...Its that Time of Year again…. Finals Week Xanax and aderall pills are being swallowed down with venti Starbucks espresso among college students to suppress final stress at Fairfield University. Finals week at Fairfield officially begins on December 7, but students have already begun to feel the stress. Sophomore Psychology major and Women gender study minor said Brenna Mulhall, “I am already extremely stressed because I still have tests and assignments for classes on top of studying for finals and writing final papers. Its really frustrating!” Sophomore student Jessica Kubeck agrees, “Finals week is so pointless. They cram five exams into one week, which just causes stress and failure.” Many students during final week spend their days and nights in the DiMenna Nyselius library, which is open 24-hours, “I literately...
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...Kaplan University Writing Center Writing an Informative Essay Did you ever pick up a magazine or newspaper and after reading the article say, “Hmm! I didn’t know that!” That article is an informative essay. Informative essays, also called expository essays, seek to inform or educate the audience on a given topic. The goal is not to persuade the reader but to give the reader more information, to provide the reader with insight, and to support the writer’s interpretations with factual information. The essay should make the reader say “Aha! I didn’t know that.” Informative essays do not express the writer’s opinion. Views, pro and con, can be included but they must be presented in an unbiased fashion, pointing out comparisons and contrasts of viewpoints. One way to do this is to imagine that the audience holds a common view of the topic; the writer’s purpose is to give the audience a surprising new view based on research. To do this you can: • • • • Enlighten your audience with new facts and/or statistics. Give them usable material that they can apply. Present sufficient information to explain the new findings about the topic. Make clear from the beginning of your paper its purpose. Here is an example of an informative essay topic: a student wrote about technology invading churches in the form of ATM machines. He called it “Technology goes to Church.” His purpose was to inform readers that because of the decrease in weekly donations some churches are now installing ATM machines...
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...com/shop/comm600-full-course-latest-2016-feb-all-weeks-discussions-all-assignments-and-all-quizzes/ week 1 i Learners! :) For this discussion topic, you will make your main post by Saturday of Week One (January 9) and post two substantive replies to classmates by Tuesday of Week One (January 12). This topic is required and graded, and your main post will be worth 60 points, with your two thorough, substantive replies to classmates being worth 20 points each. You will be graded on the quality, depth, and level of expansion and detail in your main and reply posts. Instructions: This semester we'll be exploring the topic of "Millennials" in articles that you be assigned to analyze, evaluate, and use as references for the assigned essays in this course. To begin thinking about this topic, please view either of the two videos on millennials that follow. Please note the attached critical thinking strategies to consider as you view. Then respond in the attached Discussion area to at least ONE of the following questions.: 1. What information was new or surprising to you, and why? 2. What information or concept left you confused, and why? 3. What comment(s) did you disagree with, and why? 4. What information do you find most important, and why? Please include the title of the video you viewed in the subject line of your post. Millennials: 60-minutes documentary This "60 Minutes" video about the millennial generation is 12 minutes long. Feel free to watch it in segments...
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...com/shop/comm600-full-course-latest-2016-feb-all-weeks-discussions-all-assignments-and-all-quizzes/ week 1 i Learners! :) For this discussion topic, you will make your main post by Saturday of Week One (January 9) and post two substantive replies to classmates by Tuesday of Week One (January 12). This topic is required and graded, and your main post will be worth 60 points, with your two thorough, substantive replies to classmates being worth 20 points each. You will be graded on the quality, depth, and level of expansion and detail in your main and reply posts. Instructions: This semester we'll be exploring the topic of "Millennials" in articles that you be assigned to analyze, evaluate, and use as references for the assigned essays in this course. To begin thinking about this topic, please view either of the two videos on millennials that follow. Please note the attached critical thinking strategies to consider as you view. Then respond in the attached Discussion area to at least ONE of the following questions.: 1. What information was new or surprising to you, and why? 2. What information or concept left you confused, and why? 3. What comment(s) did you disagree with, and why? 4. What information do you find most important, and why? Please include the title of the video you viewed in the subject line of your post. Millennials: 60-minutes documentary This "60 Minutes" video about the millennial generation is 12 minutes long. Feel free to watch it in segments...
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...a specific audience in mind, evaluate a consumer product or service, book, work of art or movie. Make sure you can observe the object of your evaluation more than once. You are allowed to use some sources other than your product, and if you do you must include an appropriate reference page, works cited or bibliography. You are not allowed to cite reviews of your product. If you have another idea for your evaluation, it must be approved by your instructor. The essay that you write should arrive at a judgment based on the criteria you establish and the evidence you collect. Length: 780-1200 words but no more than five double-spaced pages. Audience: must be at least a college-level reader. The final draft of this essay is due on ____________________________. Three copies of your rough draft are due__________________________. Evaluation: I will read the final draft of your essay with the following questions in mind: 1. Does the writer present the subject in an interesting and informative way, providing enough–but not too many–details (evidence) to orient the reader/audience? Is the evidence varied, correctly cited, and relevant to the audience? 2. Does the writer choose criteria which are appropriate to the audience? Are the criteria the basis for making the judgments? 3. Does the writer produce a clear, well-balanced judgment for his/her audience? Is the writer’s opinion specifically stated? Is the argument convincing and based on specific ...
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...The essay paper (200 marks) in the civil services main examination is crucial in determining the final outcome/ selection and ranking. It is critical because it is a compulsory paper and its score is incorporated in computing the total. It is decisive because there is no specialisation in an essay and so no aspirant can not claim expertise, unlike optional subjects. Finally, an essay is a paper, which does not have a reservoir of definitive information as in the case of general studies. All this constitutes a challenge. It is vital to understand that an essay is a reflection of the personality - ideas, views, analysis, assessments and inferences, values, attitude, aptitude, orientation and communication (written) abilities, all the attributes that are wanted by UPSC in an aspirant. An essay is considered a complete composition. The essentials of essay writing would be the format (framework, structure), information (content, substance), language (expression, presentation), and logic (analysis and information). The conventional design of looking at essay writing in terms of the introduction, body and conclusion is only the format. Although, this is fundamental to essay writing, the concept of an essay is quite intricate. An essay is expected to be a topical text that is self-explanatory and comprehensive, concise, composite and unambiguous, informative and logical. For every effective composition one should ideally begin with clarifying the purpose of the composition...
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...After reflecting on my position essay, I was most pleased with the points of argument I choose for why government invasion of personal privacy is wrong. I believe that my arguments were solid and I backed them up with valid evidence. I also felt that my opposing argument was strong. The things that contributed to my achievement were all the assignments that led up to writing the position essay. I took a lot of information from the weekly assignment, ‘Argument, Concession, and Refutation.’ I felt that the PowerPoint provided was very informative, especially when it came to writing the counter argument. One particular detail that stood out to me was presenting an opposing viewpoint for the stand I was taking on privacy invasion. By including an opposing view I gave my paper credibility and showed that I am logical in my thinking....
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...in this case was a man off of the street. 2 Discuss the tone of the piece. Pull examples from the text to support your discussion. The tone was informative and optimistic, because the man told of his solution and believed that it would work. For example, when he says, “There is likewise another great advantage in my scheme, that it will prevent those voluntary abortions, and that horrid practice of women murdering their bastard children, alas!” 3 As you know, effective argumentation appeals to logic (logos), ethics (ethos) and emotions (pathos). Please discuss how Swift uses all three appeals and how these tools impact his purpose. Swift appealed to logic by proposing something illogical, which provokes attention. He appealed to ethics by creating something unethical, which is eating children. He appealed to emotions by making certain people angry with his crazy proposal. All of these appeals cause readers to take interest in his essay and helped them realize the issues in society. 4 Explain the irony in Swift’s title, "A Modest Proposal." This proposal was very extreme, by suggesting the eating of children to solve the problem; so calling it modest is very ironic. 5 Where does this essay fit on the continuum (Horatian to Juvenalian)? Explain/support your position. The essay is Juvenalian, because it was bitter, ironic, and humorous, which are all aspect of Juvenalian satire. 6 Why is "A Modest Proposal" an effective...
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...RUBRIC & Notes for the MAXIM ESSAY Holistic Rubric: A = 90-100: These essays have a clearly stated maxim and excellent examples to support it. While not without errors (typically missing commas in complex sentence constructions), these essays demonstrate a superior command of language (conventions, sentence fluency, word choice/diction). The ideas/ content matched to assignment’s requirements, though perhaps non-examples were not included (about 5% overall grade). B = 80-89: These essays have a clearly stated maxim and relevant examples to support it. These essays may include some usage and grammar errors (e.g., verb tense problems, fragments, comma-splices or run-ons) that detract from the overall effectiveness of the essay. The writers of these essays may not have included non- examples of the maxim (-5%), too. Essays earning a B-grade typically were considered for an A-grade, but missed the mark of excellence of the A- papers in either content (examples) and/or style (conventions, sentence fluency, word choice). C = 70-79: These essays demonstrate an understanding of the assignment by providing a maxim and at least two good examples of its application. The essay most often suffered from some grammatical and/or usage problems, including simple sentence constructions that did not show relationships between ideas. The essays may contain redundancy and “filler,” providing multiple sentences that say, essentially, the same thing; ideas are not developed as much as restated...
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...Web Pages Analysis – Module 7 As the world of technology progresses every day, having a website has become crucial for businesses and schools. “With costs being extremely low at the entry level, it's becoming difficult to imagine a reason for any company of any size not to have a website.” [1] There are multiple benefits of having a website such as: save time and cost, increase sales, services, and accessibility, higher credibility, and so forth. For this research paper I will be analyzing six web pages. Based on the e-business I’m creating, three business pages I’m reviewing are: Essay Lab, Smart Writing Services and Ninja Essays. The remaining three web sites are: Suffolk Community College, Nassau Community College and Dr. Ebrahimi’s website. To begin with, Essay Lab is one of the three writing service businesses I’ve selected. The home page of this particular business is informative and gives a good idea of what the business is about and why would a person need to use their service. However, I feel more information to support their business could be provided. Another issue is the content is not direct to the point; instead it drags on causing lack of interest to the reader. Stating live chat availability and not actually providing it is another problem with the website which fails to meet the 7x2C standard of ‘Completeness and Coverage’. On the other hand, the navigation is consistent and effective. The organization of the website as well is intuitive and easy to...
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...For your final response essay assignment, please respond to the papal encyclical Rerum Novarum. This text helps us understand the role of the Catholic Church in establishing the notion of social justice as we understand it today. For this essay, you will return to responding primarily on the ideas of the text, but, of course, your response may still be informed by your analysis of the rhetorical strategies used by Pope Leo XIII. In your response, you might respond to one of the following questions: 1. According to Pope Leo XIII, how can the State promote social justice? What are some duties that it has to the people? Do you agree with these? 2. What is the unique role the Catholic Church plays, according to Pope Leo XIII, in promoting social justice? Do you agree with that role? 3. Why does Pope Leo XIII support private property rights? How can the pursuit of private property support the goals of social justice? 4. How important is the family unit in ensuring a just society according to Pope Leo XII? What should the State do to protect the family unit? Do you agree? 5. What are some elements that are essential to insuring a just contract between the workers and the employers, according to Pope Leo XIII? Do you agree? There are no “right” or “wrong” responses—but be sure that your response is honest, informed, clear, and well-supported (see the original Response Rubric for more information on these terms). In other words, your essay will not...
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...people who have to identify and retrieve the report, for example for filing, and should not resemble the title of another report. With the title should be the name of the author and the date of completion. The appearance should be neat, uncluttered and businesslike. 1.2 Summary/abstract This should be written separately from the report. It gives a brief and factual survey of what is contained in the report itself with the material summarised in the same order. It should give readers enough information to assess the importance of the material and its relevance to them. 1.3 Table of contents This should be on a separate sheet of paper listing the contents chronologically by page number. The titles of each section should make it informative. 1.4 Introduction This is to let the reader know what the writer is driving at and what the line of argument is. The necessary background should be stated with an obvious statement of intent and an indication of how the subject is to be developed. The aim is to give the reader an initial frame of reference to assist comprehension and assessment. This should explain why the work was undertaken, the scope of the work and the limitations (such as time, personnel and material) imposed. Care has to be taken to avoid giving the...
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...With the advancement of technology in our society today, students and professionals use technology as a tool in everyday life. Based on Joelle Renstrom, the author of, “And Their Eyes Glazed Over,” technology is affecting our learning process causing non-comprehension and lack of socialization. Renstrom utilizes an informative tone in order to connect with her personal observations and enlightens how the use of technology is becoming more dependable and reliable.“And Their Eyes Glazed Over,” is an effective article that uses a variety of appeals commonly known as ethos, pathos, and logos to anyone interested in changing the use of technology, with the intention of showing how people are losing their perception of knowledge. To begin her essay, Renstrom uses the appeals of emotion to connect with her audience by expressing a relatable problem amongst humans to support her claim of why technology is becoming a distraction. Renstrom proposes a feeling of laziness when she...
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...Essay #2: Critical Response of an Image 15% of final grade 3-4 pages, double-spaced Far from being a passive mirror of society, advertising is an effective and pervasive medium of influence and persuasion, and its influence is cumulative, often subtle, and primarily unconscious [….] It is both creator and perpetuator of the dominant attitudes, values, and ideology of the culture, the social norms and myths by which most people govern their behavior. At the very least, advertising helps to create a climate in which certain attitudes and values flourish and others are not reflected at all. (Kilbourne 120-21) As Jean Kilbourne notes in her article “’In Your Face . . . All Over the Place’: Advertising Is Our Environment,” advertising serves as a form of mediation that not only presents us with products and information, but also influences our behavior, our beliefs, and our choices. For this assignment, you will work to understand the messages advertisements send by analyzing an advertisement of your choice, keeping in mind the ploys that advertisers use to manipulate and exploit consumers. The important question here, as Kilbourne says, is not ‘Does this ad sell the product?,’ but rather ‘What else does this ad sell?’. For this assignment, you will select one advertisement from a newspaper, magazine, or website that contains graphics and written text and analyze it according to the criteria that follow. Your reading of the assigned essays for this unit, our class discussion...
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...Traditional On Campus Class Welcome to the Traditional On Campus version of Speech 103 Oral Communication! I look forward to getting to know each of you. Over the years, I have learned that many of you dread taking this class (don’t worry I felt the same way when I had to take this class) but I hope that you will find your worries to be unfounded. I work very hard to try to create a comfortable learning environment, primarily because I need you to participate in order for this class to work. This is a participatory-based class where we will all work together to help each other improve our communication skills. Consequently, you will play an active role in your own learning as well as active role in the learning of the other students in this class. Research has shown that when you are an active participant in a class you increase how much you remember as well as how much you can recall after the semester has ended. However, I have found that when you are an active participant in my class you will look forward to coming to each class session and your fears of public speaking will soon decrease. Since this class is participatory, you will find that you will put a lot of thought and effort into this class. Much learning will occur both in class and out side of class. However, while this class is demanding, I hope that you will both enjoy this experience and learn a great deal about communication, how you communicate, and how to be a better...
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