Please complete the "Topic 2 Review" to prepare for Topic 2 Quiz. Find the answers in your textbook, lectures, and course readings. Cite the reference for any answers that are paraphrased or copied and pasted. It is important to cite your sources in order to avoid intentional or unintentional plagiarism, either of which is a violation of the University Code of Conduct. While GCU style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using GCU formatting guidelines, which can be found in the GCU Style Guide, located in the Student Success.
Major Paper #3--Summary/Response We will be working on this assignment for the next three units. In this unit, we will focus on the summary. In Unit 9, we will focus on the strong response. Unit 10 is designed to provide time for revision. The paper will be due at the end of Unit #10.
Essay 2: Taking a Position / 1,000-1,500 Words / 250 Points (25% of Total Grade) Due Date for Rough Draft (100 points): Friday, 22 May Taking a position is one of the basic components of virtually every argument. For this essay, you are required to take your own position on the issue that Nicholas Carr explores in “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”: the impacts of new digital technology on human intelligence, concentration, and memory. Your essay should develop a clear perspective on this issue, and you should include a description of whether or not you agree with Carr’s perspective, and why or why not. Your essays need to cite Carr’s argument in depth to provide support, detail, and context to your own position. Drafting Requirements: Students are expected to format their papers in MLA style: 12-pt. Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, uniform double-spacing, and page numbers in the upper-left-hand corner of each page. Include the following information in the class header on the first page: student name, class number and section, instructor name, due date, and word count. Students are required to cite their sources in MLA style: in-text citations and a works cited page are required elements of both drafts of this essay! Rubric: Content (Strength of ideas, claims, evidence, argumentation, etc.) = 50% Clarity (Focus and specificity of argument and its composition) = 35% Mechanics (MLA formatting and documentation, grammar and punctuation) = 15%
After reading Chapter 6 of "Looking at Movies" answer the following question: What do you think was the role of the D.P. in the making of any of the following movies (you choose one)?: *Hero (China, 2002) *Roma (México, 2018) *Spotlight (USA, 2015) In your answer include examples of the framing of different kinds of shots depending on the implied proximity to the camera (pp.203-207), lighting sources and lenses (pp.198-201), the camera angle and height (pp. 209-211), and camera movement (pp. 211-217). In your answer, when referring to the textbook, please include page numbers. At the beginning of your answer, please identify the name of the DP of the film. https://www.stclair-film.com/uploads/4/9/3/7/49376005/gfx-looking-at-movies-3rd-edition.pdf
First....Complete a practice observation:Read the following passage and list the biases you find on a scrap piece of paper: Spencer has been in a bad mood all day. When he came in, he cried as his mother took off his coat, and he was crabby when she left. He started in the block corner, where he didn’t like the way the kids were building, and kicked over Emily’s tower. When I took him aside, he tried to bite me on the hand—I guess he doesn’twant to be corrected because he’s in a bad mood and is crabby. Do not submit your practice observation......it is not necessary. Now...... Complete an observation of the room or location you are currently in. As you write your observation, try to remain objective in your assessment of the location / environment you are observing. This should be 1-paragraph....... NEXT Go back and read your 1-paragraph observation. Do you see any biases or judgments in your written observation? Is your observation subjective or objective? Note this. Task / Written Assignment: Submit your room observation [paragraph] and your assessment [1 paragraph] of your room observation, noting any biases you found - include what you learned about objectivity vs. subjectivity as it relates to observations [1-2 paragraphs]. Submit this 1-page reflection
1. Do you want to be remembered in two hundred years? (compound sentence with , fanboys) 2. How does "Ozymandias" and "I'm Nobody" differ in their attitudes toward memory? Does one poem embrace forgetfulness more than the other? (Complex sentence with a wwww.sub-a-beauti) 3. Do we remember the heroes of history, or the villains of history? Which do you think sticks in our collective memory more? (compound sentence with a ; fatcats, ) 4. Is there power in being a "nobody"? (Simple sentence) 5. Can you every truly know somebody? Will there always be mystery when we confront the "other?" (Complex sentence with a wwww.sub-a-beauti)
