...done/what you think would work 8. Make a suggestion or general recommendation 9. Be concise and focused – plan what you want to say and don’t wander off the topic 10. Limit your letter to 2-3 paragraphs 11. Use bullet points in the body of the text 12. Use polite, semi-formal, personalized language (I, we, us); everyday vocabulary (think of a 12-year-old reader) 13. Write with active voice sentences 14. Sign the letter with your full name, address, email address and telephone number 15. Revise and edit your first draft a. Check for spelling, grammar and punctuation mistakes b. Remove unnecessary content and unnecessary words – 250 - 400 words c. Check the sequence of ideas 16. Find out the editor’s name and address from the editorial page/webpage 17. Find out how you should send the letter (e.g. fax,...
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...Toulmin model assignment Now that you have a firm understanding of the Toulmin model and its various parts, you will now apply that information to the real world. You are to find an argument made in a newspaper or magazine editorial, and then analyze the argument via the Toulmin model. The article can be from an online newspaper or magazine, but blogs or normal webpages are not acceptable. Additionally, the article MUST be an editorial or op-ed piece – these are to be personal views that are making a specific argument about an issue. Beyond including a hard copy of your article, you will want to include the following: * Identify the parts present – analyzing the artifact, you will identify any and all parts of the Toulmin model that are present within the artifact. For each part, you will need to present three aspects: * Define the Toulmin part – define (briefly) what this part is (to demonstrate that you know what you’re supposed to be looking for). This should be in your own words – don’t just quote the readings. * Express the example – express what specifically, within the artifact, is representing this particular part of the Toulmin model. This should be a direct quotation from the article. Do NOT paraphrase this part. * Explain the selection – explain why this particular selection you have chosen is a representation of this particular part of the Toulmin model. How does it fit into this type? Why would this be an example of the part...
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...The theme of supernatural events and hideous beings encompasses Frankenstein. Over eight feet tall and uncharacteristically dreadful, the Creature is abandoned by his creator and shunned by society. He develops negative emotions in response to this rejection. Those feelings are furthered through his exposure to Paradise Lost, Plutarch’s Lives, the Sorrows of Young Werther, and Ruins of Empires. Ultimately, these experiences and works of literature foreshadow the ultimate downfall of the Creature and his creator, Victor Frankenstein. The Creature is not only the product of various body parts stolen from cemeteries but is also a product of the dark and supernatural. “Resurrected” on a dark, stormy night, the Creature immediately reveals himself as a monstrous being equipped with elementary emotions and reasoning. Victor Frankenstein, the Creature’s creator is shocked by his creation. Living a nightmare, Victor seeks rehabilitation and thus prepares to return home to his family. Unlike a relationship of father-to-son, Victor abandons the Creature in a futile attempt to rid himself of the nightmare he created. However, just before Victor leaves to go back home he receives news of his younger brother’s death. As he walks through the woods where his brother was killed, he catches a glimpse of the Creature and knows that he murdered his brother. As the novel progresses, more of Victors’ loved ones die at the hand of the Creature – even his fiancée. One day, Victor takes a vacation...
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...Collaboration Assessment Guide Please complete this guide and submit it with your evidence to S1 Collaboration Assessment Guide, depending on which segment of the course you are completing.Complete part 1 at the beginning of the activity. Complete parts 2 through 5 once the activity is complete. Part 1: Pre-Collaboration Planning Use this worksheet to help you plan and organize your team for your Collaboration requirement. You should work in a group of two to five members to complete your collaborative activity. I will collaborate to complete the assessment on the topic Political cartoon “Free woal Coats”____________________. Team Members Information | Team Member Names | Role(s) in Project | Email | Instructor Name | My Name: Lana Saeed | Agree with the taxes. | Lana.sameh@hotmail.com | Rebekah Maggio | Partner: Rachel Nunez | Agree with the taxes. | rnunez1998@seminole.flvs.net | Rebekah Maggio | Partner: Brianna Shafer | Agree with the taxes. | brianna7498@seminole.flvs.net | Rebekah Maggio | Collaboration Project Planning 1. Divide the following tasks between members of the team. Your responsibilities in this assignment will include: * ___Lana Saeed_________________ Organizes overall project * ____Rachel Nunez________________ Coordinates communication * __Brianna Shafer________________ Composes writing elements of project * _Rachel & Lana___________________ Locates research information needed for project * ___Lana...
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...Editorial Cartoon Project Due date _____________________ You will read, analyze, and evaluate at least two political cartoons. They can be found in newspapers, news magazines or online. In the College Board’s AP Language course description, it says students are to analyze graphics and visual images and determine how such images relate to written texts and serve as alternative forms. First, let’s explore some analysis techniques from the Library of Congress website: http://www.loc.gov/teachers/classroommaterials/presentationsandactivities/activities/political-cartoon/ Click on the “About This Activity” tab and the “Learn More About Political Cartoons” tab. You may find some links on the Library of Congress website to cartoon sites. The analysis guide below is also on the Library of Congress website. Directions 1. Find two political cartoons (newspapers, news magazines, online) 2. Visit the Library of Congress website 3. Using the persuasive and rhetorical criteria below, write a one-half page to one page analysis for each of the cartoons. (word-processed, single-spaced) 4. Include a Works Cited page for the project (combine the information from both cartoons) 5. Include both cartoons 6. You will be evaluated on the clarity, depth, and accuracy of your analysis! Cartoon Analysis Guide Symbolism: Cartoonists use simple objects, or symbols, to stand for larger concepts or ideas. After you identify the symbols in the cartoon...
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...connotations can be either disproven or counteracted through other means. And in project three I remediate my argument through Prezi and other media such as political cartoons, videos and medical statics that would enhance my argument. First off I started with Prezi, which is a “presentation tool that can be used as an alternative to traditional slide making programs such as PowerPoint. Instead of slides, Prezi makes use of one large canvas that allows you to pan and zoom to various parts of the canvas and emphasize the ideas presented there” (Prezi 2015). I thought the use of Prezi would help me better convey my argument while making it interesting to the audience. My next media to use in my remediation was Political cartoons (also known as editorial cartoons) which can be defined as “illustrations or comic strips containing a political or social message that usually relates to current events or personalities” (WW2). They can show Symbols, Caricatures, Stereotypes, Analogies, Juxtaposition, Irony, Captioning, and labels. By using political cartoons I can demonstrate tropes on both supporting and against, while persuading the audience. One such political cartoon depicts a women in a doctor’s examination table talking to her doctor after some testing. Her doctor is standing in front of her and he says “The bad news is your illness has no cure. However, the good news is we can manage your pain with medical marijuana. But the really bad news is I’ll be arrested if I prescribe pot. So…Take...
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...The first scientist who created life, do you think he would be the most important character in the novel? Yes, Victor Frankenstein is the most important character in the novel Frankenstein. One reason why victor is the most important character thus far is because he was introduced at the very beginning of the story. "It was, in fact, a sledge , like that we had seen before, which had drifted towards us on a large fragment of ice. Only one dog remained alive; but there was a human being within it whom the sailors were persuading to enter the vessel" shows that Victor was introduced by boarding Robert Walton's ship. This connects to my topic of why he is the most important character because since he is introduced at the beginning readers will infer that he is a main character. Another reason why he is an important character is because his thoughts and emotions have been mentioned multiple times throughout chapters 1-10. One example of when his emotions were mentioned was on page 43 when Victor says "I had desired it with an ardour that far exceeded moderation;but now that i had finished, the beauty of the dream vanished, and breathless horror and disgust filed my heart" (Shelley,43). This relates to my topic because the book has mentioned his emotions and feelings more then it has for any other character. Throughout chapters one through 10 different aspects of Victor's life are shown. For example, his family, childhood...
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...Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein” Essay Introduction: Mary Shelly’s “Frankenstein” has is more than just an ordinary novel. It is a book that carries a profound philosophical message. The novel touched me to my very soul. It turned out to be a book not about a struggle against a monster but a tragedy of a scientist, who reached the goal of his work and life and realized that breathless horror and disgust filled his heart but all of these is on the surface. The deepest philosophical thought is covered and hidden, but is very deep. The author tries to say that life is a gift. After this gift is given no one can take it away and it becomes the responsibility of the creator. The novel makes the reader concerned with the question: “Is a human being able to take responsibility to give life?”. “Frankenstein’s” philosophy is a conflict between the value of human life and the value of a scientific discovery. This story is not only the tragedy of Victor Frankenstein but also of his creation. It is the tragedy of loneliness and fighting alone with the world.The tragedy of Viktor Frankenstein was a tragedy of him being a toy in the hand of his own parents for the believed that he “was in their hands to direct to happiness or misery”[p.34]. The next quote shows exactly how he grew up: “they were not the tyrants to rule our lot according to their caprice, but the agents and creators of all the many delights which we enjoyed…”[p.37]. This subconsciously led him to the desire to have somebody...
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...outside world one lives through many experiences where knowledge is accepted. Encountering other human beings reflects upon ones perception and brings about ones self decisions. Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein demonstrates characters that through an obsessive desire for more knowledge ruin their own lives. Victor Frankenstein is a scientist, who creates a monster to life through his extensive knowledge of science, but the creature he creates brings terrible demise and Victor loses everything that was once close to him. The monster himself craves knowledge through his learning experience. He is fascinated by human nature and language and seeks to be a part of it. His desire to gain too much knowledge leads him to lose self control and destroys the lives of many people. Watson, similar to Victor, is an explorer who travels to the North Pole and chases after the idea of making a discovery. Watson serves as an example of being at risk for destruction, but after hearing about the deadly consequences of exploration he stops himself from making the same mistakes Victor did. The obsession of gaining too much knowledge causes a loss in self control and allows ones desires to take over, resulting in destruction. The desire of extensive knowledge is first seen through Victor Frankenstein. At the beginning of the novel, a young boy named Victor grows up in Geneva “deeply smitten with the thirst for knowledge” (Shelley, 22) and to him the world was a secret which he desired to discover...
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...Social and Individual Responsibility in Frankenstein Mary Shelly wrote Frankenstein in a time of wonder. A main wonder was whether you could put life back into the dead. Close to the topic of bringing life back into the dead was whether you could create your own being, like selective breeding but a bit more powerful. Looking after something you create is one point that shows up in the story. Frankenstein created his creature so he should have looked after it but instead just because he didn't like the way it looked he ran away. He never taught his creature anything so for all that the creature knew it could have been okay to kill people and suchlike. That relates to today as some children who were not taught right from wrong by their parents and have to learn on their own, but by the time they learn, they might have messed up to immensely to fix it. This point could also be known as teaching a child or creation right from wrong. Responsibility towards family is another point Frankenstein brings up. This point can be taken in two ways that Frankenstein was irresponsible to his creature or that the creature was irresponsible to Frankenstein. Frankenstein was irresponsible to his creature by running away and to his creature Frankenstein was his family and Frankenstein was responsible for teaching him the ways of life. Instead he ran away. The creature was irresponsible to Frankenstein as when Frankenstein left he should have done his best to fend for himself. The...
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...Alienation. “It is used to refer both to a personal psychological state and to a type of social relationship” (Kalekin, 1) Many may have heard of Marx theory. Karl Marx, a well known philosopher in the twentieth century went and pursued his calling. “[His] works inspired the foundation of many communist regimes” (“Karl”, 1). Istvan Meszaros clearly states Marx theory on the origination of alienation in a way that no man can ever forget. “It must be made equally clear, however, that such influences are exercised in the dialectical sense of ‘“continuity in discontinuity”’ (Meszaros, 1). There is very much “continuity in discontinuity” in literature, media, and the arts of today. In Mary Shelley’s book, Frankenstein, the hideous ‘monster’ that was created by Victor Frankenstein was frowned upon, fled from, and even abandoned by his own creator. This shows the inhumanity that society shows towards those who are different. “There was none among the myriads of men that existed who would pity or assist me; and should I feel kindness towards my enemies?” (Shelley, 115) The creature had merely a different look, but his emotions and desires were no different than any other human: love, companionship, and a sense of belonging. Many cast him away because his looks rang out evil. "I am alone and miserable; man will not associate with me; but one as deformed and horrible as myself would not deny herself to me. My companion must be of the same species and have the same defects. This being...
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...The dangers of the pursuit of knowledge is a main theme in the novel Frankenstein. This theme is most evident in the main character Victor Frankenstein. He suffers because of his pursuit of knowledge and his creation ultimately destroys his life. As the novel progresses the creature begins to change as he gains knowledge. The creature at the start is innocent and means no harm. As he gains knowledge, however, he begins to learn that he does not fit in and becomes angry. We will take a closer look at how knowledge hurts these characters throughout the novel. The knowledge that Victor is pursuing and the knowledge the creature is pursuing have fundamental differences. Victor is working to try to figure out how to cheat death. This knowledge pushes the limit of what is accepted by society. This project is an unknown realm of science and the possible consequences of success are a mystery. Victor becomes so involved with the idea, however, that he fails to consider possible consequences. Creating a menace to society had not crossed his mind. His creature is at a different intellectual level. The creature does not understand the language of humans or how human society is structured. He observes and studies human behaviors and interactions. He learns the language and more about how humans work. He is surprised about what he learns and is angered by it. The creature is not accepted in human society, and his knowledge of this changes his personality into an angry outcast seeking revenge...
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...every story told of good versus evil, the protagonist is hailed as the hero who vanquished the heartless villain? Yet no one ever cares to think of the antagonist at a personal level, and actually try to understand what they are feeling. In Mary Shelley’s, Frankenstein, Dr. Victor Frankenstein’s creation commits crimes that portray the creature as an evil and immoral being, and based solely on its actions the reader cannot help but hate the creature to a certain degree. However in this story the reader is allowed to know what is happening within the mind of the creature and is able to find reason behind its actions. Knowing the origin of the creature’s feelings, showing that is more than just a grotesque hunk of flesh, allows the reader to sympathize with the creature and to understand its reasoning behind its actions. There are many stories where a reader is only vaguely informed of the past of the antagonist and the reader is unable to feel a connection between both the antagonist and protagonist. Most likely the reader will side with the protagonist because their feelings are more easily understood and accepted and the reader will not even give a second thought about the antagonist. Luckily for the reader, Frankenstein is not like that, Mary Shelley allows the reader to understand the creature by giving the full presentation of the character. “Listen to my tale: when you have heard that, abandon or commiserate me, as you shall judge that I deserve.” (Shelley 69). By allowing...
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...Humanity has many definitions. One definition is kindness or compassion to other humans. In Mary Shelly’s Frankenstein, many themes are explored but one is highlighted through out the book. The strongest of all the themes explored is isolation and the impact it has when humanity is lacking in ones life. This major idea of isolation and the absence of humanity is demonstrated through out the book. Victor isolates himself from his family and fellow students, as well as his friends. The monster is isolated and treated cruelly from beginning to end. Victor is one of the characters who isolates himself from the other characters in the book. This is shown due to his hunger in the pursuit of knowledge, and the immense amount of time in which he spends in carrying out his scientific experiments. Although the whole time Victor blames the monster for his isolation, he in fact chooses this path for himself. Mary Shelly writes, “From this day natural philosophy, and particularly chemistry,… became nearly my sole occupation.” (pg 45) By never visiting his family or corresponding to them he shows that this is his choice alone. Shelly exhibits this also, “Two years passed in this manner in which I paid no visit to Geneva, but was engaged heart and soul, in the pursuit of some discoveries, which I hoped to make.” (pg 45) Most of victor’s life struggles and problems stem from his isolation towards his family unit. The creation of the monster and the fact that he kept it a secret ends...
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...Prometheus' creation of the human race during the creation of the universe was for the sake of humanity, Victor's creation of the creature was for his sole knowledge to only better his curiosity. Some may say Victor Frankenstein does not portray a modern Prometheus. Although he may not be a god, he is to the creature. In Mary Shelley’s novel Frankenstein, Victor Frankenstein is the modern Prometheus. Victor seeks for enlightenment and power, in which, Prometheus does as well.Victor does something forbidden; creating human life. Prometheus also does something forbidden; giving fire to humans. Victor, in return, serves a torturous death, as does Prometheus, although Prometheus cannot die. For these reasons this novel, Frankenstein, shows how Victor is the modern Prometheus. Undoubtedly both Victor Frankenstein and Prometheus seek for enlightenment and power. In the beginning of this novel Victor starts his childhood yearning for knowledge and reading books of science. The quote, “...eager desire to learn,..., secrets of heaven and earth that i desired to learn,..., my inquiries were directed to the metaphysical,…, the physical secrets of the world” (Shelley, 23). It shows how ambitious Victor was to learn as a child and how the start of his seeking for enlightenment and power came to be. Victor also foreshadows how misfortune had tainted his mind, “...misfortune had tainted my mind and changed its bright visions of extensive usefulness into gloomy and narrow reflections…”(Shelley...
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