Category: English

Directions:
Develop an argument for one of the following options into a 3-4  page essay which has the following components:
A relevant introduction paragraph which introduces your subject and contains your thesis statement with three  supporting points.
Body paragraphs which flow logically and are connected by cohesive transition sentences.
Concrete examples which support your thesis and drive your discussion forward.
A conclusion.
On the last page, include your Works Cited page. This is mandatory for all college-level essays. List your primary text, as well as any other outside sources, on this page.
Using the Dundes’ 2000 critical essay “The Trident and the Fork: Disney’s ‘The Little Mermaid’ as a Male Construction of an 
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You will write an essay where you make a well-informed argument and take a particular nuanced stance on your topic and attempt to persuade your audience that your point of view is valid, or better, that your audience needs to take a certain action to affect change. As you argue, you will engage the debates/discourses surrounding your topic, using your sources as evidence. Because this is an argument, your writing can be driven by your opinion, but it should also be supported by your research. I expect that you use at least five sources, cited correctly both in-text and in the Works Cited, in your paper. Two of these sources should be academic. Research is ongoing process. Your essay must use MLA 9 formatting, including correct in-text citation and a Works Cited page. MUST BE 1500 WORDS (NOT INCLUDING WORKS CITED PAGE) NO PLAGERISM OR AI!!! Here are 4 sources you can use, please find one more. 1. Smith, J., & Johnson, A. “Impact of Limited Access to Essential Resources on Student Performance near Southern University Campus,” Southern Journal of Urban Studies, 10(2), 45-60, 2020. 2. Brown, M., & Garcia, R. “Housing Affordability Challenges for Southern University Students and Surrounding Community”, Journal of Urban Planning and Development, 35(4), 123-138, 2019 3.United States Department of Agriculture. “Food Access Research Atlas.” United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, 2022, https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-access-research-atlas/. Accessed 7 April 2024 4. Joint Center for Housing Studies of Harvard University. “The State of the Nation’s Housing.” Harvard University, Joint Center for Housing Studies, 2022, https://www.jchs.harvard.edu/state-nations-housing. Accessed 7 April 2024. Attached below is my proposal, please read all directions!

The outline should consist of
– your introduction, including the thesis statement;
– the projected paragraphs’ topic sentences (= claims that support the thesis);
– (sketched out) evidence that will support each paragraph’s claim, stated in the topic sentence.
The topic sentences should be claims that support the thesis, not vague descriptive statements that point to what the body paragraphs will cover. The more precise the supporting claims, the more helpful feedback I can provide. That’s why you should put together the outline only once you’ve worked out the paper’s argument.
The outline cannot be longer than 2.5 pages, double-spaced. Use Times New Roman, 12-point font.  

The poet, T.S. Eliot.
This essay assignment, you will write an analysis essay comparing T.S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” (Literature 607-611) to two of the following poems under the theme of love.
William Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 18” (Literature 837)
Williams Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 130” (Literature 838-839) Faiz Ahmed Faiz’s “Be Near Me” (Literature 868)
You are only allowed to use the poems mentioned in the prompt. Use only two poems as support.
Your introduction must include a one-sentence summary of each poem you are using; each summary must include the full title of the poem and the full name of the author and must focus on each poem’s key points. The introduction must end with your thesis, comparing the complexity of love as depicted in “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” to two of the poems mentioned above.
Body paragraphs: The first body paragraph must focus on “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”, the second body paragraph must focus on one of the poems above, and the third body paragraph must focus on another poem from above. For support, ask yourself: How does the persona of each poem view love? How do the lovers treat each other in these poems? Do not just answer the questions in the prompt but use the questions as a guide for your argument.
Use only the poems as support in your body paragraphs. Do not do any other source or any research for this assignment. You must also explain the relationship between the support and your body paragraphs’ topic sentences. Also, do not summarize the whole poems again in the body paragraphs. What I am looking for is your close reading on particular lines or sections of the poems to prove your argument. Also, only use direct quotations from the poems as support.
For support from a poem, use a forward slash “/” after each line and use the correct in-text citation. Example: Shakespeare states, “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?/Thou art more lovely and more temperate” (Shakespeare 837).
The essay must be at least 1,500 words, typed and double-spaced. It must include an eye-catching title and a Work Cited page, following the MLA format.Links to an external site. For those using the Literature: The Human Experience textbook, use the following format in the work cited page:
Publisher, Year, Page range of entry.
For those not using the textbook, check the Purdue Owl MLA pageLinks to an external site. for the correct MLA format in the Work
Essay Checklist Introduction
___ An opening statement to attract the reader to the thesis statement.
___ A summary of each poem that is only one sentence long and mentions the author’s full name, the title of the poem and the key points of the poem.
___ A strong, well-focused Thesis Statement that reveals everything about the essay.
Body Paragraphs
___ Transitions between each paragraph (“First,…”; “Second,…”; “On the other hand,…” etc.).
___ A strong, well-focused topic sentence related to the thesis statement.
___ Support, presented as direct quotations taken from assigned poems. It must be introduced by a lead-in (such as, who stated the quote) and/or followed by the correct in-text citation. Note: For most lead-ins, use the present tense.
___ Explanations, showing the logical connection between the support and the topic sentence/thesis statement. Conclusion
___ Restatement (not a repeat) of the thesis.
___ Final thoughts for the reader.
Other notes
___ Follows the directions of the assignment.
___ Title Page included. Avoidance of a generic title.
___ Correct usage of MLA in Works Cited Page.
___ Correct usage of MLA in-text citations.
___ Avoidance of plagiarism.
___ Usage of specific, detailed and concise sentences and active voice.
___ Avoidance of wordiness.
___ Avoidance of vague, confusing, awkward sentence structures.
___ Avoidance of redundancies and repetitive phrases.
___ Avoidance of irrelevant sentences or phrases to the thesis, the topic sentence and/or poems.
___ Usage of formal, academic language.
___ Avoidance of first-person (“I”) and second-person (“you”).
___ Avoidance of contractions (“don’t”, “haven’t”, etc.).
___ Avoidance of spelling errors.
___ Avoidance of grammatical errors (run-ons, fragments, dangling/misplaced modifiers, inconsistency of verbs, inconsistency of pronouns, etc.).
___ Avoidance of punctuation errors.
___ If a direct quotation is longer than four lines, it is set off from the text and the quotation marks are omitted (MLA regulation).
___ For support from a poem, a forward slash “/” is used after each line.
___ Titles of books and websites are italicized.
___ Titles of poems are enclosed in quotation marks.

One Research Paper will be required, again on some aspect of one of the assigned texts. This paper should be six to eight or more pages in length. The paper should not be construed as a report paper. Rather, your starting point should be the same as for your critical paper. You should start with an initial, tentative thesis regarding some specific aspect of the assigned text. You should check your thesis against the details of the text, just as in a critical paper, but you then check your impressions as well against secondary sources, articles and essays concerning the text you are studying. Based on your primary and secondary investigations, come to your final, considered thesis. Support and develop that thesis making use of the evidence you have compiled. Don’t force secondary material into your paper; use primary and secondary material to make your thesis claim better understood and more convincing. As a guideline, you should probably end up with three to five good secondary sources.

Purpose:  You’re almost finished! You’ve done a substantial amount of thinking and writing. For your final essay, you will write a 3– to 4–page reflection focused on your own metacognitive processes, your growth, and the realizations you’ve had about yourself over our semester together. While our first essay, the Writing Analysis, focused on your writing, this essay focuses on how your choices as a maturing adult, student, and writer.
Outcomes Addressed:
Write well organized, clearly written argumentative essays that are supported by strong evidence and clear explanation, and which employ rhetoric appropriate to the broader academic audience.
Read texts critically, noting how a text’s style, structure, and context contribute to its meanings and implications.
Judiciously format work according to Modern Language Association (MLA) and/or American Psychological Association (APA) guidelines appropriate for chosen audience(s).
Breakdown: 
Review the material you’ve created this semester to your in-class writings and the essays you’ve written.
Use the above “sources” to formulate an essay expressing your growth and development as a student and writer over the course of the semester.
Keeping in mind all the writing you did this semester—in this class, in other classes, and in your personal life—write a 3– to 4–page essay that addresses some or all of the following questions and tasks:
What do you understand well about writing? Where do you still struggle?
How have personal interactions, feedback (from peers and your instructor), and revision played a role in your writing processes? What did you learn from others that has contributed to your practice of rewriting?
Describe how you overcame obstacles or adversity to succeed as a student this semester. Where in your writing do you see this struggle?
Describe the rhetorical tools you have deployed to entice and convince your readers. What rhetorical methods do you attempt to use but still find confusing or difficult? How do the tools you choose appeal to a particular audience?
Use specific evidence from your writing to support your claims, and explain how that
evidence does what you say it does.
you can use the essay below as “evidence”

https://bigthink.com/neuropsych/10-philosophers-wh… ://www.cbc.ca/life/wellness/love-advice-from-… https://open.spotify.com/episode/6lm7QjjPhxF0D3MHZ… https://open.spotify.com/episode/3Ompn372P3zE7nVwE… Philosophy and love, did you think that this is a topic that philosophers thought about? Which of the philosophers in our reading do you agree with most regarding love? Explain why. Thinking about the Everyday Ethics podcasts, do you agree with their arguments regarding Valentine’s Day and marriage proposals? Is it time to make a change to those traditions? Can you find any part of those traditions that is unethical? Explain how some component of Valentine’s Day or marriage proposals might be unethical. Explain using one of the ethical theories you have learned in the course. For your blog you need to include at least two inline citations that show me you used course materials to get full credit for the assignment. This is your space to really ask me questions, discuss worries, bring up new ideas, tell me if you see a problem with the course and/or your peer groups. This is an incomplete/complete assignment, you just need to answer the questions and you will get credit. You can complete this assignment in a variety of ways. You can write this out. You can give a voice recording. You can make a video. Whatever way you are most comfortable with and what helps you get through the assignment easiest.

3.3 Discussion #1: “A Good Man Is Hard to Find”
You must submit a comment and respond to 2 student comments in a meaningful way to earn credit for this Discussion (6 sentences each): (You have to finish in 4 hours. I am just putting 13 hours so I can select tutor)
Think about the use of the word “good” both in the title and in the story. What does the Grandmother mean by “a good man” in the world? What examples of good/bad do we have in the story? Is there any sense in which the Misfit is “good”? Explain.
Offer a quote from the story that you explain.
Respond to 2 student comments in a meaningful way for a grade.

Cultures in Conflict
Answer the questions using complete sentences. When you are finished, submit this assignment to your teacher by the due date for full credit.
Total score: ____ of 100 points
(Score for Question 1: ___ of 35 points) 
Compare and contrast the conflicts faced by Orwell in “Shooting an Elephant” to those faced by Gideon in “No Witchcraft for Sale.” To what unique revelation does Orwell’s position as a police officer lead him? How can Gideon’s ultimate decision not to share his knowledge be interpreted as an act of rebellion and an assertion of the dignity and worth of his culture?
Answer:
Type your answer here.
(Score for Question 2: ___ of 35 points) 
What do pieces such as “Marriage Is a Private Affair” and the excerpt from Nectar in a Sieve demonstrate about the influence of modern ideas and modern ways on traditional cultures? How are the characters in these works affected by the modernization of their respective societies?
Answer:
Type your answer here.
(Score for Question 3: ___ of 30 points) 
Of all the characters highlighted in the works included in this unit, which one did you relate to or identify with the most in terms of his or her struggles and conflicts? Why? What was it about this character that made him or her affect you as he or she did? Be sure to point to specific examples from the work to support your response.
Answer:
Type your answer here.

The overall goals of this assignment are:
to trace the causes that led to the current state of affairs, and then
to argue for the potential effects of maintaining the current state, changing current policies/laws/programs, or implementing new ones.
Please keep in mind that you do not need to “solve” the problem. See if you can discern real and/or potential connections.
I encourage you to go wherever this assignment takes you. The broad topic is based on the interest areas that you identified as a class, but I hope that you will find the angle that is the most interesting to you and run with it.
Essay Details
3 to 4 pages plus a Works Cited page
3 reliable sources
MLA formatting – Times New Roman; 12-point font; double-spacing
MLA in-text citations and Works Cited page
Assignment Outline
You are not required to follow this organizational structure, but it may help you to get started. 
I. Introduction
Begin with a hook to pull in your audience. Consider using a notable statistic or a story that clearly illustrates the point of your essay (real or hypothetical).
Provide relevant background information.
Finish with a thesis statement that expresses your perception of the situation.
II. Causes
What circumstances contributed to the current situation?
III. Effects
What are the results of this situation?
Positive/Negative
Short-term/Long-term
Necessary (What will definitely happen?)/Possible (What might happen?)/Likely (What will probably happen?)
On an individual/On the community/On society overall 
IV. Conclusion
Summarize your main points
Restate your thesis
Revisit the hook that from the Introduction