English Composition II
Essay Three: Rhetorical Analysis Argument
Value: 150 points
Goal:
Within a text, an argument exists that may contain claims, sub-claims, evidence, and appeals. To
understand the texts argument and rhetorical situation, a reader/writer should recognize and
summarize the claim(s) as well as analyze the evidence provided. Moreover, this analysis should
include an evaluation of the rhetorical appeals (ethos, pathos, and logos), which should provide
merit to the texts overall persuasive context and nature. Further analysis may include the
discussion of shared values and warrants to strengthen the evaluation.
Writing Prompts and Rhetorical Situations:
Option 1: Choose a documentary film that focuses on an issue and argues a position.
Study the film you have chosen and write a rhetorical analysis argument essay. You can
find documentary films from various places: http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/ or Films
on Demand (via the Library). For Films on Demand, you will have to enter your
OCCC Login and Password to access the films, unless you are on campus.
Option 2: From the textbook, choose an essay, poem, comic, image, or other thematic
genre that focuses on an issue and argues a position. Study the text you have chosen and
write a rhetorical analysis argument essay. While any reading selection in the textbook
will work for a topic idea, you might decide to focus on one of the issues listed in the
Table of Contents: Education and Society; Family Life and Gender Roles; History,
Culture, and Civilization; Government, Politics, and Social Justice; Business and
Economics; Media and Popular Culture; Literature and the Arts; Philosophy, Ethics, and
Religions; Health and Medicine; or Science and Technology.
Follow a Writing Process:
Before writing the essay, make use of invention techniques to begin identifying the
claims, evidence, contexts (social, political, cultural, and economic) and rhetorical
appeals within the text
Planning includes identifying positions, establishing main ideas (or topic sentences) for
each paragraph, supporting each paragraph with appropriate evidence, and creating ideas
for the introductory and concluding paragraphs.
Draft and revise the essay as needed or as directed by professor
Method of Organization:
Introduction: Introduce the author and the work, briefly provide a one-two sentence
summary of the work, and then provide a thesis statement that includes how effective or
ineffective this work is to an audience
EH Division 2
Body Sections:
Section I: What is the context? Is it political, social, cultural, religious, or economic?
What makes it this way? Provide examples from the text to support your ideas.
Section II: What is the overall message? What is the author trying to say or what issues is
he/she addressing? Do you agree or disagree with this message? In this section, you will
introduce a source of authority who agrees with you about the message.
Section III: What are the appeals of the text? Is the text heavy in pathos, ethos, or logos?
Does a balance exist? Does the writer use any of the rhetorical appeals unethically? Did
you notice any logical fallacies? Are there areas where you agree or disagree with how
the rhetorical appeals are being used?
Conclusion: Summarize your main ideas and conclude with a final evaluation or
judgment of the authors work. Consider ending with a question or a quotation to engage
the reader.
Requirements:
MLA format
4-5 pages (double spaced)
In-text citations in the body of your essay
Works Cited page with your credible sources
A minimum of two sources
Invention techniques, planning and organizational structure, rough draft, revision
material, and final draft
Category: English and Literature
For this assignment, you will explore the relationship between culture and communication. In her definition of culture, Bevan (2020) states it is the collective set of customs, values, beliefs, and norms of a group of people. In this paper, you will explore how culture creates customs of verbal and nonverbal communication and then explore two other themes covered in Bevan. Ultimately, you will discuss how paying attention to culture can help us improve as communicators.
In your paper,
Explain two points detailing why it is so important to be aware of culture when thinking about communication, utilizing Bevan.
Explain how culture shapes verbal and nonverbal communication, utilizing Bevan.
Describe the relationship between culture and two other themes that are central to culture from this list, utilizing Bevan:
Gender(Chapters 2 and 3)
High versus low context cultures (Chapter 3)
Dominant cultures versus co-cultures (Chapter 3)
Individualism and collectivism (Chapter 3)
Perceptual filters (Chapter 3)
Explain how paying attention to culture can help a person improve as a communicator, utilizing Bevan and, if you choose, one of the supplemental videos you watched.
The Culture and Communication paper
Must be 750 words (three double-spaced pages) in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA Style resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Students name
Course name and number
Instructors name
Date submitted
Explore how one character (Must be Izzy the main character) in a text (The shark caller by Dianne Wolfer) has been constructed.
Marked on: clear discussion of character construction, clear examples that demonstrate an understanding of character, effective use of essay structure to answer the question, written expression is clear and fluent- minimal errors, varied vocabulary and correct use of punctuation.
Must be size 12 Arial font and 5 paragraphs.
Bibliotherapy Report
Directions: Write a 2 page research report utilizing a minimum of two scholarly resources to explain bibliotherapy. Your paper should include and will be graded according to the following:
Definition/ Explanation of bibliotherapy
Explanation of how bibliotherapy can be used in the classroom
A minimum of two specific examples of childrens literature that can be used with bibliotherapy and specifically how they will be used and who each will benefit(4)
Formatting and references (1 to 2 pages, double spaced, size 12, name, course; reference page at the end – APA style
Assignment: Write a creative short essay breach of contract to senior management.
Unprofessional code of conduct. Not complying with students lack of transparency making inappropriate jokes under values diminishes educational institution.Not being able to fulfill the contact time of course . Fixed amount of contact ,teaching delivery, severity unprofessional behaviour. Discussions unrelated to course load with student, eating durring lessons online . Making errands durring class time to attend to his other job durring scheduled class time.
Combine educational quotes in relation to your convincing essay tastefully done must be relatable easy to read showing lack of competence on teachers end and munipilation of teaching skills towards students marking them absent on multiple occations knowingly even when student is late does not reverse attendence according to accomidations does not knowledge . Shrugs,carelessness, petty student involvement lack of transparency at its finest.
(You can add a little what fits best in this essay)
(Quotes of education) : Basic human right
“Education is a human right with emance power to transform.” ” You have to wake up everyday ready to start again”.
paper needs to be 6 pages excluding work cites page
Develop three body paragraphs each under Points C and D below.
Develop three body paragraphs each under Points C and D below.
A) C. Discuss how much you agree and/or disagree with the points made in chosen texts and the reasons for your agreement or disagreement. (Use evidence from each text for each paragraph. You must have one disagreement paragraph)
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D. Present your personal/reflective response to the texts or ideas. What personal memories or experiences do each of these texts trigger? What personal values or beliefs do each of the texts reinforce or challenge? What questions or problems do these texts raise for you? (No evidence needed here)
Co Develop your Conclusion: Choose one approach:
Remind the reader of the points you have made and reasons for making them.
Restate the thesis, in different words
How the text works in a larger context?
Summarize the main points made
Note: Your completed draft of textual analysis is due this week. Ensure that you have 14 paragraphs in all ( that is 12 body paragraphs, along with an introduction and conclusion).
C. Discuss how much you agree and/or disagree with the points made in chosen texts and the reasons for your agreement or disagreement. (Use evidence from each text for each paragraph. You must have one disagreement paragraph)
D. Present your personal/reflective response to the texts or ideas. What personal memories or experiences do each of these texts trigger? What personal values or beliefs do each of the texts reinforce or challenge? What questions or problems do these texts raise for you? (No evidence needed here)
Co Develop your Conclusion: Choose one approach:
Remind the reader of the points you have made and reasons for making them.
Restate the thesis, in different words
How the text works in a larger context?
Summarize the main points made
Note: Your completed draft of textual analysis is due this week. Ensure that you have 14 paragraphs in all ( that is 12 body paragraphs, along with an introduction and conclusion).
In your Personal Essay, you were asked to draw upon your memory of a specific event and to illuminate (shed light on) that experience. You went beyond the basic facts of the event and attempted to describe the details of your experience, focusing perhaps on your thoughts and feelings as you went through the experience. This assignment, likewise, asks you to take something simple and to present the reader with a more vivid (alive) and dynamic (active and moving) description. In your business letter, you had to describe a problem with a product or service. And, in your discussion board posts and responses, you had to describe the space in which you were sitting when you were typing your response. Description plays a significant role in almost all writing that we do; this essay asks you to develop the crucial skill of describing things with words in order to produce a dominant impression in the mind of your reader.
This assignment requires you to write a descriptive essay. A descriptive essay can be defined in the following manner:
The descriptive essay is a genre of essay that asks the student to describe somethingobject, person, place, experience, emotion, situation, etc. This genre encourages the students ability to create a written account of a particular experience. What is more, this genre allows for a great deal of artistic freedom (the goal of which is to paint an image that is vivid and moving in the mind of the reader). [https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/essay_writing/descriptive_essays.html]
Part I
For this essay, you must provide a 2-3 page description of a PLACE. Your goal is to provide as much detail of this place as you can. Your essay should not focus as much on your experience of that place, except as it helps to communicate the general feeling of anyone who might visit this place. In other words, you are aiming at a description of the place, not your personal experience of that place.
Part II
Once you have settled on the dominant impression that you want your essay to produce for the reader, send a brief 1 or 2 sentence explanation or statement of that theme to Rae via WeChat. Do not put this statement on your essay; it is important that I NOT know what you want the impression to be when I read your paper. Rae will compile these statements and send them to me AFTER I have read the essays.
Consists of two (2) essays.The two essays should be combined together into one document.
Each essay should be 300500 words in length, single spaced, and in APA format. Submit your essay in a Microsoft Word.
In the first essay, given what you learned in this course, please share your perspective on the fate of friendship and how you believe contemporary ethics will impact it. Be sure to refer to at least three of the five following components, summarizing what you learned about the influences of these factors:
Online social media
Different abilities, disabilities
Class
Diversity
Race
Gender
Sexual Preferences
Work environment
Spirituality
Politics
For the second essay, discuss how three of the five following philosophers can be utilized to discuss issues of friendship. The emphasis here is on discussing the specific philosophies of three of the:
Cicero
Aristotle
Augustine
Aquinas
Socrates
For each essay, please cite at least one or more credible sources, such as the textbook, a newspaper, journal article, or book. Wikipedia, websites, or any similar online reference sites where the content may be authored by anyone are not considered credible sources for scholarly writing.
Keep the following points in mind:
The essay should be well organized and logically structured.
The hypothesis should be clearly stated and arguments should be presented logically to support the hypothesis.
The essay should integrate key concepts from the readings.
Write an essay in which you explain how Mark Gold and Cara Horowitz build
an argument to persuade their audience that we need more comprehensive
international policies to eliminate and prevent plastic marine litter. In your
essay, analyze how Gold and Horowitz use one or more of the features listed
in the box above (or features of your own choice) to strengthen the logic and
persuasiveness of their argument. Be sure that your analysis focuses on the
most relevant features of the passage.
Your essay should not explain whether you agree with Gold and Horowitzs
claims, but rather explain how Gold and Horowitz build an argument to
persuade their audience.
The definition essay is (3-5 pages) that will demonstrate your ability to apply one of the main rhetorical modes of argumentation. The definition and all essays composed must be typed. Be sure to follow MLA format and use times new roman, 12-point font. The definition essay must have at least three credible sources (no Wikipedia).You must include a Works Cited page and in-text citations. So if your paper is 3 pages, the 4th page is your Works cited page. Once you have chosen a topic, you then must narrow it down, and then make your claim and refer to definition essay handout. The topic I chose was the definition of courage.
