Song Contrast Essay
12345Contrast the two versions of the same song. Your essay must use four sources (newspaper articles, reviews, informational essay, interviews, definitions from reference works, etc...
Blurb (Short Literary Analysis): Compare and Contrast (Sandburg and Frost)
12255To complete this assignment, you will write a max of a two-page blurb. (One page is fine.) A blurb is a response to literature incorporating specific passages or lines from literary works and citing those pages or lines. 1. For this assignment, you will read...
knights and knighthood
12223Task: Research knights and knighthood. Find out what life was actually like for a knight living under the feudal system. Directions: After you research knights and knighthood, write a one-and-a-half to two-page (five paragraphs) report on your findings. Do NOT copy and paste information from the...
Ad Analysis Essay
12209Find an actual ad online. (any brand, product, etc.) Remember to focus your essay on the three levels of meaning from Frith’s “Undressing the Ad” essay: surface (which simply describes the ad without interpreting it), intended (which is how the ad tries to convince the...
Police brutality and injustice
12199Required Length: 1200 words Required Sources: 6 Style: MLA Due Date: 10/29/23 Prompt: In a 1200 word essay (about 4 pages), compose an argument to support one side of a major social or cultural issue currently affecting the American public. Support the argument with your research of the...
News Report
12156Listen to a television network newscast and to a later news update on the same story. Select one major story covered on the news and indicate which details from it were omitted in the news update. Include in your work why you believe the details were...
Touchstone 3.2: Draft an Argumentative Research Essay
12096ASSIGNMENT: Using the attached outline and annotated bibliography from 1.2 and 2.2, draft a 6-8 page argumentative research essay on your chosen topic. A. Assignment Guidelines DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Refer to the Sample Touchstone for additional guidance on structure, formatting,...
Touchstone 3.1: Construct a Rogerian Argument
12095Given the two attached articles that present opposing sides of an issue (mandatory uniforms in schools vs. some kind of ‘dress code’), construct your own 2-3 page Rogerian argument essay in which you attempt to arrive at a concrete, workable solution or "middle ground." The essay...
Create an Annotated Bibliography
12079Using your research question, working thesis, and outline from Touchstone 1.2, create an annotated bibliography that provides a synopsis of your sources and an explanation of how you will use them. A. Assignment Guidelines DIRECTIONS: Refer to the list below throughout the writing process. Do not submit...
Touchstone 2.1: Evaluate a Source
12078For this essay, you will select one of the sources that you intend to support your argument(dina.sommerville file attached). Which source you choose is up to you; however, it should be substantial enough that you will be able to talk about it at length, and...