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Rhetorical and Social Discourse Analysis

Essay 1 Assignment Sheet: Rhetorical and Social Discourse Analysis

Choose a piece of rhetoric from any visual medium produced in the last year as your primary source and write a critical analysis of it. Specifically, this essay should address how the rhetoric operates in its sociocultural context.

Note: Avoid explicitly political advertisements as your primary source (these are less challenging).
Your essay must include:
1) a clear thesis statement that articulates whether the rhetoric challenges or reaffirms a prevalent social discourse, or represents an emerging social discourse. (see discourse definition below)
2) a sound, logical structure that allows you to provide your reader with both summary, context, analysis and argument.
3) The essay should be written in proper academic diction.
4) The essay should follow all relevant MLA guidelines (formatting and source citation and documentation, including a separate works cited page).

Source Requirements
Your essay must effectively summarize the primary source/visual rhetoric. If possible, provide at least one excerpt from the rhetoric.
– 1 primary source (the rhetorical subject of your analysis)
Note: This is the only required source for this essay. However, if you choose to include additional research in your essay, those sources must always be cited.

Analytical/Critical Thinking Questions
Here are some questions that may be helpful for Essay 1.

What is the purpose of the rhetoric?
What is the relationship between the rhetoric and its audience? Is it willfully controversial/confrontational? Or, is it attempting to be deferential? Does the rhetoric rely on nostalgia?
What is the visibility of the rhetoric, relative to its sociocultural context? Are we dealing with a blockbuster film, an avant garde work of art, a Super Bowl commercial, a regional commercial?
Which larger discourses can you identify in the rhetoric, or, which discourses are absent? Note: any time you perform a textual analysis, what is absent is just as crucial to consider as what is present in the text.
Aesthetic questions: how does the rhetoric use dialogue, humor, music, its visual
composition, etc. to make its overall message resonate.
What is the interplay between aesthetics, purpose, audience and discourse?

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A Sustainable Food and High Prices

Does not need to be a complete full page. 3/4 page answer will be enough. http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,1917726-1,00.html

Walsh B. 2009. Getting real about the high price of cheap food. Time

Magazine, Aug 21, 2009

Please answer 1 of the following questions. (Choose one)

1.1 Why does Walsh (2009) say our industrial style of food production is doomed sooner or later?

1.2 How can it be that we pay less in real terms today for even more food than we consumed per person when Prof. Lee was a child in the 1960s?

All your answers should bear in mind the following definition of a sustainable food system which we have developed and adopted for this course:

A sustainable food system provides us with a diet that is low in environmental impact, which delivers food and nutritional security, and thus supports a healthy life for present and future generations. A sustainable food system is also protective and respectful of our food animals, biodiversity and ecosystems; delivers food to society in a manner that is culturally acceptable, accessible, economically fair and affordable; is nutritionally adequate, safe and healthy; is not dependent on non-renewable resources or exhaustive of conditionally renewable ones; and is not exploitative or abusive of human resources, especially its labor pool

In constructing your answer for each question, please be mindful of and triangulate your responses to this definitional touchstone. The grading rubric will be as follows:

A Sustainable Food and High Prices Rubric

INTERPRETATION (30%): How well did you get to grip with the question – did you grasp it well, understand its most important concepts and provide a thoughtful, insightful response that shows you grasp the key concepts of sustainable food systems – i.e. did you zero in on the most relevant information with little digression or omission?

DETAIL (60%): How was the level of detail you bring to your answer and how well did you explain your answer – i.e. does the reader get the sense that you appreciate the nuances of a sustainable food system and its components, and that you really understood and digested the material we have covered this semester, that you know what you are talking about, that you can clearly inform the reader on the topic using the assigned class materials, and that you have command of the vocabulary?

QUALITY OF WRITING (10%): Was your answer concise, to the point, easy to follow, free of errors, and did it use good grammar?

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Curandera BY Pat Mora Analysis Essay Paper

Curandera by Pat Mora Analysis

Curandera
BY PAT MORA
Using a critical approach, describe how the author uses one or more language element(s) and evaluate the effectiveness/effect on the reader.
Support the analysis with textual evidence.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

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Tender Is the Night Analytical Essay

Tender Is the Night Analytical Essay MUST HAVE “TENDER IS THE NIGHT” to correctly sight the source and complete this assignment appropriately. (ISBN-13: 978-0684801544)

***Write a 500 to 750-word analytical essay (analysis) about – One theme of Tender is the Night is said to be “the tyranny of the weak.” Does the relationship between Dick and Nicole really support this claim?.***

Even though your essay will be focused, it should suggest a new perspective on the entire text under consideration. To do this, push your thinking to a deeper understanding of one aspect of the text rather than attempting to write a surface-level summary of all the text’s key points. ***

***To complete this essay, you must include at least 5 direct quotations from Tender Is the Night. Do not use or cite any other information source! Because you will be incorporating source material, you will be required to create a Work Cited page for this essay. Additionally, your quotations, paraphrases, and/or summaries should be properly handled within the text (use quotation marks, attribution, in-text citations, etc.). ***

***PLEASE NOTE: In the first paragraph of your essay, you must state the title of the novel as well as the author’s name. Your introduction should also contain your thesis statement. Body paragraphs, in turn, will support the thesis, using direct quotations coupled with your analysis as proof. The conclusion will sum up major takeaways and key points. ***

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Big Data Risks and Rewards Discussion

Big Data Risks and Rewards Discussion: Big Data Risks and Rewards

When you wake in the morning, you may reach for your cell phone to reply to a few text or email messages that you missed overnight. On your drive to work, you may stop to refuel your car. Upon your arrival, you might swipe a key card at the door to gain entrance to the facility. And before finally reaching your workstation, you may stop by the cafeteria to purchase a coffee.

From the moment you wake, you are in fact a data-generation machine. Each use of your phone, every transaction you make using a debit or credit card, even your entrance to your place of work, creates data. It begs the question: How much data do you generate each day? Many studies have been conducted on this, and the numbers are staggering: Estimates suggest that nearly 1 million bytes of data are generated every second for every person on earth.

As the volume of data increases, information professionals have looked for ways to use big data—large, complex sets of data that require specialized approaches to use effectively. Big data has the potential for significant rewards—and significant risks—to healthcare. In this Discussion, you will consider these risks and rewards.

To Prepare:

Review the Resources and reflect on the web article Big Data Means Big Potential, Challenges for Nurse Execs.

Reflect on your own experience with complex health information access and management and consider potential challenges and risks you may have experienced or observed.

By Day 3 of Week 4

Post a description of at least one potential benefit of using big data as part of a clinical system and explain why. Then, describe at least one potential challenge or risk of using big data as part of a clinical system and explain why. Propose at least one strategy you have experienced, observed, or researched that may effectively mitigate the challenges or risks of using big data you described. Be specific and provide examples.

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Compare Significant of Similarities and Differences

Compare Significant of Similarities and Differences To explain why similarities and differences are significant

Follow documents as following, if any questions please message

Compare Significant of Similarities and Differences Overview

Write a 7-8 page (double-spaced) comparison essay with a research component. Your task is to present a clear thesis (an interpretation in the form of an argument) about two eligible course texts. Use one of the topics below as a starting point for your argument. As with the previous essay, you are expected to compare and contrast the texts and explain why the similarities and differences are significant. You must use textual evidence (quotations from your primary sources) and close textual analysis to support your thesis. In addition, in this essay, you must strengthen your argument by including quotations from at least two appropriate (read: credible, applicable, probably current) secondary sources. You are expected to cite all sources – primary and secondary – according to MLA style guidelines. Please save time to edit and proofread your work carefully.

Eligible Course Texts

Any winter-term text is eligible, including the films and texts that are covered after the due date.

Topic

Compare and contrast two narratives written in the first person (e.g., Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, The Handmaid’s Tale, and/or The Hunger Games). Analyze the authors’ use of first-person narration and explain why the manner of narration is important.

Compare Significant of Similarities and Differences Research Component

The research component consists of five steps:

1) Finding and reading secondary sources.

2) Assessing their merits—(how) do they help you to understand the primary texts or the topic better? Do you agree with the arguments presented? How is your thinking different from the critics’?

3) Quoting at least two appropriate secondary sources in the body of your essay.

4) Commenting on the quotations that you have provided. (Explain or contextualize the quotation, if necessary. Briefly discuss the merit of the critic’s argument. Connect the quotation to your thesis.)

5) Citing all sources according to MLA specifications in both the Works Cited list and throughout the essay using parenthetical documentation.

Method of Evaluation

Comparative essays will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

– The clarity and coherence of your argument (thesis statement and structure of argument),

– Clarity of expression (sentence-level writing),

– The quality of your engagement with the primary and secondary texts,

– Your demonstrated understanding of course concepts,

– correct use of MLA formatting and citations,

– And evidence of careful editing and proofreading.

The Creative Option will be evaluated according to the following criteria:

– Completion of a satire informed by course concepts and texts,

– The clarity with which you explain your satire in terms of course concepts and texts,

– The quality of your engagement with your primary texts (i.e., your own satire and the course texts that you invoke),

– Effective use of research to strengthen your explanation,

– Evidence that the satire and especially the accompanying essay have been edited and proofread carefully,

– And correct use of MLA formatting and citations

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Skills in analytics Research Paper Available

Skills in analytics

Analytics, by its nature generates lots of calculations and numerical findings. Storytelling is a venue for efficiently and elegantly educating, clarifying and fostering emotional interest in your data. Presenting the numbers of an analytics project is often complex and vast.

Watch Making Data Mean More through Storytelling, at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xsvGYIxJok . Notice the power of it when making analytics presentations.

Read the article A Refresher on Storytelling 101 [in the Harvard Business Review (HBR)] from the an online Library.

Using the video, the HBR article above and 2 additional articles of your choice on storytelling (from an online Library such as worldcat.org) prepare a 2-page document for your boss explaining storytelling. Include a clear description of storytelling, why it’s necessary, and an illustration.

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Major Accomplishments or Influences

Major Accomplishments or Influences of This Architect You don’t have to cover everything that the architect ever did, just find something to research that interests you so that this paper can benefit you in some way.

This paper requires a significant effort on your part – to be inspired to write about an aspect of architecture that brings you joy!

Major Accomplishments or Influences

Yes, you should discuss major accomplishments and/or influences of this architect. However, you don’t need to limit yourself to buildings – architecture is far more interesting than that – consider literature, stylistic movements, architectural philosophy and impacts on architectural education. You can also zero in on one-minute detail that interests you and expand upon it.

For example: If you like gardens, then research the gardens in and around the buildings; write about garden design during that time.

Another example: If your architect designed furniture, your whole paper can be about his/her furniture design; write about the history of furniture design and how this architect fit into it.

Detailed Requirements (Important)

Major Accomplishments or Influences Format

Use Arial font, 12 points, double-spaced, with 1” on all margins.

Citation Style

Use Chicago Style 16 footnotes and a bibliography. The footnotes and bibliography do not count toward the 3000-word count. More information on Chicago Style 16 can be accessed at The Chicago Style Manual through the Purdue OWL and at Fairfield University. Please see “Chicago Style 16 Sample Paper ” as an example of what a completed paper should look like in Chicago Style 16.

Major Accomplishments or Influences Use 5 Sources

You are required to use at least 5 sources total for the 3000-word paper. Information for this paper should come from a variety of sources. You are encouraged to use books, videos, interviews, documentaries, and academically recognized scholarly web sources in order to develop your own “big idea” that will clearly articulate an organized set of ideas about the architect you have chosen. Web page sources may be used, but online journals and publications that are accessed through the UF Libraries Databases are more appreciated. Do not use Wikipedia (or and Wiki or encyclopedia sites) as a source as it is unverifiable and can be edited at any time. To begin your search for scholarly sources, please visit the AFA Library page.

Major Accomplishments or Influences Bibliography

Please include a Bibliography of your sources. Note that the Bibliography format is slightly different from the footnote format, as it is alphabetized by the last name.

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Assessment of a Freshmen Essay Paper

Assessment of a Freshmen Description

Assessment of a Freshmen Essay Paper Instructions

In an APA formatted paper that is to be 6-10 pages in length, the student will conduct a short assessment with a freshman.

The student will complete and submit:

An abstract in APA format
Notes of the assessment (these must be typed); attach your notes at the end of the paper in an Appendix.
Assessment of a Freshmen
One paragraph (7-10 sentences) summary of the interaction between you and the ‘client.’
A reflective analysis of your process as you conducted the assessment this may also include a reflection of any experiences of doing the assessment on the social worker. This section is the basis of this assignment and should be reflected in the assignment. Writing must conform to guidelines for college-level writing and use APA format for in-text citations where appropriate (typed, double-spaced). As stated in class, you may use the first-person pronoun, but very sparingly

Reflection with the ‘client’

(The assessment has been done for you, please find the questions and answers in the additional files)

First, schedule an assessment with freshmen. Individuals that are assessed should be asked to schedule a date and time for the assessment.

Please keep in mind that this assignment is strictly confidential and not to be shared with anyone outside of this course. This includes social media. Students must responsibly and professionally demonstrate ethical conduct at all times. Breach of this confidentiality risks automatic failure of this course as well as a violation of department policies.
Please allow at least 30 minutes for conducting this assessment. Make sure the location of the assessment is acceptable for your “client.”
Please remind your “client” about the purpose of the assessment as well as your commitment to maintaining confidentiality.

Also, please request permission from your “client” if you want to take notes.
Do not record the assessment using a phone or recording device.

Make sure to thank your ‘client’!

Second, conduct your assessment demonstrating utmost respect of your “client” who is in the role of “cultural guide.” The goals of each assessment are three-fold: first, you are to practice and demonstrate culturally competent assessment skills, and second, you are to gather accurate information about your “client’s” experiences, and third, this is an opportunity for you to be introspective about your process regarding your emotional, though, and behavioral journey regarding an assessment.

Try to gather as much information as possible about the respective topics recommended for each group. You may gather additional information if your “client” agrees and if there is time. Also, please make the assessment as much dialogue as possible; if your “client” asks you questions, feel free to engage in dialogue versus a one-way interview.

Written Reflection Paper directions:

Each Reflection Paper should include 4 parts: 1) An abstract 2) Notes of the assessment (attached at the end of the paper in an Appendix); 3) a one-paragraph summary of the interaction between you and the ‘client’ – the assessment; and 4) a reflective analysis of your experience of the assessment. It is NOT appropriate to use the first-person voice in your writing. However, you may use such, but very sparingly. This means NO MORE than 3-5 first-person pronouns within the body of your paper.

1-An abstract that provides readers with a quick overview of your assessment and what they can be expected to read.

2-Notes of the assessment must be typed. They should be the “evidence” on which you write your summary of the content. There is no specific page limit for your notes. Please attach your notes at the end of your paper in an Appendix.

Assessment of a Freshmen Essay Paper Summary

3-Summary of the assessment should not be a word-for-word detail of everything that was said in the interview. The details should be in the notes of the assessment. The summary should be typed, double spaced, and no longer than 1 paragraph. Please include a brief description of who you assessed.

The following points are the most important in this assignment:

4-Reflective analysis (this is a very important piece of this assignment) of your experience of each assessment.

How did you prepare for the assessment? How did you engage with your ‘client’?
Did you gather adequate information to gain a strong understanding of the topic specific to the person you interviewed? Why or why not?
What fears or anxieties, if any, did you have prior to or during the assessment?
What thoughts or feelings arose during the assessment?
What communication signals or cues did you not understand or found confusing?
Was there the potential for misunderstanding? Explain.
What did you find challenging during the assessment? What did you find “comfortable” during the assessment?
What differences between you and the ‘client’ might have been obstacles to either communication or comprehension? (Identity, non-verbal language, values & beliefs, etc.).
What, if anything, would you have done differently in the assessment?
What is one significant lesson that you learned about your ‘client’ that is important to your future social work practice and why?
What is one significant experience or awareness that you gained about your own self that is important to your future social work practice and why?

Assessment of a Freshmen Essay Paper Questions

Questions/Topics for this assessment; please gather information about your “client’s” perspective and experiences about the respective questions/topics:

The person who is a freshman student enrolled at UM-Flint (You are to identify this person and schedule the assessment on your own).

Why did you choose to enroll at UM-Flint?
What do you like about UM-Flint? What do you dislike?
What is your favorite food/meal? Who first prepared this food/meal for you?
What were some good things about your life as a child that you wish you had today?
What are some things we have in life today that you wish you had when you were a child?
What is one major change in our society that you don’t like and why?
What makes life meaningful?
What do you think is the best way for poor people to get out of poverty?
What are some other careers that interest you? How will you know which career to choose?
Social work practice is grounded in the value of social justice. What does social justice mean to you?
If you could do one thing that would make a lasting difference in our world, what would that be, and why?
What advice would you give a teenager today who is searching for a purpose in life?
What gives you hope?
What questions do you have of me?

Freshman Assessment: 20-year-old female

Why did you choose to enroll at UM-Flint?

choose Um-Flint because it was close to home and close to my parents and my job

What do you like about UM-Flint? What do you dislike?

I like that the campus is large and has a lot of opportunities to do all types of groups or clubs. (feeling Fascinated). I don’t like that there isn’t much security at night time, for the people who have night classes.

What is your favorite food/meal? Who first prepared this food/meal for you?

My favorite food is stuffed shells. My mom was the first person to make this for me and it has been a holiday tradition that she makes this for me now. I even would help make this when I was younger. I loved helping in the kitchen. (Happy, smiling)

What were some good things about your life as a child that you wish you had today?

I wish kids today actually went outside and did things as I did, I wish that they weren’t on technology so much and had free time to enjoy the neighborhood and the kids around them. I wish I had more free time to do things besides school and work.

What are some things we have in life today that you wish you had when you were a child?

Not a lot has changed for me in the last 20 years.

What is one major change in our society that you don’t like and why?

I don’t like all the bullying and cyberbullying that we have nowadays compared to when I was a kid. When I was younger I never heard about kids being as mean as they are now and kids killing themselves because of social media.

What makes life meaningful?

To me making life meaning full is having good friends, awesome vibes and always being kind to others.

What do you think is the best way for poor people to get out of poverty?

I feel the best way for poor people to get out of poverty if for some to get up and look for a job. Meaning the ones who can of course. I feel that is an important t step, to just get up and try.

What are some other careers that interest you? How will you know which career to choose?

Mortuary I have always found interesting and minoring in science. I have also found teaching to be interesting too. I’m not sure what will help me choose my career, but I feel that I still have a bit of time while I work on general studies. But my heart is going to the mortuary and minoring in science.

Social work practice is grounded in the value of social justice. What does social justice mean to you?

To me, social justice is about diversity and equality and all around being a better person to each other and our society.

If you could do one thing that would make a lasting difference in our world, what would that be, and why?

To stop bullying and cyberbullying. Kids nowadays have a rough enough life to get through on their own, let along having other kids make it harder to.

What advice would you give a teenager today who are searching for a purpose in life?

Well speaking as a little older teenager, I would say focus in school more, I know I didn’t. and enjoy life while also making a difference to carry with you. Be proud of whatever it is you do.

What gives you hope?

Honestly not many things give me hope but my music gives me hope. My mom gives me support to help my hope.

What questions do you have of me?

what advice would you give someone like me, whose just starting their career path?

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Analyzing Existing Immigration Policy Paper

Analyzing Existing Immigration Policy Paper Executive summary. Analyze existing immigration policy, analyze one, define and describe problems within that policy and provide suggestions to improve or change it. Give narrative and bullet point descriptions.

A small amount of footnotes is required. Immigration has a strong impact on the development of health systems, medicine, and science worldwide. Therefore, this article provides a descriptive study on the overall research output. Utilizing the scientific database Web of Science, data research was performed. The gathered bibliometric data was analyzed using the established platform NewQIS, a benchmarking system to visualize research quantity and quality indices.

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