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1. King's "Letter" is considered to be an excellent example of a Rogerian argument. Where does King find "common ground" with his audience? What effect does the common ground have on his argument? The Rogerian model has been called "wishy-washy." Is King's letter wishy-washy? Why or why not? Use the text to support your position. 2. What is the argument culture according to Tannen? And why is she worried about it? 3. What is Tannen’s exigency? What is motivating her to write this piece? How has the argument culture evolved since Tannen wrote this piece? 4. Go online to social media (Facebook “discussion”, a news site with a comments function, etc.) Identify an example of the argument culture. What is being argued? How are differences discussed? Do the sides attempt to find common ground? What resulted from the argument? Use examples from social media to support your case. Martin Luther King, Jr's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html

Due date: Sunday FEb 28 at 11:59PM At FIU, in a Gordon Rule course, writing will be evaluated based on the following characteristics: Driven by a clear thesis or controlling idea. Supports thesis with adequate reasons and evidence. Displays sustained analysis and critical thought. Is organized clearly and logically. Shows knowledge of conventions of formal written English. Shows awareness of disciplinary conventions in regard to content, style, form, and delivery method. Resources:  https://www.ted.com/talks/paul_lewis_how_mobile_phones_helped_solve_two_murders https://www.ted.com/talks/ben_goldacre_battling_bad_science/transcript?language=en https://www.ted.com/talks/cynthia_schneider_the_surprising_spread_of_idol_tv Book: Chapters 8 and 9 (Attached)  Rubric (Attached)  This assignment contributes to the Gordon Rule with Writing (GRW) requirement and will count as 15% towards your overall grade. To help you understand the media message, watch one episode of a reality show and one episode of a news program.  You will need to compare and contrast the episodes you watched. Respond to the following questions in essay format in APA style: What emotions were triggered when you watched both episodes? Do you think these emotions were planned by the producers of the show? If so, what language was used to incite these emotions? Do you feel like you were led to a particular conclusion rather than left to make up your own mind? How so? Was information presented in meaningful context when comparing both shows? Was the information presented in a way that was factual, informative, descriptive, persuasive, coercive? Why? Directions for Critical Thinking Activity #2: Word count: 400. Going under or over the word count will be counted against your overall grade for the assignment. Use Times New Roman size 12 pt. double-spaced. Essay can be written in first-person. Must be written in APA style. Submit it as a Word document ONLY. Essay should have proper punctuation, grammar, and structure. It should NOT be one huge paragraph. Practice the proper writing skills you learned in ENC 1101 & ENC 1102. Similarity index within TurnItIn should be 25% or lower. Higher similarity indexes will receive an automatic zero.

You need to read the story below attached and choose some paragraphs and write your thoughts/arguments about it in the essay which needs to be 3 pages. Here are the details:   Reasoning Inductively: Reading (and Writing) Between the Lines In order to write effectively about literature, you’ll need to learn how to write sustained, in-depth, careful interpretations of excerpts from literary works; so, you’ll need to become adept at explicating: at commenting on a short passage, line by line, to reveal to your readers the underlying meanings and significance of individual words and phrases. This first essay asks you to do just that—to start gearing up for the longer essays by working on your ability to write a thorough, critical explication. Assignment: Write an explication of an important passage (a few important lines) from “Territory” or “Silver Water,” analyzing for inferences, for what individual words and phrases suggest or imply, and, in your conclusion, ultimately explaining the passage’s importance to the meaning of the story as a whole. In doing so, I’d like you to, first, type out the passage you’ll be explicating (at the top of the page), and then explicate/interpret/explain it, line by line. Suggestions: You’ll want to organize this paper inductively—meaning, you’ll start with the specific evidence first, and then analyze this evidence, reasoning your way to a more general thesis/conclusion at the end of your essay. In doing so, I’d like you to identify, early in your essay, the title of the work and the author’s name. Also, be sure to consider how to break up your body paragraphs, since you’ll need to organize your analysis into separate chunks (again, you should pick just a short passage—no more than a paragraph or perhaps even just a few sentences). In addition, you should carefully quote specific words and/or phrases in order to show the relationship between the original text and your interpretations. Typically, you should analyze a line or even a phrase at a time. Be sure to notice details: What do particular words and phrases suggest? What else do they suggest? What do these words/phrases reveal about the characters, the setting, symbolism, foreshadowing, etc.? Then, at the end of the explication (in your “conclusion”), you’ll make a more general claim about the work as a whole: How does the passage contribute to your understanding of the short story as a whole? Why is this passage important, in other words? On this essay, you’ll be working on the following skills: reading between the lines, making inferences, thinking critically; reasoning/organizing inductively by starting off with a specific passage and then explaining the deeper underlying meanings and implications of the specific textual evidence (and offering clear, logical reasons why the text means what you say it means); reaching a coherent, insightful conclusion/thesis about the general meaning of the story;   quoting, paraphrasing, and citing your literary source; and, of course, organizing your essay in a logical manner and editing carefully for grammar, punctuation, and spelling.

PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING POST OF ANOTHER CLASSMATE IN 100 WORDS OR MORE:  1. 'Unwomen' are any women who go against the Gilead gender roles and rules. Offreds mother was an independent strong willed single mother, who was also an activist. This goes against how Gilead wanted their women to behave. The Aunts mute the 'unwomen' in the film because they're thoughts and feelings are considered worthless in Gilead.   2. I understand why Offred would be excited for 'Birth Day' because any birth, regardless of the situation is special. It also allows them to break from their normal routine, which given their life, can be a big deal. Of course she would need to prepare emotionally and physically because assisting anyone with a birth can be taxing. I do not think Offred is a true believer but I do think she wants a child, to simply have a child. Which is why she there and if she doesn't have a child, she will be moved and she only recently developed a working relationship with the Commander.  3. "He was not a monster, to her. Probably had some endearing trait." The relationship between the Commander and Offred is changing as Offred is attempting to cope while also trying to navigate the complexities of her new life. The thought that she maybe trying to find something endearing about the Commander is a hard concept. Especially considering he is part of the reason Offred lost her freedom and help build the foundation of Gilead.  4. Offred felt that she became her husbands property after the government ban her from working or having control over her own money is interesting. We all know the cost of living and many people live in a two income household. The fact she was no longer allow to work or use money would be a hard concept for anyone to have to deal with. However, I do not think she reflected on the fact that her husband was accepting of his finacinal responsibly to care not only for her but their daughter and was willing to do so. She seemed more focused on her lack of control. Moria on the other hand just blames men in general. This time period in the book reminded me of the "Walk to Freedom" and the civil rights movement lead by Martin Luther King.  5. The Commander's explanation for Gilead is garbage. There is no justification for slavery. 6. In the passage Offred is describing love as not only a feeling but something felt through physical touch, something tangible that you yearn for. The contemporary concept of love is similar to religion, to understand love is to understand religion and to know love, is to know pain. All three of them are intertwined but it is hard to say if they are rational or not.  7. Do you think Offred really loves Nick or using him? 

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 1) Describe your first impression of the location. 2) Describe your immediate reaction to the people and how you were able to communicate with them. 3) If you had a chance to do it over, what would you do differently? 4) How has this experience and what you have learned in this course changed your perspective of intercultural communication? 

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Introduction: background/context.  Devote one sentence to an overview of the First Amendment and public college campuses.  A couple sentences that provide an overview of the Rasmussen and his tweet.  Thesis statement. Body paragraph 1: fully explain the First Amendment and how it functions on a public college campus.  Very few limitations (threatening an individual) but otherwise, you are allowed to say what you want without fear of governmental repercussions.  A democracy values everyone’s ideas and opinions, so allowing everyone to express themselves in school models the values of democracy (ACLU).  Body paragraph 2: Harm of allowing Rasmussen to keep his job.  Rasmussen’s bias could manifest in worse grades for female students and therefore negatively impact their education.  In the classroom, students might not feel respected and therefore become disinvested in succeeding in that class. Body paragraph 3: Benefit of allowing Rasmussen to keep his job.  Debate his ideas and prove him wrong.  His public announcement of bias allows female students to make the choice not to enroll in his class. Body paragraph 4: Harper values respect.  Quote from the Harper website (respect).  We can respect his ideas but he doesn’t appear to respect other people’s.  Conclusion: If we want all students to be treated with respect but also need to enforce Freedom of Speech, what can we do?  Can’t fire him for what he says but we can fire him if he doesn’t do his job. IU’s solutions: double blind grading and alternative class (quote the article).  Explain how this eliminates bias.  Drawbacks – this costs of the college money. Students can boycott his class.  If students don’t enroll, Rasmussen won’t have a class to teach and can lose his job.  Historical analysis of the grades his students have earned.  If there is clear bias, then he can be dealt with. 

 After researching the life of Rosa Parks, you will select a template  from canva.com to create either an infographic(two pages) or  brochure(two pages) on the life of Rosa Parks. Parks was more than the  moment on the bus so please make sure to thoroughly research her life  and activism. Either option should be packed with details and include at  least one picture of Parks. Make sure that your picture is actually of  Rosa Parks and not Claudette Colvin