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2) The purposes of sentencing – including retribution, incapacitation, and rehabilitation – can be successfully achieved by a single correctional system. Critically discuss.

English 101
Rhetorical Analysis Essay : Writing Guidelines and Information
Overview:  For this essay, you will write a rhetorical analysis of one of the assigned texts.  A rhetorical analysis focuses  on HOW a text presents an argument. Essentially you are analyzing the choices an author makes and judging the effectiveness of those choices.
Basic Requirements: 
The essay should be at least 900 words in length.
Make sure that you have a strong, argumentative thesis statement that clearly lays out what you will discuss in your paper.
Use the scholarly tone for writing a formal paper.
Support your argument with evidence from the text.
Include proper MLA in-text citations and Work(s) Cited page.  Written using MLA format for a formal essay. 
Note:  All work submitted must be original. If you need help understanding plagiarism, please check out some of the material under content or ask me directly.  You can not submit work that has previously been submitted for another class. 
Texts for Rhetorical Analysis: 
Choose one of the following texts from the assigned reading list:
Lewis Raven Wallace’s “The View from Somewhere” (in Chapter 33 of Let’s Talk)
B. “Toastie” Oaster, “How Place Names Impact the Way We See Landscape”
Jodi Kantor, Karen Wiese, and Grace Ashford, “The Amazon that Customers Don’t See” (in Chapter 31 of Let’s Talk)
Swift, “A Modest Proposal”  
Using one of the above texts, construct an argument  concerning whether or not the author is successful in presenting his/her message.     To do this, the first point you must establish is what you consider the purpose of the text.  (You will likely include this in your introduction) Then decide if the text is successful in presenting its message.  Why or why not? What rhetorical techniques does the author use to achieve their goal?  What choices does the author/speaker make in order to reach the audience. 
What steps should you take?
Carefully examine the text (read, listen, or watch – depending on the text).
Determine the context (who, when, where, and why).  This basic information is often presented in the introduction of your essay.  Who is giving the author/speaker?  Who is the audience? When is the speech given?  Where is the speech given?  Why is the speech given?/ What is the purpose of the text/speech ?  What does the speaker/author hope to achieve?
Decide if you think the text is successful.  Did the author/speaker successful achieve his or her purpose?  This will be the foundation of your thesis.  The success (or lack thereof) of the piece is the backbone of your argument.
Examine the CHOICES the author/speaker makes.  Here are some examples of choices: Does the author use ethos?  Does the author use pathos? Does the author use logos?  What word choices does the author make?  What examples does the author give?  Then, consider the effects of these choices on the audience. This is the information that will make up the body paragraphs. How do the author’s choices contribute to the success (or failure) of the text?  Make sure to find quotes/ specific evidence of these choices to use in your paper.    https://nerd.wwnorton.com/nerd/228913/r/goto/cfi/238!/4?control=control-toc

Research the issue of genetically modified foods, and then write an essay to be read by your peers in which you argue either for or against their use. Support your position with evidence. 

Write an essay in your opinon to what extent does technology create new jobs and to what extent does it replace jobs, through automation using the article as refenece. What are 3 key points from the article to support your thoughts.

follow the directions, also required to read two short stories from commonlit, provided in the links called From Scratch and Fish Cheeks
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/from-scratch
https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/fish-cheeks

Rhetorical Analysis
Required Length: 600 words
Required Sources: 1 (a YouTube video advertisement)
Style: MLA 
Prompt: Locate and watch a professional video advertisement via YouTube. Then, in a        short essay of 600 words or more, analyze and critique the advertisement’s use of                 rhetorical appeal(s).
NOTE: Do not simply praise the advertisement. I am looking for critical thought, so you    must pick the video apart and comment on both its strengths and weaknesses. If the       advertisement is terrible (such as the examples I listed earlier in this module), feel free to rip it to shreds.
Additional Guidelines:
Address a single video advertisement.
No, you may not use any of the advertisements I provided as examples. You must locate an ad on your own.
The advertisement must be professionally created and available on YouTube. No homemade videos.
Satirical and/or comical ads will not lend themselves well to this exercise. You have been warned.
Cite the ad (as best you can) via a Works Cited page. Make certain to include a working link to the video.
The Works Cited page should be the last page of your paper. It does not contribute to the 600 word minimum.
Do not use the “I” pronoun or make other self-references
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You choose a highly-debated topic for this essay to research, analyze, and build an argument around. This can be any issue you’re interested in, but ensure it’s a topic you can handle with academic professionalism. If there is a topic in which you are so emotionally invested that you can’t keep your opinion and biases out of it, then you need to choose something else. For example, most people cannot write about abortion without committing fallacies (you should have learned about these in the last unit) or bringing their spirituality/faith into the conversation, so topics like that should be avoided. Your essay should explore your chosen stance on the issue, but it has to be an informed stance (this is what separates it from opinion–research). But remember that just because you are building an argument around your viewpoint does not mean this is a personal essay. Ranting, claims not supported through reliable research/evidence, and discriminatory/inflammatory language or harmful extremist ideology will not be permitted–each of these offenses will result in a reduced grade. This academic essay explores a particular perspective on a widely debated topic, not a social media post. Any claims must be supported through reliable, scholarly research. Also, this is not an informative essay—you must take a stance on your chosen topic. For example, suppose my topic is whether or not AI has a valuable place in the classroom. In that case, I need to argue either FOR the ethical incorporation of AI in education or AGAINST it. Essay Requirements: MLA Format; The well-developed, debatable claim that explains the topic, how the subject will be addressed, and why the topic is important/relevant to our lives; At least one quote from each source that you found for your annotated bibliography (3 quotes total); Research should be limited to less than 20% of your paper. Do not let quotes/paraphrases dominate your writing. ALL WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL. SOURCES MUST BE PROPERLY CITED AND QUOTES/PARAPHRASES PROPERLY ATTRIBUTED. Quotes must be formatted per MLA guidelines. Minimum 800 words; The MLA Works Cited page must be attached. NOT the annotated bibliography.

This assignement is the research paper outline for the research topic being Diet And Disease
and How It Affect The Progression of Diabetes and Heart Disease.
I have attached a screenshot of the assignment guidelines. 
I have attached the annotated bibliography file.  Also, I have attached a outline template to be used for the outline.  
There is also an example outline template file i have attached to also assist you but please make sure that everything is APA formate with headers and all.  
Please message me here if you have any questions.  

Twelfth Night is all about confusion, disguise, transgression (both sexual and class-based), and disorder. Viola is cross-dressed as a man and plays the part of first a eunuch and then a page. Orsino is in love with Olivia; Viola as Viola is in love with Orsino, but Orsino thinks Viola is Cesario. Olivia falls in love with Viola as Cesario; Malvolio (a steward) is in love with Olivia. Olivia marries Sebastian, who is confused with Cesario. Sebastian and Antonio seem to have a homoerotic relationship. What kind of commentary is Shakespeare making about the role of gender and the role of transgression in this play? Does Shakespeare allow for the instability to continue or must he re-establish order?  If you believe he reestablishes order, what kind of commentary is he making about the fluidity or the fixity of identity? What is acceptable transgression? What is too dangerous to be tolerated? Why? You can focus on:
Gender confusion and transgression
Love triangles/rectangles/octagons even!
Class transgressions (desire to marry up vs. Viola’s playing a page when she’s really an aristocrat)
Homoerotic desire
Melancholy and madness that ensues from the world being out of order
Familial bonds that are constantly being threatened
Mistaken communication

Create an Annotated Bibliography on one of the topics below (or an instructor approved topic) in preparation for Essay 1
Identify three sources you may use in your final paper and write summaries for each source. You should write a 200-300 word summary for each source, so your final annotated bibliography is 600-900 words in length. You should uses sources from the GMC Library’s Opposing Viewpoints database that list an author or author(s) OR sources containing a .doi number in the URL of the Works Cited entry that list an author or author(s).  Topic is Americanization of education