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This assignment, Presidential Persuasions and the Use of Rhetorical Appeals, is multifaceted. You have not yet learned about all three rhetorical appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos; however, this assignment will give you the opportunity to begin learning more about each of the rhetorical appeals at a deeper level as you analyze the acceptance speeches that were recently given at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) by former Vice President Joe Biden and at the Republican National Convention (RNC) by President Donald J. Trump.  

I have attacjed the information needed to complete the assignment. You would only need to complete part A and not part B as you don’t have access to the discussion board post. I would like the country to be one of the following Russia, Poland, Netherlands, or Slovakia.The photos I have attached are pictures of my textbook going over nonverbal cue

Our reading this week explored various types of emails and memos: progress reports, meeting minutes, incident reports, directives, general information, and responses to inquiries.  
Your task for this week is to compose an email or memo (you can choose which) that is based on the scenario below. 
You’ve been hired as an Assistant Director of Nursing at a long-term care facility that recently opened. The Director has discovered that some nurses and other staff members have been posting videos and selfies on social media, sometimes with patients visible. In a TikTok video, a portion of a patient’s chart can be made out in the background, raising privacy concerns and the risk of HIPAA violations. In a Twitter post, a staff member complained about a patient in a potentially disrespectful way. On Facebook, an employee shared erroneous information about the facility’s holiday hours.  
Your manager asks you to send a memo to the facility staff detailing a new social media and smartphone use policy to go into effect immediately. Employees should no longer use personal phones while working, except while on breaks. No photos or videos of the facility or patients should be posted on personal social media accounts, and all information or news about the facility should be approved by the Assistant Director before being posted.  
Compose your email or memo in a document, adding the necessary headings and features of the format you’ve chosen. Use our text as a reference to decide what kind of email or memo to write, and to make sure your email or memo looks and sounds professional. Your email or memo should be no less than 200 words and no more than 300 words. Feel free to make up any necessary information or details as needed as you write. 
Last, on a new page, write a 1-2 paragraph reflection on your email/memo addressing the following: 
Which type of email/memo did you decide to compose for this scenario? Why? 
What did you find challenging about writing your email/memo? Explain.  

Regarding the decision to purchase or to launch financing of new CNC machines, firms like Peregrine should also consider explicit sustainability factors associated with these operations. Recent studies also emphasized the sustainability factors of CNC machining in modern manufacturing practices

Final Project
For your final project, you will explore this question: Is there a difference between a life online and a life offline?
Much of what we have discussed this semester is related in some way to the issue of reality. According to research, Millenials and Generation Zers (that is, people born roughly after 1980 or so) tend to see their online or virtual lives as extensions of their physical lives. In other words, who are you and what you do online is just part of who you are, along with what you do offline. Older folks (like their teachers) tend to see those lives as separable: you are (or can be) a different person online than you are offline. (Your own experience might not be the same as what these categories suggest it would be.)
As you consider this question, I want you to think about some of what you have read and written this semester. You may use any of these situations (or others) in helping your write your response:
The way employers look at social media and make a judgment about you based only on how your present yourself online.
The way a LinkedIn profile contributes to, or changes, the way you are presented online.
The way a single tweet (such as Justine Sacco’s humorous/racist one) can influence the way others see a person.
The issue of online anonymity, and whether or not others should know who they are dealing with. And if that’s even possible. And if it really matters.
The ways Second Life highlights the similarities and differences between online lives and offline lives.
The ways social media can be used to affect change in the world (change that might be easier or harder to affect offline).
The differences between learning online and learning face-to-face, and how those differences reflect other aspects about online and offline lives.
I’d like you to discuss some of those issues in your response, as other people have experienced them. But I would also like you to discuss your own experience, before and while taking this class, online and offline: the ways things change for you when you are online — your values, your sense of privacy, your sense of ownership, your way of communicating, and/or the image of yourself that you project.
Liberal Education Program Tier 3 Connections
Remember that our course is an LEP Tier 3 capstone course, which means your final project is the culmination of your work in LEP courses. Your paper should demonstrate mastery of LEP Tier 1 skills (Written Communication, Technological Fluency, and Critical Thinking), understanding of Tier 2 areas of knowledge (Time and Place; Social Structure, Conflict and Consensus, and Mind and Body), and engagement with Tier 3 Values (Ethical Judgment,  Human Diversity, and Civic Engagement).
Important things to keep in mind:
Your paper should be at least 1500 words (that’s about 5-6 pages, double spaced, in Times New Roman font).
Your paper should be in proper MLA or APA format, and follow quoting conventions, and should be carefully proofread.
You should consider this an argument paper, with a thesis and evidence to back it up, not just a description of the work you did during the semester.
You should include discussion of at least one element related to the LEP Tier 2, and two elements related to Tier 3.
You may, and probably should, quote from course readings, but you may also quote from your own and from your classmates’ discussion posts.
You may choose to present this in a traditional paper, or if you choose, in some social media-related form (for example, a YouTube video, a Tumblr blog with images and words, a series of tweets/X posts, or some other format to be approved by the instructor).
Final project is due Friday, June 21, at 11:59pm, uploaded to Blackboard.

Inquiry Question: How does slam poetry (or spoken word poetry) challenge or update old-school/traditional poetry? How does it make poetry relevant (for certain individuals and groups) in today’s society?
Traditional poetry uses figurative language to express its message, along with a formal structure (such as the sonnet, a popular form in English literature which dates back to the 13th century).
One of the most vital and energetic movements in poetry since the 1990s, slam poetry has revitalized interest in poetry as performance. Poetry began as part of an oral tradition, and this interest was reborn through the rise of poetry slams across America; while many poets in academia found fault with the movement, poetry slams were well received among young poets and poets of diverse backgrounds as a democratizing force. This generation of spoken word poetry is often highly politicized, drawing upon racial, economic, and gender injustices as well as current events for its subject matter.
A “slam” itself is simply a poetry competition in which poets perform original work alone or in teams before an audience. The work is judged as much on the enthusiasm of its performance as its content or style.
The rubric below is often used to evaluate performances of slam poems at spoken-word performances and slam poetry competitions.
Rubric:
The poem:
Addresses an issue concerning the self and/or society
Has an identifiable theme or hook that frames the story and captivates the audience
Makes use of figurative language: metaphor, simile, alliteration, imagery, “ranting”
Has overall high-quality style and substance
Instructions
The purpose of this assignment is to help you learn to write as a book critic or reviewer, someone who evaluates the worth of a text (such as a book, film, or album) and presents a clear argument about why their view of the text is valid and significant. This will not be as simple as claiming “I liked it” or “I didn’t like it.” In the review, you will have to establish a premise (a general statement) from which you will evaluate a slam poem. That is, before making a claim about the worth of a slam poem, you will have to make a claim about what, generally, makes for a successful poem or song. Having established that, you can make a claim about how well—or poorly—this particular poem achieves your criteria for success.
Tasks: Explain what you believe a successful poem or song should do, the criteria that lead you to conclude that a poem or song is worthy of our time and understanding. Then write a review of one of the slam poems below after viewing each of them; briefly summarize the poem’s major themes or concerns, and then assess whether the poem meets your criteria for success. Cite a few quotes from the poem to support your evaluation.
Tips:
Start by mentioning the criteria you are using to evaluate a poem, and then evaluate the particular slam poem according to this criteria. The criteria could be anything: such as whether a poem is original, thought-provoking, entertaining, or engaged with current debates in our society. You will select the criteria that matter the most to you and then evaluate the poem based on this.
Be creative, original, and honest. Don’t be afraid to take risks with the content or the style of your writing.
Here is a list of criteria you can use to evaluate the poem; feel free to use one of these premises, or come up with your own:
Social: What should a work of literature convey to its audience about the role of the individual in society?
Aesthetic: What makes a work of literature an object of artistic “beauty”?
Moral: To what degree and how should literature instruct people on how to behave morally? What sort of moral instruction should be found in literature?
Political: To what degree should a work of literature engage in politics? What types of political messages should it convey and how should it convey them?
Originality: To what degree should a work of literature convey a new idea, thought, or experience to its audience?
Verisimilitude: To what degree should a work of literature accurately represent real-life experience?
Entertainment: Should a work of literature entertain its audience? What makes a work of literature entertaining?
Poems (choose one to review; links to all poems are below):
Twin Poets, “Dreams are Illegal in the Ghetto”
“Dreams are Illegal in the Ghetto” Links to an external site.

Length: 2 paragraphs, single-spaced, typed, 12 point font and 1” margins.

In 750 words or less, tell us how we can encourage more families to buy life insurance, explain how savings insurance helps with financial planning, and how can BSP life increase awareness of its life insurance products?

OVERVIEW: Writing the Exploratory Essay (Read Chapter 21)
Assignment Overview:   
Writing the Exploratory Essay PowerPointDownload Writing the Exploratory Essay PowerPoint
Write an exploratory essay that is appropriate for a magazine, website, or newsletter. The article should EXPLORE an idea specific to your major, career, hobbies, ideas or other interests.  As your book says, make your focus “laser sharp” and offer fresh insights to fill a gap in the “discussion” on the subject.  Include the following feature article elements:
–create a clear thesis 
–use at least three credible, interesting sources (at least one primary and one secondary)
–be clear and concise
–use style and voice 
Assignment Objectives: 
to offer fresh insights and credible, interesting source support
to engage your audience (for a specific magazine) in the “discussion” about an idea, skill, or other area of interest to you and that specific audience
to explain the significance of your ideas, findings, and possible areas of future exploration
to develop a surprising angle on the topic to engage the reader
Assignment Requirements: 
900+ words (must be in range), typed, double spaced, standard font, MLA format (see handbook); at least three sources (reliable, appropriate; at least one primary and one secondary) with clear attribution and integration; you may interview someone who is an authority on the subject as long as you give the person’s credentials in the essay. 
Read Exploratory Essay assignment materials in Chapter 21
Click on link to Magazine Writer’s GuidelinesLinks to an external site. and pick a magazine for which to write (most magazines pay for articles they publish)
Click on “Find an Angle to Bring Your Subject to Life”Links to an external site.
Revising the Exploratory Essay
Click on Tutor.com on the left side of our Canvas classroom to get a writing tutor’s help on your final editing.  This is a free service to our students.  
Use the magazine article checklist for revising the exploratory essays (click here).  
LECTURE: Writing the Exploratory Essay
Use your textbook as a step-by-step resource for understanding and developing the exploratory essay. 
Your goal for this essay is to explore ideas, but where do you start? You book suggests brainstorming, freewriting, listing, and memory mapping, but before you start brainstorming, you need to understand the exploratory essay genre (characteristics of these kinds of essays). 
Explore the genre 
In this section, your book says the exploratory essay (genre) is usually about making a point.  You will definitely be making a point (thesis), but not an argument.  This is not a persuasive essay, but a thinking piece.  The goal is to find a topic, hobby, skill, or other idea that you want to explore aimed at engaging a specific audience.  The genre includes these elements:
Make a point about a topic that intrigues you
Thesis should be informative and engaging
Tell why your exploration should matter to a specific magazine audience
Tell a story; develop your essay structure
Make several observations about your exploration
Share details, interview conversations, reflections
Offer details
Share surprising details
Use figurative language to offer unique comparisons and descriptive language
Use a questioning, speculative tone
Focus on people
Share explorations and reflections on the people in your story
Include dialogue if appropriate
Claiming your topic
Now, it’s time to start brainstorming things (topics, hobbies, people, ideas) you want to EXPLORE.  You may know something or nothing about the topic, but you want to ask questions and explore ideas and details in your essay.  One of the more important things to consider is to choose a puzzling, intriguing subject, even if the only puzzling thing about it is asking if your audience will be interested. 
Brainstorm
Freewrite
List
Think about your Thinking (metacognition).  Ask questions. 
Imagining your audience 
Your audience is a group of people that read a specific magazine.  If you are writing for a travel magazine, your audience already enjoys traveling, and you need to tell them something new and useful.  If you’re writing for a college student magazine, then make your topic and reflection interesting to college students.  If you start to tell your audience what they already know, they will stop reading. 
Gathering materials 
Your sources need to be primary (first-hand, original; statistics, interviews) and secondary (commentary from websites and articles).   Talk to the people involved.  The pandemic means your interviews will be by phone or email. 
Organizing ideas (see page 278 for examples) 
How to organize your essay.  Give your readers directions with transitional wording. Design for easy readability with headings and “pull quotes.”
Opening with hook, introduction to subject, thesis
Body paragraphs
Observation 1 plus details and source support
Observation 2 plus details and source support
Observation 3 plus details and source support (build toward a climax)
Conclusion: end on reflection and personal insights from your exploration
Add style and voice 
Use figures of speech to make memorable comparisons:
Similes
Metaphors
Analogies
Concrete, descriptive subjects
Strong, active verbs
REQUIRED RESOURCES: Writing the Exploratory Essay
Required Reading
Read Chapter 21
Click here for Writing the Exploratory Essay PowerPoint
Magazine Article Criteria ChecklistDownload Magazine Article Criteria Checklist
Student Examples:
“Teach a New Dog New Tricks”Download “Teach a New Dog New Tricks”
“Cackling Dragsters” Magazine ArticleDownload “Cackling Dragsters” Magazine Article
Other Resources
Writing with Style PowerPoint
Click here for copies of The Hilltop, Weatherford College’s magazineLinks to an external site.
Click here for example article from the TCU MagazineLinks to an external site.
Extra Credit Magazine Article TemplateDownload Extra Credit Magazine Article Template
Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) MLA Citation FormatLinks to an external site.
How to use Academic Search Complete to find sources
Source Attribution and Integration PowerPointDownload Source Attribution and Integration PowerPoint
DISCUSSION: Exploring Topics for the Exploratory Essay
Post your topic for your exploratory essay (magazine feature article). 
Pick a magazine that would publish your article (italicize magazine titles in your writing)  
Tell me what magazine you might be writing for and what you think the audience would most want to know about your topic.  Click here for a list of magazines organized by categories. Links to an external site.
Knowing your audience focuses your article. If you’re writing for a college student magazine, your article would be different than writing for a business magazine or a parent magazine. 
Guidelines and Grading for Discussion Postings
To get credit for discussion postings, please proofread your answers carefully for Standard English spelling, grammar, and punctuation.  While typing in Canvas, you will see red lines under misspelled words (if not, check to see if you’re in Chrome), so you can easily make corrections.  Your answers must be completely original.  
Example Post (use the highlighted prompts and add your 3 section headings as a triplet of examples):
I’m thinking about writing an article about my son’s kayak fishing adventures with the angle on photography products for Paddling Magazine.Links to an external site.  My audience includes other kayak enthusiasts, so I want to be technical and engaging.  I’ve looked at their articles, and they link to products to help sell their ad space, so I would include the names of the products my son uses to film his kayak fishing adventures.  I will interview my son (who has been kayak fishing for 5 years and has won tournaments) to have at least 3 strong quotations for my article, and then add other secondary sources about filming from a kayak.  I will also use some of his photos in my article.  I think readers will find filming techniques, reviewing products, and catching exciting moments interesting and engaging.  
DISCUSSION: Exploratory Essay Outline
I do not expect anyone to actually send this letter/email to the magazine, but, in the future, you could make a career out of freelance journalism, and many magazines pay good money (hundreds to thousands of dollars) for articles they publish.  This assignment helps you come up with your essay title, thesis, sources, and outline for your essay.  I want you to follow the instructions exactly (4 short paragraphs with specific information for your article; see instructions below).  Please use the model below as your guide.  The model query letter includes the student’s title, thesis, outline, and two interviews for primary sources and one article for the secondary source.  
You can do in-person or email interviews.  You can send 3-5 questions in an email to someone you know who is an expert on the topic you’re covering, and then use their quotations in the paper to support your thesis.
Writing Steps:
Read Chapter 21 and example explorations in the textbook, on Canvas, and in the magazine you chose
Read the assignment OVERVIEW, LECTURE, AND REQUIRED RESOURCES
Read the article: “How to Write the Best Query Letter”Links to an external site.
Look at the student examples of query letters
Post your query letter to this discussion thread
Example Format
Magazine Name
Magazine’s Address 
Dear Editor,
Paragraph 1: Open with a hook or angle about the article topic and your article title.
Paragraph 2: Outline your article and name specific primary and secondary sources.
Paragraph 3: Thesis (what plus so what) and triplet of examples or say “will surprise the readers by . . .”
Paragraph 4:  Introduce yourself. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,
Your Name
Student Example:
Clear Run Magazine
17 Industrial Drive South,
Hadley, MA 01075
22 October 2018
Dear Editor,
The lack of young adults in dog sports is worth exploring because they make up the future of agility. Eventually, if young adults don’t get involved with agility, the sport will die out. My article,” You Can Teach a New Dog New Tricks,” discusses this topic.
I have divided my article into three sections about observations, causes, and effects to help readers understand the topic. I will include pictures of handlers, dogs, and trials. I will interview two trainers, Dresden Graff and Robin Barber, and quote an interesting article about agility handlers. This will interest readers because it will inspire them to reignite the fire in young handlers.
I have found an interesting study called “What Motivates People to Participate with their Dogs in Sporting Events” in the journal Anthrozoos. This study is significant to your audience because it shows who participates in dog sports and why. This article will state statistics on participation in dog sports, discuss what causes the low rates of young handlers, and explain how this could affect the sport in the long term. It will enlighten and interest your readers to motivate junior and young adult handlers to participate in agility in order to keep the sport alive.
I am an aspiring dog trainer and would like to see agility grow as a sport and see more handlers my age participating. Thank you for your consideration. I look forward to hearing from you.
Sincerely,

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Instructions: 
For this activity, respond to the following questions about the Sample Synthesis provided in the CEL Ch. 15 : Crockett, “Exploring Caffeine Views” (p. 452-454)
What specific sources does Crockett attempt to synthesize? List a few titles and writers.
How does Crockett use synthesis to make connections between the sources? If synthesis is a way of “formulating the relationships among sources” and “bridg[ing] gaps between and among sources,” how specifically does Crockett go about synthesizing?
Write a response of at least 200 words in 1-2 full, coherent paragraphs. Refer specifically to Crockett’s text in your response. Use the questions above and the example synthesis on p. 448-449 to guide you, and submit your response to this assignment.
PLEASE RIGHT IN A VERY SIMPLE ENGLISH, AS I AM A FOREIGNER. THE SIMPLER, THE BETTER. GO STRAIGHT TO THE POINT. 200 WORDS MAX.

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