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(1) this essay should discuss the economic background, development, significant events of the UK between the years 1750-1914 (2) the essay 5 pages limitation does not include a citation. (3) Body of paper supports the central thesis; brings to bear appropriate and persuasive evidence. Conceptual sophistication and engagement with the topic; recognition of limitations and counterarguments; thoughtfulness; originality of ideas. Explicit use of economic theories, models, and data. (4) please search sources on google scholar and make sure all the sources are scholarly. (5) please follow the MLA format citation rules strictly. (6) Assessment of the paper as a whole, including the soundness and sophistication of its arguments and its fit with the rhetoric of discourse in Economics. (7) Tone, terminology, and other language choices appropriate to professional economics, to the intended audience, and to the type of writing.

Final Writing Assignment For this assignment, you will compose a letter designed to recruit IDC students to join one of three unpopular student organizations and to support its agenda.  The organization which you will write about is assigned to your according to your last name. There will be no changes. 1.The STALP Collective STALP (Students Tired of Annoying Laptops) is dedicated to the prohibition of laptops anywhere on the IDC campus.    Students with last names starting with the letter A-G 2. CAFC  The Caucus for the Abolition of Free clothing attire. The Caucus seeks to eliminate distractions in college classrooms by requiring the IDC to wear IDC uniforms. H-R 3. MAFD The Male Female Divided wants IDC to separate male and female students in all classes on campus.   S-Z There will be two components to this assignment: Recruitment Letter Commentary/analysis Your recruitment letter must include six (6) different persuasive strategies discussed in the lectures and readings.  You can use tactics you studied elsewhere but they will not be counted. Each strategy must be used in the service of encouraging students to join the organization and/or endorse its cause.   In addition to your recruitment letter, you will also submit a commentary describing and analyzing the different strategies you used in the recruitment letter.   Papers should be submitted by Aug 21st, 12pm on Moodle Submissions are accepted ONLY as a WORD file. Papers submitted as a PDF will not be read.  ASSIGNMENTS TURNED IN LATE WILL BE PENALIZED 20% ON THE FIRST AND EACH SUBSEQUENT DAY THAT IT IS TURNED IN LATE.   The next page describes a series of requirements for the paper assignment.  Failure to satisfy these requirements will result in point penalties.  Please ask Sharon or Julia well in advance (NOT the night before the assignment is due!) if you have any questions about these requirements.  Also, failure to abide by the academic honesty policy described in the syllabus and maintained by the IDC will result in a grade of zero on the assignment and referral to the Dean of Students. Assignment Requirements The paper submitted must be in a WORD format. PDF will not be accepted. The paper will be submitted to the moodle.  You must use the following format for the recruitment letter and the commentary:  12-point Times New Roman font, half-spaced (NOT double-spaced) with narrow margins on all sides.   You must write about the organization assigned to you. There will be no switching. You must portray yourself as a recruitment officer – not the President, VP, etc. – of the organization described in your letter.  As a recruitment officer, you are not authorized to offer any rewards or bribes (gifts in the form of sports tickets, free meals, etc.) to people as an incentive to join the organization, nor are you allowed to make up fictional incentives (e.g., CAFC IDC members will have the opportunity to join a field trip to visit Rome and meet the Pope in the Vatican).  Your letter should focus exclusively on the merits of joining the organization based on a commitment to its cause. The recruitment letter must be no longer than 2 pages; the commentary must be no longer than 3 pages.  There is no lower page number boundary; however, if we think your letter or commentary is too brief to get the job done, we will count off. Your recruitment letter must include at least 6 (six) DIFFERENT strategies discussed in the lectures and/or readings.  You may use any strategy we have discussed EXCEPT for balance theory (which is too obvious) or deception (which isn’t persuasion per se) or granfalloon.  The deception here includes also “throwing a thrown ball”—if you promise something that you cannot fulfill. If you are not certain whether the strategies you’ve used are “different,” it is your obligation to contact us well before (NOT the night before) the assignment is due to find out.  If we deem two or more of your strategies not to be sufficiently different, you will get credit for only one.  You must use at least one persuasive appeal/strategy related to the source and at least one related to the heuristic of consistency and commitment. Persuasive appeals/approaches/tactics that were not discussed in our course—will not be counted.    Your commentary must identify each strategy/appeal (e.g., a door in the face, foot in the door, attractiveness, goodwill, authority, common ground, scarcity, social proof, strong language, etc.) used in your letter and describe the specific purpose(s) the strategy was used to achieve.  At a minimum, your description of each strategy should consist of at least two complete sentences.  You should start with a short theoretical explanation of each theory and tactic (e.g., what is the principle behind the door in the fact/scarcity/ etc and why it is persuasive. Then you need to explain how and why you applied this principle in your paper.  Your explanation needs to be specific and not vague. It is not sufficient to explain that you used the principle of liking because likable people are persuasive. You need to explain how you tried to achieve liking – by appealing to the audience’s common ground, or by choosing an attractive source, etc. Once again, if you chose an attractive source, you need to explain why attractive sources are likable and persuasive and how you tried to achieve that in your paper.    You may not lie under any circumstances.  Lies include falsifications and/or distortions of the truth about the student organization (e.g., Cell phones emit healthy radiation).  Also, you may not offer recruits bribes in any form (tickets, discounts, free food, etc.) as an incentive for joining the organization.  Lies here include using “a low ball.” Appeals on the grade given to you are accepted a week after you receive your grade and no longer than two weeks after you receive your grade. In other words, you have a week to appeal your grade. Grading Rubric We will use the following rubric to evaluate and grade your letter + commentary.   Assignment Component Possible Points Obtained Points Spelling, Grammar, Coherence Are the letter and commentary written in grammatical, coherent English sentences?  Has the assignment been spell-checked? 16 Strategy 1 Example / Commentary Is the example an acceptable instance of the strategy?  Is it different from the other strategies used?  Is the strategy correctly identified and adequately explained in the commentary? 14 Strategy 2 Example / Commentary 14 Strategy 3 Example / Commentary 14 Strategy 4 Example / Commentary 14 Strategy 5 Example / Commentary 14 Strategy 6 Example / Commentary 14 Lies/Deception/Bribes (-3 pts per instance) Total Score 100

First, find a definition of culture that resonates with you, you may conduct an Internet search. You are required to utilize APA formatting guidelines throughout this assignment.  Draft a short essay in a document of 250-300 words, which provides a direct quotation or paraphrase of the definition of culture that you researched. Be sure to include in-text citations in the current APA format. Provide your definition of culture and explain why this definition resonates with you. Why did you feel this particular definition best summarizes what culture means? Finally, using your definition as well as any relevant material from your Module 1 coursework, explain why the study of culture will benefit your professional career and/or your personal life. Include a “Reference” page with your short essay; document resources in current APA format.

Final Essay 39A Seward—“What makes an audience change their mind?”   Your task in this essay is to develop, present, and defend a well-crafted, complex theory[1] that answers your own narrow version of the course question above, using specific evidence from the course readings/chosen texts, your own work, and “real world” examples for support.   The focus, context[2], evidence, and argument of this essay will be entirely up to you[3], with the exception of a few rules. These are below:   You may not answer the above question directly (it’s too broad for this anyway); in fact, it’s vital for this assignment that you to translate the question into your own words. This will require establishing a narrow context and narrow, specific definitions of your key terms. Specifically, you are encouraged to define “people” (who are they specifically? Where are they? etc.), “change” (what is it specifically? where is it? How does it happen?) and the process of “making people changing their mind” (for the purposes of your argument, what does this mean specifically? Why does it matter?)   Your essay must make an argument about rhetoric, language, and words. Beyond this, the specifics of the focus, context, and argument are up to you. My advice: argue about people changing their mind via rhetoric/language/words in a specifically defined context (for example, as listeners to political speech in 2019 America—still a bit too broad, but on its way)   You must use at least two texts for support. You are welcome to use course readings or outside texts. For our purposes, a text is an example of art/rhetoric that is language-based. If you’re not sure if something you’d like to use is a text, come see me. You are encouraged to use diverse evidence beyond this (it will be hard to make a clear argument without more) and are also encouraged to use “real world” examples: political speech, art that uses writing to persuade (TV, advertisements, op-eds, etc.), writing from outside of the course—the list of possibilities goes on. If you’re not sure   Your essay should be in MLA format; all outside sources (including course readings) should be cited accordingly.   Your essay should be at least 5 pages long in the final version (there is no max page limit)     [1] We’ll discuss this more in the coming weeks, but for the purposes of this essay think of your theory as a claim about how a specific rhetorical process works and why it matters.   [2] Context will continue to be significant in 39B/39C and matters greatly here. For the purposes of our course, we’ll define context using the Google Dictionary definition: “the circumstances that form the setting for an event, statement, or idea, and in terms of which it can be fully understood and assessed.” As you can see, defining the context in as much detail as possible will be key for developing your theory and argument for this assignment.    [3] You are encouraged to apply any and all techniques from the Three Imitations or the “Consider the _____” Imitation in this assignment. We will also look at model essays in the coming weeks that present and defend narrow theories and use many of the techniques we’ve focused in the last six or so weeks: the use of detail to persuade and control/shift audience perspective; detail to convey emotion; the mixture of personal detail/evidence and more “academic” evidence; strong voice; direct address of audience; use of questions to convey significance; diverse use of evidence; etc. If you’re into a tool not on this list, use it!

Discuss 6.1: Job Market Strategy 1 1 unread reply. 1 1 reply. Prompt Do an Internet search for (1) jobs that interest you and (2) potential resume layouts. In your post, describe one job listing that particularly caught your attention. What are the experiential and educational requirements for the job? What would you need to include on your resume if you applied for it? What did you notice as you looked at sample resumes? Provide a link to a resume that you would like to model your own after.

Is God a natural or unnatural occurrence? How do religion and science define human existence? Write the conclusion paragraph for the essay + fill in the instructions that are in bold (other than the conclusion, there is one in the second paragraph.) The 1 source that needs to be used is the one linked in the second paragraph. It only needs to be mentioned there. Once again, please read the essay in its entirety and write the conclusion paragraph. Please don’t just pull from the introduction paragraph. And please briefly explain how art and religion are connected in the small section of the second paragraph, by utilizing the linked article.

Formatting: Essay should be typed in 12 pt. Times New Roman typeface, line spacing 1.5 to 2, paginated throughout.  Works Cited: The work cited must have at least 2 hard copy and 2 internet sources. A minimum of 2 sources must be cited and engaged within the body of the text (must be written in MLA Handbook style). PERSONAL NOTE: The main character is Rachel. PART 1 – THE CRITICAL ESSAY. It should be a substantial, cohesive discourse, defining the nature and scope of your Thesis. Please respond in a detailed and comprehensive essay, answering all questions in each section. (12-page minimum) A) Statement of Purpose The Thesis statement should be an introduction explaining your concept, and should articulate a significant and compelling belief or idea; this is your film’s message. Clearly declare a message. Illustrate the purpose of your thesis and how you will use your story to support your message. Introduce the academic research used to support the overall message of your thesis project. B) Supportive Arguments Distinctly support your opening statement with thorough research. How did you use your original script to create and support your overall message? Did that change when the project became a series of monologues? If so, how? C) Methodology/Creation of the Role and Film Project  How did you apply your acting education? Describe your process for finding and evaluating the visual inspiration and images in your look book including mood, color palette, lighting, production design, wardrobe, props, etc. From your original script, discuss how the images you used as inspiration helped to create context for the historic, economic, social, and ideological concepts in your film. Were you able to apply those images to the series of monologues? If so, how? Detail how your knowledge of cinematic arts played a role in the development of your original script. This includes screenwriting, cinematography, lighting, production design, costuming, sound design, scoring, editing, and any other elements of film craft. Were you able to apply those images to the series of monologues? If so, how? Discuss the acting techniques you have been exposed to. Explain the theories, methods, and techniques you applied and how you actively engaged with them. Be sure to cite sources you have learned from your curriculum. Support acting theories with related research. Be specific. D) Critical Reflections Consider the story and the protagonist you developed; does the final product of your efforts (as a writer, actor, producer) create the experience you wanted to create for your audience? How did it change with the series of monologues? What challenges did you meet in order to transform your idea into a final film? What unexpected aspects of the project influenced your ability to communicate your artistic message? What were the demands of the role physically and emotionally? How did the creation of this role help you develop as a performer? Did the experience broaden your viewpoint as an artist, affirm your path, open up new possibilities for you? What were the challenges to you as a creative artist in achieving your final product and how did you meet those challenges? E) Conclusion This project has taken you on an artistic journey, and the film you’ve created is an artifact of that journey. Return to your opening statement and discuss the conclusions you have come to, based on your initial artistic message. Were your outcomes in this process as you expected? What new questions arise for you have gone through this process? How did the thesis project influence the career choices you will be pursuing after college? PART 2 – Full Character Analysis and Character Biography (for the main character you portrayed, must be a minimum of 4 pages).

What should be the limit on free speech in the college classroom and why? Is free speech in the college classroom okay?

In 12 point type with 1.5 line spaces, and must include a bibliography using no less than 5 sources. These sources should be economics journal articles and scholarly books. Wikipedia may be used for background information, but may not be included among the 5 sources. Begin your search for sources using the EconLit database available on the AU Library website under “Search databases”. For some policy questions, it may be difficult to find 5 scholarly sources. If you cannot find enough economics journal articles, give preference to journal articles in other academic fields such as law, political science, and sociology. Also, use reputable media outlets such as The Economist, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Financial Times, Business Week, and the like. Citation style: All quotations, and all significant ideas or facts taken from your sources, must be acknowledged. You may use an abbreviated style. For example, if you are citing Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel, published in 1999, you may write (Diamond 1999, p. 3) in the text, and then include the full citation in a bibliography at the end of the text. “I do not insist on a particular citation style, as long as you use one style consistently and carefully cite sources used. MLA, Chicago, and any other recognized style may be used.” Student Debt: Discuss the pros and cons of direct Government action to decrease student debt, and/or to make some forms of college education free. Pay attention to which students have incurred debt. Do you think the debt of law or medical students should get the same treatment as the debt of undergraduates? Discuss at least two proposals for change. Student debt Federal grant funding for a college education has fallen while college costs have risen. Which students are most indebted? Which students account for the largest part of the total of student debt? How is increased student debt affecting labor market outcomes and living conditions for students once they graduate? To what extent is increased student debt an important generator of economic inequality?

ASSIGNMENT: Write a 4-6 page (approximately 1000-1500 word) argumentative essay using the classical model supported by evidence and research. Sample Argumentative Essay A. Instructions Remember the word “argument” does not mean a fight in a writing context. An academic argument is more like a thoughtful conversation between two people with differing viewpoints on a debatable issue. However, you are required to take a position on one side of the issue. In order to foster learning and growth, all essays you submit must be newly written specifically for this course. Any recycled work will be sent back with a 0, and you will be given one attempt to redo the touchstone. Your submission must include an APA style reference page following the essay. In your research, you will need 2-4 credible primary or secondary sources to use as support in your essay. On a separate page, below your reference page, include thoughtful answers to the Think About Your Writing questions. References and Think About Your Writing questions are NOT included in the word count for this essay. B. Think About Your Writing Below your reference page, include answers to all of the following reflection questions. 1. What have you learned about how to present a strong argument? How could/will you apply this knowledge in your professional or everyday life (3-4 sentences)? Sophia says: Think about the specific skills and techniques that you used while developing and writing your essay. What tools will you take with you from this experience? 2. Consider the English Composition I course as a whole. What have you learned about yourself as a writer (5-6 sentences)? Sophia says: What did you learn that surprised you? Is there anything that you have struggled with in the past that you now feel more confident about? C. Argumentative Essay Guidelines Refer to the checklist below throughout the writing process. Do not submit your research essay until it meets these guidelines. Print this checklist! Argumentative Topic and Thesis Statement ? Have you included a thesis that takes a clear, specific position on one side of a debatable issue? Argument Development ? Are all of the details relevant to the purpose of your essay? ? Is the argument supported using rhetorical appeals and source material? ? Is your essay 4-6 pages (approximately 1000-1500 words)? If not, which details do you need to add or delete? Research ? Have you cited outside sources effectively using a quotation, summary, or paraphrase? ? Are the sources incorporated smoothly, providing the reader with signal phrases and context for the source information? ? Have you referenced a range of 2-4 credible sources? ? Have you included an APA style reference page below your essay? Organization and Flow ? Is there an introduction, conclusion, adequate body paragraphs, and a counterargument? ? Is the argument presented in a logical order and easy for the reader to follow? ? Are there transitions within and between paragraphs? Style ? Are the word choices accurate and effective? ? Are the sentence structures varied? Conventions and Formatting ? Have you properly cited your sources according to APA style guidelines? ? Have you double-checked for correct grammar, punctuation, spelling, formatting, and capitalization? ? Have you proofread for typos? Before You Submit ? Have you answered all of the Think About Your Writing questions on a separate page below your reference page? Are your answers thoughtful and included insights, observations, and/or examples in all responses? ? Does your submission include your essay, followed by your reference page, followed by your Think About Your Writing questions?