Category: English

Compare and Contrast essay. 
Instructions enclosed below
One of the two pieces of reading is a link.
The other is enclosed. 

Option #2: Analyze “Manic Pixie Dream Girl Says” by Olivia Gatwood (pgs. 34-36). Begin by referring to the definition of the term “Manic Pixie Dream Girl” from class (go back to the instructor notes) and discuss what this character type represents. Using quotes from Gatwood’s poem, how does Gatwood feel about the Manic Pixie Dream Girl? What larger points about gender (male vs. female behavior/relationships) and representations (i.e., how women are portrayed in movies or shows) is she making in this poem? How do you interpret the final six lines of the poem? (This essay is based off of Olivia Gatwood’s poetry book called “New American Best Friend)
Include a Works Cited page with entries for anything that you quote from/cite in the paper with the exception of the instructor notes. For this paper, refer to the Purdue OWL MLA guidelines for
An edition of a book (specifically “A work prepared by an editor”) (Walt Whitman)
A book with one author (Olivia Gatwood)
A song or album (if choosing Paper Option #2)
An article in a scholarly journal (Ron Klier article)

Nice work on your Touchstone 3.2, Kiersten! Your argument has a solid base, but as you begin making your revisions for Touchstone 4, please be sure to add an actionable thesis with three supporting reasons, ensure that all sources have been introduced and contextualized, and refine your body paragraphs to align with the points made in the thesis statement. I look forward to reading your Touchstone 4 with these revisions.
The thesis statement is more informative than argumentative, and the topics of the body paragraphs do not support the development of the argument. Remember, the thesis should capture the stance on the topic. You should take an argumentative stance on a topic. What is your claim? Think about a thesis like “The government should regulate social media because point 1, point 2, and point 3.” Point 1, point 2, and point 3 will be the next three topics of your body paragraphs, followed by a counterargument, rebuttal, and conclusion.
All sources are listed in the bibliography, but please ensure all sources have been introduced and contextualized. Also, how can you make sure to add a few direct quotations instead of only relying on paraphrasing?
All required sections/components are present, but there could be more transitions between paragraphs and ideas.

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For this week’s discussion, please select ONE of the shows listed below for your response.
In this course, we talked about attraction, relationships, love, and how people become couples. Several television shows try to take a different look at coupling. Shows such as 90-Day Fiancée, Love is Blind, Married at First Site and a new show called Naked Attraction, take the concepts that we’ve discussed and double-down on them or totally ignore them.
I’m curious to know what concepts from this course would you apply to ONE of these shows to help explain the show. You do not have to have watched the show to answer the question. You can simply use the descriptions below to get an idea of the show.
The premise of Love Is Blind is that the contestants cannot see each other, which means they can only speak with a partition between them. After speaking with multiple people, contestants picked people they wanted to keep talking to and producers helped arrange dates if two people selected one another.
The series, 90 Day Fiancé, is an American reality television series on TLC that follows couples who have applied for or received a K-1 visa, available uniquely to foreign fiancés of U.S. citizens, and therefore have 90 days to marry each other. They have 90 days to spend time together before they get married or choose not to get married.
The series, Married at First Sight, features three to five couples, paired up by relationship experts, who agree to marry when they first meet. They do not get to know each other before the wedding and meet at the altar.
Naked Attraction is a British series that involves one person selecting from 6 potential dating partners. The difference between this show and dating shows is that all six potential dating partners are naked and the person selecting is clothed and sees each potential date naked, revealed from the feet up to the head. They select one person from the original six to date.
Your answer should use information from the text covered thus far in the course to support your answer.
INSTRUCTIONS
Please provide your own original support to the question above. Your response should be substantive. A substantive response is one that consists of at least SIX full sentences where the student provides his/her thoughts on the question and cites the text at least two times referring to two different portions of the text to support the response.
Make sure to cite the textbook to support your answer by citing “Hyde & DeLamater (2020) p. ##” and referring to a specific portion of the text material by using page numbers of the textbook.
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Human Sexuality in the News (10 points)
Students may choose to do a 1-2 page paper examining a current event that relates to human sexuality. You must find a newspaper article that relates to human sexuality and summarize the article in your own words. You must discuss how it relates to the course, citing material from your textbook. You may choose to conclude your paper stating your opinion on the article’s topic. You must turn in the article by providing a link within your paper or a .pdf of the article. Your article can come from a web-based newspaper (e.g., Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Washington Post, Daily Breeze, Long Beach Press Telegram, etc.). YOUR ARTICLE MUST BE CURRENT AT THE TIME YOU TURN IN YOUR PAPER. CURRENT MEANS THAT THE ARTICLE MUST HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED WITHIN TWO WEEKS (INCLUSIVE) OF THE DATE THE PAPER IS TURNED IN. Papers that do not include the article (or a link to it) will not be accepted.
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Comparative Analysis of Texts in a Profession
Guidelines for Comparative Analysis of Texts in a Profession
This project is designed to compare how texts from different professions succeed, or not, in achieving their rhetorical purposes. In other words, how do the texts compare to one another in communicating a message that shapes how the audience is intended to receive it? For this assignment, you should:
Select two pieces of writing from a profession of your choice (though I suggest you choose whatever profession you plan to join)
Briefly summarize both texts (about 4 to 6 sentences for each summary) and identify what professions they are from
Analyze how well the two texts achieve their purpose (shaping how an audience is intended to receive their message). To analyze the texts, you should compare:
o What each does well/ better than the other
o Why the texts are successful or not and how you know/ are able to tell
o What the texts could do differently to succeed in achieving their rhetorical purposes
Your Comparative Analysis of Texts in a Profession should be accessible to an English-speaking audience, the final product you will submit for this project should be 750 to 1000 words (double-spaced) and NO MORE than 3 pages long. Please submit as a .doc or .docx file, NOT a .pdf.
Your final work will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
(a) Content-(15 points)
Does the author give a comprehensive comparison of the
rhetorical purposes 2 pieces of writing from different
professions?
Summarizing both pieces of writing
Identifying both professions that the texts come from
Does the final product make meaningful analysis comparing
how well both texts do or do not succeed in achieving their
purposes?
Discussion of what each text does well or not well
Discussion about why both texts are successful or not
Discussion about what both texts could do differently
(b) Delivery-(5 points)
Does the writer provide a narrative that is accessible to all
audiences?
Are the tone and style effective?
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Comparative Analysis of Texts in a Profession
Guidelines for Comparative Analysis of Texts in a Profession
This project is designed to compare how texts from different professions succeed, or not, in achieving their rhetorical purposes. In other words, how do the texts compare to one another in communicating a message that shapes how the audience is intended to receive it? For this assignment, you should:
Select two pieces of writing from a profession of your choice (though I suggest you choose whatever profession you plan to join)
Briefly summarize both texts (about 4 to 6 sentences for each summary) and identify what professions they are from
Analyze how well the two texts achieve their purpose (shaping how an audience is intended to receive their message). To analyze the texts, you should compare:
o What each does well/ better than the other
o Why the texts are successful or not and how you know/ are able to tell
o What the texts could do differently to succeed in achieving their rhetorical purposes
Your Comparative Analysis of Texts in a Profession should be accessible to an English-speaking audience, the final product you will submit for this project should be 750 to 1000 words (double-spaced) and NO MORE than 3 pages long. Please submit as a .doc or .docx file, NOT a .pdf.
Your final work will be evaluated based on the following criteria:
(a) Content-(15 points)
Does the author give a comprehensive comparison of the
rhetorical purposes 2 pieces of writing from different
professions?
Summarizing both pieces of writing
Identifying both professions that the texts come from
Does the final product make meaningful analysis comparing
how well both texts do or do not succeed in achieving their
purposes?
Discussion of what each text does well or not well
Discussion about why both texts are successful or not
Discussion about what both texts could do differently
(b) Delivery-(5 points)
Does the writer provide a narrative that is accessible to all
audiences?
Are the tone and style effective

The signature assignment for this course is an eight page paper in APA format with cited research on a business venture that you selected in week one. This is a working paper, which means you will build on a portion of it each week.
Writing expectations include competency in the following: Sentence Structure
Verb Tense and Agreement Pronoun Use
Possessive Use Punctuation
Spelling
Focus and Organization
Thesis Statement & Conclusion
The Signature Assignment will be a 5-8 page (excluding cover page and references) research essay evaluating the strengths and weaknesses of any topic from Modules 1-7.
Scenario: You are a consultant hired by people who have the capital to invest in a new business venture. They heard you took this class and want your advice on how to create a new business venture and an eBusiness in particular. Based upon the new venture you selected in module 1, prepare a plan that discusses the main topics addressed in the course. Feel free to review the work submitted in the previous modules to assist. By the time you nish your plan, you will have addressed all the student learning outcomes (SLO) for the course (see SLO bullets below), and have a business plan to use for future business ventures.
SLO1: Identify opportunities for starting a new venture.
SLO2: Analyze the market and the business environment for a new venture. SLO3: Compare and contrast technological tools to implement a new venture. SLO4: Design the process ow for delivering a service or product to a customer. SLO5: Explore the nancing required to implement and maintain a new venture. SLO6: Assess the legal requirements for establishing a new venture.
SLO7: Propose measures for business targets, goals, and success.
SLO8: Develop exit strategies to end or evolve the business.
Writing expectations include competency in the following: Sentence Structure
Punctuation
Spelling
Focus and Organization
Thesis Statement & Conclusion
Writing Guidelines:
Must be double-spaced with 1-inch margins and typed in 12-point Times New Roman.
Your Essay must have a Title Page and References Page.
Essays should be proofread for spelling and grammar mistakes.
You must cite all texts used, including page numbers to avoid plagiarism.
Your essay must have a thesis statement and conclusion
You should use a minimum of 4-6 academic sources in support of your Signature Assignment.
If you do not turn in your assignment before the deadline, points may be deducted for tardiness.

this is Cause a effect essay about social anxiety I send you the example but I don’t need the outline only the essay pl use the school book reference :1) Tse, Zoie Wai Man, et al. “School-Based Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy for Children and Adolescents with Social Anxiety Disorder and Social Anxiety Symptoms: A Systematic Review.” PloS One, vol. 18, no. 3, 2023, pp. e0283329–e0283329, https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283329. 2)reference: Leigh, Eleanor, and David M. Clark. “Internet‐delivered Therapist‐assisted Cognitive Therapy for Adolescent Social Anxiety Disorder (OSCA): A Randomised Controlled Trial Addressing Preliminary Efficacy and Mechanisms of Action.” Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, vol. 64, no. 1, 2023, pp. 145–55, https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13680. 3)reference:
du Rocher, Andrew R., and Alan D. Pickering. “Social Interaction Anxiety, Social Phobia, and Cognitive Control: Controlled Reactions to Facial Affect during an Emotional Face Flanker Task.” Current Psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.), vol. 43, no. 5, 2024, pp. 4129–41, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12144-023-04624-y.

Write an essay in which you analyze TWO POEMS for how they explore social expectations or assumptions.  Your analysis should be comprehensive, consistent, organized, and well supported, not just a mere listing of “things” you notice in the poems.  Among the “things” you might consider in your analysis (but to which you are neither limited nor required to address) are the poets’ use of the following: figurative language, imagery, tone, words and their sounds, diction, syntax, denotation vs. connotation, allusion, simile and metaphor, rhythm and rhyme, symbolism, social/historical/political context.  Ultimately, your essay should be more than observations or discussion.  You must have a single, unified claim that you are defending over the course of several paragraphs. 
Consider these suggestions:
Begin by looking at the poetry selections in our packet carefully, with an eye toward a recurring theme or focus of interest to you.
Follow the four step pattern of poetic analysis: 1) get to know the poems through informal description and paraphrase; 2) figure out how the poems work through close reading and analysis; 3) decide on your interpretation of the poems and construct/outline your argument; and 4) then draft your essay.
As will be the case throughout the course, you are allowed to conduct basic social/historical/cultural research to make your analysis more thorough and meaningful, but do not read other critical analyses of your poem or poems, especially online from simplistic sites like gradesaver.com and sparknotes.com. Instead, consider researching the historical, cultural, or social context in which the poems were written to add depth to your analysis.
Argue a specific thesis about the poems, using your analysis of each poem’s elements to illustrate how those elements relate to each other to help expand the reader’s understanding of social expectations or assumptions. This thesis will probably work best at the end of your introduction.
Do NOT organize your paragraphs by poem, with each paragraph simply discussing a poem in its entirety. That makes for a very stiff and choppy essay without effective paragraph points. It is much better to focus on key arguments you want to make about social expectations or assumptions in each paragraph, and then bring in the poem or poems that help you talk about those ideas.  Also make sure that your topic sentences are your opinion statements, not simply statements of fact or general observations about the poems or poets.
You will likely have five to six analytical body paragraphs, plus intro and conclusion paragraphs. Each will be, on average, about a half page or so in length.
Avoid the generic summary intro and summary conclusion paragraphs.  Make them more engaging.  What does your reader need to know to understand your thesis fully at the end of the introduction?  The answer to that question will be what you include in your intro.  In your conclusion, help your readers by telling them what they should take away from your essay and these poems specifically, rather than just restating all of your points.
Use these questions as a guide for your analysis of each selected poem:
What actually happens in each poem? Anything?  Nothing?  Is it a real happening or something inside the speaker’s mind?  Does the poem have some sense of past, present and future?  (In other words, what happened prior to the poem starting, what happens during the poem, and what is suggested will happen after the poem?)
What conflicts, if any, related to social expectations or assumptions are present in the poem? Keep in mind, these expectations or assumptions do not have to be between real individuals or groups—they can be between ideas or words or even within an individual him- or herself.  How are these expectations or assumptions shown to the reader?  Do they seem reasonable or fair?  If so, why?  If not, why not?
What can you discern about the speaker of the poem and his or her target audience? (Usually, you should assume it is not the author unless significant textual evidence contradicts that assumption.  Think of the speaker in many ways as a fictional character created by the poet.)
What emotions does the poem seem to convey, if any? What key words or phrases seem to provide that emotional spark?
Your essay should feature the same stuff as most academic essays:
A strong, controlling thesis statement that asserts the analysis you will defend, usually found at the end of the introduction paragraph.
Unified and coherent body paragraphs with concise and precise topic sentences that offer the writer’s assertions, not just facts or observations.
Effective use of quotation and paraphrase (you will need only a little summary) required to support the writer’s assertions as valid.
Quotations and/or line references as needed (do not quote the entire poem, especially in one big chunk)
Present tense verbs throughout, varying only as appropriate to indicate real world events in the past or the passage of time within the work.
Thoughtful, logical paragraph structure that builds your argument one piece at a time.
An engaging style/voice that is uniquely yours, including sarcasm, snark, empathy, passion, frustration, anger, or whatever else you feel is appropriate for the subject matter and the points you want to make.

In 100 words, respond to the following student’s discussion post by following the instructions listed below.
“Finally, be sure to respond to at least one (1) student’s post (with a question or additional thought regarding their response) to receive full credit for this discussion post (for the other 10 points).”
Discussion post you’ll be responding to:
1. Of the rhetorical strategies, Baldwin utilizes pathos most in “My Dungeon Shook”. In the sentences, “I know what the world has done to my brother and how narrowly he has survived it. And I know, which is much worse, and this is the crime of which I accuse my country and my countrymen, and for which neither I nor history will ever forgive them, that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives do not know it and do not want to know it” (Baldwin 5), Baldwin appeals to resentment and frustration against the unjust society where oppression and discrimination were prevalent to African Americans. In addition, the texts “To be loved, baby, hard, at once, and forever, to strengthen you against the loveless world…And now you must survive survive because we love you, and for the sake of your children and your children’s children” (Baldwin 7), he expresses love for his nephew by directly talking to him and urges him not to lose hope and succumb to the harsh realities toward African Americans. Such pathos throughout “My Dungeon Shook” connect Baldwin and its readers by making them empathize with the suffering of African Americans in an unfair society. 
2. Baldwin mentions, “The very time I thought I was lost, My dungeon shook and my chains fell off” (Baldwin 10).   Here, the dungeon represents the unjust society toward African Americans, while the chains symbolize the restrictions and limitations that oppress them in the environment.  Although the current situation seems dismal, Baldwin implies to his nephew that such injustice and inequalities will disappear from society someday.   
3. Baldwin’s perspective with the opening section seems to be personal because he mentions by stating that his grandfather is dead, he never saw you, and he had a terrible life.  In the sentences, “I know what the world has done to my brother… that they have destroyed and are destroying hundreds of thousands of lives and do not know it and do not want to know it” (Baldwin 5), he connects his personal experience to a universal experience, indicating that not only his grandfather, but all African Americans who faced a brutal society of injustice and inequality, were a victim due to the solely color of their skin. Furthermore, he implies that not only his nephew, but all people regardless of race should be loved. 
4. The most impactful quote is “For these innocent people have no other hope. They are, in effect, still trapped in a history which they do not understand; and until they understand it, they cannot be released from it” (Baldwin 8). Baldwin asserts that some African Americans were brainwashed by the distorted beliefs and prejudices that their race is inferior to White people, which causes them to lock themselves in an unjust society. Therefore, he emphasizes how important full awareness of the true identity and history is to prevent this from happening. 
I’ve attached a copy of the text that the above discussion post was written off of. Please write the respond as if you were having a positive discussion with the student who wrote the discussion post listed above. 

Step 1: Choose a Topic
Begin by choosing a topic for your comparison/contrast essay. You are free to select your own topic, or you may use one of the sample topics listed below. However, you should choose a topic that you have some personal knowledge of so that you have sufficient points of comparison or contrast to discuss in your essay. Avoid choosing subjects that require extensive outside research that require citation (you will learn how to properly cite in a later unit). Consider subjects and points that fall under “common knowledge”: information that the average educated reader would accept without needing a source citation to back it up. 
You will need to compare or contrast two or three primary points about the two subjects you choose to write about, resulting in an essay with either four or six body paragraphs, an introductory paragraph, and a conclusion. The writing for this assignment should be informative and objective, avoiding the first-person voice or any personal details that may inform bias or personal opinion. 
The following are some ideas that can help you to select a topic for your essay:
Compare or contrast two cities you’ve visited or that you’ve lived in
Compare or contrast two sources of news 
Compare or contrast two singers in different music genres 
Compare or contrast two historical figures
Compare or contrast two artists (e.g. two painters or two photographers)
Compare or contrast two television series
Compare or contrast two types of technologies (for example, two smartphone brands or two gaming consoles)
Remember that the two subjects you choose should have a meaningful connection so that you can draw comparisons or contrasts between the two.
Keep in mind that no outside research is required for the writing of this essay. If you do conduct research and use what you learn to make comparisons, make sure to avoid plagiarism concerns by citing all sources. The following resources will be helpful to you if you need to cite any sources:
Purdue Online Writing Lab’s APA Formatting and Style Guide
This site includes a comprehensive overview of APA style, as well as individual pages with guidelines for specific citation types.
Frequently Asked Questions About APA Style
This page on the official APA website addresses common questions related to APA formatting. The “References,” “Punctuation,” and “Grammar and Writing Style” sections will be the most useful to your work in this course.
APA Style: Quick Answers—References
This page on the official APA Style website provides numerous examples of reference list formatting for various source types.
Step 2. Write a Comparison/Contrast Essay
Write a comparison/contrast essay that meets the following criteria:
Properly applies elements of a comparison/contrast essay using personal or common knowledge of the subjects: Makes a clear and meaningful connection between two subjects related to one of the writing prompts; effectively organizes body paragraphs in one of the two prescribed ways and consistently uses transitional words or phrases to comparison/contrast ideas. Relies on personal or common knowledge.
States the focused central claim of the essay with the clear purpose of comparing/contrasting two subjects: Has a clear, focused, and detailed thesis expressed in a single sentence that states the central claim of the essay; the thesis statement effectively communicates the two subjects that will be compared or contrasted and the two or three main points of comparison/contrast.
Exhibits competent organization, flow, and writing techniques: Includes all of the required components of an essay, including an introduction with a strong thesis, an adequate number of body paragraphs (4-6), each with an effective topic sentence and a conclusion with an effective concluding statement; the sequence of sentences and paragraphs is logical.
Establishes an informative tone and makes thoughtful choices: Demonstrates thoughtful and effective word choices and uses a wide variety of sentence structures; establishes a consistently objective and impersonal tone that is appropriate to an informative essay.
Demonstrate command of standard English grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, and usage: There are few, if any, negligible errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, capitalization, formatting, and usage.
Step 3. Think About Your Writing
Below your completed narrative, include answers to all of the following reflection questions:
Did you use the point-by-point or block method to organize your body paragraphs? What made you decide to organize your essay in this way (3-4 sentences)? Sophia says: Consider the ways a comparison/contrast essay can be organized. Which organization did you choose and why?
In what ways did writing a comparison/contrast essay differ from the Narrative essay you wrote in Touchstone 1? Give specific examples (3-4 sentences). Sophia says: Consider how the structure, point of view, and purpose of the two essays differ.
Remember that the writing process is a recursive process, and your first draft of an essay is rarely your last. What part of the draft did you struggle with (3-4 sentences)? Sophia says: Think about how you could improve the draft if you continued the writing process with revision and editing.
Requirements
Your essay must be 3-4 pages (approximately 700-1000 words), double-spaced, with one-inch margins.
Comparison/contrast essay guidelines must be followed or your submission will not be graded. 
Use a readable 12-point font.
Composition must be original and written for this assignment and all writing must be appropriate for an academic context.
Use of generative chatbot artificial intelligence tools (ChatGPT, Bing Chat, Bard) in place of original writing is strictly prohibited for this assignment. 
Plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited. 
Submission should include your name, the name of the course, the date, and the title of your composition.
Submission must include both your comparison/contrast essay and your answers to the “Think About Your Writing” questions 
Include all of the assignment components in a single .doc or .docx file.

Primary Text(s):
Use The Brothers Grimm’s “Cinderella” (1857) in The Classic Fairy Tales)
Secondary Texts:
Find two (2) academic, peer-reviewed sources through the Rutgers library databasesLinks to an external site. (cf. Google ScholarLinks to an external site. as well) that are directly on your primary text(s). In other words, if you chose just the Brothers Grimm’s version of “Snow White,” then you should find two academic articles on the Grimm’s “Snow White.” As a suggestion, if you’re writing on one variant of “Snow White” and one variant of “Bluebeard,” I would suggest you have one source on each, with one directly on “Snow White” and one directly on “Bluebeard,” so as to make the paper critically balanced with regard to sources and argumentation. One secondary source can be from the readings for the course, if applicable.
In total, then, you will have two (2) secondary texts.
Thesis:
Your paper must have a thesis. The thesis is up to you to come up with, so long as you’re arguing something that’s critical and analytical about your primary text(s), using your sources to help make your claim. Your paper will be you quoting and citing from all of your sources—both primary and secondary—and using the historical sources to ground your argument that way as well. In other words, this should not be a book report, but a critical and analytical discussion, using secondary, academic sources to back up a thesis statement.
Length:
This should be 5-6 pages double-spaced, and use correct grammar, mechanics, quoting/citing, etc. Aim for a 25% originality score on Turnitin; this means that you’re quoting in approximately one-fourth of your essay, which will ground your work in the texts you’re analyzing and with which you’re engaging. 
Citing/Style:
Be sure you’re citing properly in MLA style; see this page for how to cite fairy tales from your anthology as well as academic articles. All papers must have a Works Cited page or you will not receive credit—you need to document your sources for research essays. See the paper expectations page for more in-depth information about things to watch out for, for examples of MLA papers written by undergraduates, &c. Please also make use of the Purdue OWLLinks to an external site., which is, in effect, the entire MLA Handbook online, for free. Every style and citation question you can think of is on the OWL! With that said, I’m happy to answer any and all questions via email.