an abstract, title your speech assignment,
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What Is An Essay
The meaning of a paper is unclear, covering with those of an article or a short story. In a scholastic setting, probably that of University, what characterizes an article is their motivation. Articles fill in as an approach to survey your comprehension of explicit thoughts and your capacity to disclose and contend these to address a given inquiry. Expositions are autonomous bits of work, which include the utilization of trained materials just as your own examination into the inquiry so as to accomplish the most noteworthy imprints.
An article is typically written in composition, in a rambling way that unites your thoughts, contentions, and proof to respond to the said address or tackle an issue. This will frequently mean writing in the proper third-individual, however (see the table at the base of this page) may require the utilization of the principal individual, for example, intelligent bits of work.
The structure, as well, is regul
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3 Pages
Before the U.S. Constitution was ratified, several of the Founding Fathers wrote papers arguing for certain provisions. These were published in newspapers as letters to the editor, and became known as the Federalist Papers. Your assignment is to write a modern day Federalist Paper. Imagine that there is a newly discovered paragraph in the Constitution that stipulates it must be re-ratified by July 4, 2019. You must pick a component of the American government that is specifically articulated in the Constitution (including amendments), and argue why it should continue to exist. You will draw on theoretical as well as practical reasons making sure to provide historical examples.
Functional Requirements:
- The paper must be 2-3 pages.
- It must have a 12-point font and be double-spaced.
- It must have parenthetical citations or foot/endnotes, in addition to a works cited page.
- It must be submitted to Canvas by the deadline.
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