10. Recycled Unfortunately, your essay is reworded from a paper that was already submitted to Straighterline or another university. This is a type of plagiarism called recycling, which is unacceptable by Straighterline policy. Therefore, you will need to completely rewrite a new essay with a new topic in order for a submission under this assignment to be accepted and graded.
Essay 1 Assignment minimum 350 words
Topics for your Essay, Choose one :
Topic A: You try to live strictly by the moral rules contained in your religion's moral code. The two most important rules are "Be merciful" (don't give people what they deserve) and "Be just" (give people exactly what they deserve). Now suppose a man is arrested for stealing food from your house, and the police leave it up to you whether he should be prosecuted for his crime or set free. Should you be merciful and set him free, or be just and make sure he is appropriately punished? How do you resolve this conflict of rules? Can your moral code resolve it? To what moral principles or theories do you appeal?
Topic B: Why do you think people are tempted to use the straw man fallacy in disagreements on moral issues? How do y
After reading all of Chapter 3, please utilize the ideas, concepts, and information in the chapter to answer the following question in 250-500 words:
Your essay should include no direct quotations from any author. Instead, summarize in your own words, and include a citation to the original. Format your Reading Summary assignment according to either MLA or APA formatting standards, and attach as either a .doc, .docx, or .rtf filetype. Other filetypes, or assignments that are merely copy/pasted into the box will be returned ungraded.
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Part 1:
Answer the following questions, from readings, in answer and question format:
Essay 1: Exploring a Theme - Education
Your first essay assignment has two purposes. The first is for you to start exploring your ideas around the theme of Education by thinking about how others define what education is. To start thinking about definitions, look at forty quotations from famous thinkers that Dr. Price-Mitchell, a researcher and psychologist has gathered on her blog: . Choose one of these quotations, or another definition of what is education, that resonates with you, and use it to start brainstorming what beliefs you have about one aspect of education. This is the second purpose of this essay, and it is guided by National Public Radios call for essay contributions to the This I Believe project.
Guidelines:
Here are the writing instructions (quoted/adapted from the National Public Radios website):
Begin your two page (approximately 500-600 word) essay with a compelling introductory strategy such as o
For this assignment, you will need to submit:
You will need a good, comprehensive thesis statement that states your claim (what will you prove? Keep in mind that the purpose of this assignment is to support a claim, which means you must do more than merely inform the reader. You must take a stance on your topic and make/support claims that go beyond mere facts) and at least three supporting details (how will you prove your point?).
You might use this as a guideline in crafting your thesis:
(Reason 1), (reason 2), and (reason 3) prove that (add your claim).
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Outdoor Experience Description Detail a real or imaginary experience walking through an outdoor event or activity, such as a zoo, open-air market, festival, etc.
You only need to develop one paragraph for this assignment, but it should include many sensory details and directional transitions. Start with a topic sentence, which will also serve as the thesis statement, that explains the exhibition you are experiencing as well as mentions how the adventure ignites your senses. In the sentences following, describe your journey. What do you see? Hear? Feel? Smell? Taste? Where are these experiences located (directional transitions)? To the right? Just above? The reader should be able to build the environment around you and take part in the sensory experience you illustrate as he or she reads along, so be as descriptive as necessary, touching upon all five senses within the body paragraph. Finally, complete your paragraph with a concluding sentence that
Topic and Structure:
Annotated Bibliography Review four potential sources for your research paper project (you should already have your research essay topic chosen), and select two to explore further, with at least one qualifying as a .
Here are some possible places to search for credible sources:
This assignment does not follow the standard introduction, body paragraph, and conclusion format; instead, you will simply create three well-developed paragraphs per source, each
Topic and Structure:
Character Evolution Explain how a character from a novel, film, television show, or another medium of your choice evolveseither good or badfrom the beginning to the end of the story.
Your introduction will provide a brief synopsis of the story and then smoothly transition into the last sentence of your introductionthe thesis statement. Next, you will develop at least three body paragraphs, each dedicated to one example (such as a scene) in your chosen medium that serves as support for your thesis claim. Finally, you will compile a conclusion paragraph that synthesizes your findings.
Creating the thesis statement:
Is your argument focused and meaningful in a way that it also offers a clear-cut, but debatable point of view, which a reader might either agree or disagree with? Avoid claims that are too obvious to the readersoffer them a new idea! Remember, a thesis also serves as a map for your
