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OrganizationWhen using the Outside-In Essay format, you move an argument from general to specific to general again. It is up to you how many paragraphs you use to accomplish this and what specific time order you choose as well (chronological? start in the present, then go to the past and later the future?). It is also up to you to decide where you place your thesis in the paper (in the intro to tell readers what they will read about? at the beginning of the body paragraphs? or, at the end so readers are in suspense?). Use the following questions/ideas to help you organize the flow of ideas in your paper. Then, write a detailed outline (paragraph by paragraph- including the introduction and conclusion) which includes the sources you will use to prove your ideas on a separate sheet of paper.General-What is the overall topic you are writing about? How can you draw in readers to the overall topic in an interesting way to make them want to keep reading?More SpecificHow can this general topic relate more specifically to the question(s) being asked by the prompt?SpecificAnswer the prompt question(s) fully and specifically using personal examples, examples from the readings, cases, etc.Less SpecificHow does the answer to the prompt question(s) relate back to the overall general idea?GeneralHow can you go back to the overall idea in a way that pulls together the paper and satisfies the reader?Bowe- English 1010

1. Choose a poem we have read so far that you like and are intrigued by.2. Use the library databases to find an article on that poem or on the poet who wrote it. It can be literary criticism (someone’s article about their interpretation of the poem) or biographical (details about the poet’s life and background). Don’t use an article about a different poem, though.3. Read the article and highlight passages that you think are interesting, or that make good points. It’s okay if you don’t understand everything in the entire article – literary criticism can be challenging to read! Focus on the points that you do understand. If you feel like the entire article is confusing, choose a different one, though. No one wants you to feel lost and confused.4. Write a brief paragraph (three or four sentences is great) about the poem or poet. Incorporate at least one quote from the poem and one quote from the article. Remember that quotes should be integrated into your own sentences. There’s an example below, but if you’d like more guidance on integrating quotations, click here for a link to the University of New Orleans’s article on quotation integration in research papers. If you’re not sure how to format your quote, click this link for the Purdue OWL guide.5. Include internal citations for your quotations. Poems should be cited with author’s last name and a line number (line of the poem the quote comes from). Articles should be cited with author’s last name and a page number. There’s an example below, but if you need more help with internal citations, click this link for Purdue OWL’s guide to that.6. Include a Works Cited list for your paragraph. It should include the poem and the article. Remember that the database can usually provide the citation in MLA format for you. For more help and examples of Works Cited page, click this link for the Purdue OWL guide to Works Cited pages.Example Paragraph (incomplete Works Cited):In Adrienne Rich’s poem “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” the speaker states ” When Aunt is dead, her terrified hands will lie/Still ringed with ordeals she was mastered by.” (9-10). The speaker is making the claim that her aunt is controlled by the conflicts in her life. The speaker’s description gives readers as much information about her, the niece, as it does about the aunt. As one scholar argues, the speaker’s “metaphor serves more as the niece’s judgment than as an actual description” (Rizza 65). In particular, Rizza alludes to “finger fluttering through her wool/Find even the ivory needle hard to pull./The massive weight of Uncle’s wedding band” (Rich 5-7). Michael Rizza sees this description as “contradictory,” and attributes the symbolic weight of the ring to “the niece’s judgment more than actual description” (65). It is not clear that Aunt Jennifer feels as weighed down as her niece perceives her to be.Works CitedRich, Adrienne. “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers.”Rizza, Michal J. The “Split” in Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers. The Explicator, 67(1), 63-66. 2008.

Post the final draft of your annotated research bibliography. To meet standards for this assignment, your bibliography must fulfill the following requirements:The research question is clear and sufficiently focused.All of the sources are credible.The annotations are easy to understand and relevant to the research question/focused topic. Remember, each annotation must summarize the main point of the source and explain how it answers your research question.The bibliography has a header, title, and page numbers in MLA or APA format? (Remember, the title is your research question)The bibliography is double-spaced.It includes 5 sources.The citations are correct.Sources are organized in alphabetical order.Each annotation has a word count of at least 200 words, and the word count is included.

The purpose of this discussion board post is to process the concepts in the chapter and to cover our objectives for Chapter 9.First, define “diversity” and “inclusion.” What do these words mean to you?Reflect on the six primary dimensions of cultural diversity shown in Table 9.1 on page 212 (i.e., age, gender, race, mental and physical abilities, ethnicity, and sexual orientation). Which types of diversity is easiest for you to embrace, and which is the hardest for you to embrace? Why? Explain your answers.One way to explore the concept of inclusion is to reflect on your own personal feelings about inclusion. In a group situation, how much do you want to be included by others? Using a personal example , discuss a time when you were in a group or a team when you felt included by others and a time when you felt excluded. Why did you feel included in one situation and not the other? Elaborate and discuss.

On pages 61- 70, please in two full pages, outline how “the Anglo –Saxon core values “ penetrated every facet of the American Society from the beginning of this country.

Discussion Question:The thesis statement is ONE sentence that incorporates the criteria of (1) topic, (2) claim, and (3) specifics. Review the information on the different types of thesis statements in the reading materials for Module 4 and share four aspects with your classmates that you learned about writing and developing a thesis sentence for your paper.

The Power of Persuasion Assignment 2: Creating the Bones of Your Argument Due: Week 6 Points: 160Skill(s) Being Assessed: Communication (Persuasion)Criteria for Success: In this assignment, you will:· Create an introduction to include a clear thesis statement (two sentences), a hook (1–2 sentences) that supports the thesis statement, and concise background context on the topic (two sentences).· Develop an outline that clearly describes the main points (causes of the problem, effects, and potential solution) along with the supporting points (benefits), as well as how the evidence identified supports the main and supporting points. Annotate evidence with information regarding how it supports the points being made or appeals to the audience.· Create a five-sentence conclusion paragraph that fully restates the thesis in new words and includes a specific, practical call to action· Explain how one or more audience appeals were used to guide the creation of one specific supporting point and one specific piece of evidence.· Reflect on how feedback was incorporated into your outline by concisely summarizing relevant feedback in your own words, describing specific changes made based on this feedback, and explaining how these changes improved the quality of work.· Produce writing that is clear and well organized and applies appropriate SWS style. Writing contains accurate grammar, mechanics, and spelling.What to Submit / Deliverables: A completed Assignment 2 Template (downloaded from the webtext), completed as a Microsoft Word documentWhat is the value of doing this assignment? Our communications are more effective when we take the time to consider the audience we are appealing to, and then outline and organize our ideas. In the real world, when our communication is more effective, it improves the chances of being able to accomplish the purpose behind our communication.

Taxing the WealthyI want to examine the taxes we levy against the wealthy and explore riaisng taxes on them. We should not tax the wealthy more than we already do. These 3 main claims all support my issue by being some of the main negative contributors to an unhealthy nation. We watch as world governments frivolously spend money and do not stick to any budgets. Giving them more money will not fix this issue. There is evidence to suggest taxing the wealthy and successful companies’ higher amounts make them leave the country to countries with less taxes leading to a motionless economy. I currently see resentment from poor and the middle-class nation and worldwide towards the rich. My main claims will examine how governments already waste most money and do not follow a budget, identify how raising taxes slows the economic growth for a country, and explore the possible class war situations such as the poor and middle class resenting the rich, and the rich who currently pay most of the tax bill, resenting the poor and middle class in return.The opposition’s argument that we should tax the wealthy more is based more off of emotion rather than facts. The counterargument is that raising taxes gives higher funds to go towards social programs to help the lower classes. This is admirable logic and the emotion behind it is sound and completely understandable. Kimberly Clausing, an American economist, says “Tax increases for those at the top can achieve two aims: providing revenue resources from those that have experienced the greatest gains in income, and countering economic and social inequalities.” I believe my arguments will counter these claims by using facts and history.We saw the economy sore with a tax reform in 2017 and it included less taxes for corporations and the wealthy. The stock market was soring and a lot of the poor and middle class ira’s and 401k’s skyrocketed showing that less taxes for the wealthy can lead to positive financial increases for those lower classes. We also saw many major companies such as Apple and Ford cancel plans for jobs outside the United States and keep them in the country which opened a lot of high paying jobs and a lot of those jobs were in areas that typically had lower cost of living wages. Higher paying jobs lead to more tax revenue as poorer and middle classes go up in pay and go into higher tax brackets. This is raisies lower classes into higher incomes which leads to more spending. More spending is critical for an economy to grow.I would like to address the history of tax increases using Thomas Sowell’s books that shows there is no correlation between tax rates and tax revenues. When the tax rate was highest in 1921 at 73 percent it brought in less revenue than after the tax rate was cut to 24 percent. Thomas Sowell, an American ecominsit, says “ That is because 24 percent of something is larger than 73% of nothing.” Wealthy people find better loopholes to not pay taxes when the rates are higher leading to less revenue. History has shown in the first example that people are willing to pay their taxes fairly when the rates are not unfair. These same loopholes do not apply to the poor and middle classes and this leads to the resentment towards the rich. “The top 1% of earners pay 25% of all taxes. The top 20% of earners pay 72% of all taxes.” (David Wessel, 2019)Lastly, I would like to talk about if the government received more revenue, which currently this is no evidence to support they would, how would they spend it, and would it be efficiently? Milton Friedman frequently examines the government’s general lack of fiscal discipline. When the government receives more revenue there is no budget or less spending. There is more spending. However, we can see when a company does well there is increases in pay for the workers and even bonus’ is when the company pays less taxes. This is a better way of increasing revenue as poor and middle class make more money and pay more taxes without loopholes to exploit. This would also lift families out of poverty and lessen the burden of the current welfare state.In conclusion I think from the evidence I explored, taxing companies and wealthy people more is not in the best interest of the people. We typically will see lower revenue, a higher distrust from lower classes to higher classes of people and more wild spending from the government who can not control spending whether getting more money or not. These issues will, can, and have lead to government distrust, an unhealthy attitude towards wealthy people, and companies putting money and jobs in countries without these issues. Allowing lower taxes will make our country more competitive in the world market and those profits will be seen as bonus’s and higher wages.“I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle.”

Questions to Answer:Who wrote the book this excerpt is from, March: Book 2, and why do you think they wrote it? When was it written? [Feel free to look this up online]Why do you think the authors chose to use a graphic novel format instead of the more traditional novel format for this book/story? Basically, what could a graphic novel provide that a regular novel could not?This excerpt focuses on leaders who played a role in the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom (whether supportive or unsupportive), as well as the events leading up to it. Who were those leaders and what role did they play? List each person that’s mentioned and how they felt about the March (so, whether they supported it or not).In the excerpt, there are some backgrounds in the panels that are either all white or all black, unlike the other backgrounds which tend to be in grayscale. What kind of ideas are presented in the panels with black backgrounds? White backgrounds? Why do you think the illustrator chose these particular colors to convey those ideas?The illustrator uses the size of the comic panels and their layout to emphasize important ideas. Which ideas seem to be emphasized by the illustrator most?The illustrator also uses different fonts and typefaces to emphasize important words or ideas. What type of words or ideas are put in bold or emphasized? Why do you think the illustrator chose to emphasize them?Finally, although this excerpt focuses on the leaders of the march, it ends with an image of the people participating in it taking over and actually beginning it without the leaders. In the end, who do you think actually lead the march: the people (the collective groups) or the leaders (the individuals)?

Pre-Writing ActivityAnswer the following questions (all three parts) in either a document or the text box below:Part 1-In Always Running, you read about Luis J. Rodriguez trying to bring about social change. Often, he tried to bring about this change with the help of others. Have you had an experience in your life when you (or, alternatively, seen an example personally of someone else) achieved a goal with the help of others? Who were they and what did they help with?Part 2-At the end of the day, though, it was Luis J. Rodriguez who ultimately brought about change in his own life and left his past life in gangs behind. Have you done something by yourself (or, alternatively, seen an example personally of someone else) that was successful which you were proud of? What was it and how did you (or the other person you saw) do it?Part 3-Overall, do you feel like you have seen major goals/achievements accomplished alone or with the help of others in your life?