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Essay 2 Prompt: Youth in Revolt: The Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Rhetoric is about how a writer/speaker attempts to communicate a message, or a call to action, to an audience. In this essay you will analyze what rhetorical strategies your chosen writer/speaker uses to deliver their message, and draw conclusions about how effectively they communicate that message via their speech, and to what extent you believe they have moved their audience – including you – to take action.

Remember that even your Exploratory Draft should include an introduction with a general reader in mind (someone not in class, who has not seen/heard the speech). This will invite your reader into your analysis. In the beginning of this essay, you should also provide critical context about your speaker and the rhetorical occasion for the speech. In other words, why, SPECIFICALLY, are they making this speech, at this point, and to what end?

You should then go on to discuss and analyze how the speech works, focusing on discussion and analysis of their most important, or powerful rhetorical moves/ choices/ moments. Help the reader understand how these choices work in their speech rhetorically; in other words, do they help them appeal to their audience’s emotions (pathos) or logic/ intellect (logos)? Or do they help reach their audience by establishing their credibility and character, and authorizing them as someone they should listen to and take seriously (ethos)? Or some combination of these? You’ll need to support your claims and observations by citing specific evidence and examples from the speech itself [and using direct quotes as support throughout].

Don’t forget that because this is a speech, it is also a performance of sorts: attend to any other choices the speaker makes in their performance or delivery (for example, pounding on the podium, asking for audience response, repetitions or silences, making certain choices about clothing or appearance) if you think they significantly contribute to the rhetorical power or effectiveness of the speech.

Notes:

Your Exploratory Draft is due by class time on TH 3/16 You are required to bring a copy to class for peer review and also to upload it to Canvas. You should aim for a minimum of two double-spaced pages in your Exploratory Draft, and of course, feel free to go longer. Essay 2 Prompt: Youth in Revolt: The Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Rhetoric is about how a writer/speaker attempts to communicate a message, or a call to action, to an audience. In this essay you will analyze what rhetorical strategies your chosen writer/speaker uses to deliver their message, and draw conclusions about how effectively they communicate that message via their speech, and to what extent you believe they have moved their audience – including you – to take action.

Remember that even your Exploratory Draft should include an introduction with a general reader in mind (someone not in class, who has not seen/heard the speech). This will invite your reader into your analysis. In the beginning of this essay, you should also provide critical context about your speaker and the rhetorical occasion for the speech. In other words, why, SPECIFICALLY, are they making this speech, at this point, and to what end?

You should then go on to discuss and analyze how the speech works, focusing on discussion and analysis of their most important, or powerful rhetorical moves/ choices/ moments. Help the reader understand how these choices work in their speech rhetorically; in other words, do they help them appeal to their audience’s emotions (pathos) or logic/ intellect (logos)? Or do they help reach their audience by establishing their credibility and character, and authorizing them as someone they should listen to and take seriously (ethos)? Or some combination of these? You’ll need to support your claims and observations by citing specific evidence and examples from the speech itself [and using direct quotes as support throughout].

Don’t forget that because this is a speech, it is also a performance of sorts: attend to any other choices the speaker makes in their performance or delivery (for example, pounding on the podium, asking for audience response, repetitions or silences, making certain choices about clothing or appearance) if you think they significantly contribute to the rhetorical power or effectiveness of the speech.

Notes:

Your Exploratory Draft is due by class time on TH 3/16 You are required to bring a copy to class for peer review and also to upload it to Canvas. You should aim for a minimum of two double-spaced pages in your Exploratory Draft, and of course, feel free to go longer. Essay 2 Prompt: Youth in Revolt: The Rhetorical Analysis Essay

Rhetoric is about how a writer/speaker attempts to communicate a message, or a call to action, to an audience. In this essay you will analyze what rhetorical strategies your chosen writer/speaker uses to deliver their message, and draw conclusions about how effectively they communicate that message via their speech, and to what extent you believe they have moved their audience – including you – to take action.

Remember that even your Exploratory Draft should include an introduction with a general reader in mind (someone not in class, who has not seen/heard the speech). This will invite your reader into your analysis. In the beginning of this essay, you should also provide critical context about your speaker and the rhetorical occasion for the speech. In other words, why, SPECIFICALLY, are they making this speech, at this point, and to what end?

You should then go on to discuss and analyze how the speech works, focusing on discussion and analysis of their most important, or powerful rhetorical moves/ choices/ moments. Help the reader understand how these choices work in their speech rhetorically; in other words, do they help them appeal to their audience’s emotions (pathos) or logic/ intellect (logos)? Or do they help reach their audience by establishing their credibility and character, and authorizing them as someone they should listen to and take seriously (ethos)? Or some combination of these? You’ll need to support your claims and observations by citing specific evidence and examples from the speech itself [and using direct quotes as support throughout].

Don’t forget that because this is a speech, it is also a performance of sorts: attend to any other choices the speaker makes in their performance or delivery (for example, pounding on the podium, asking for audience response, repetitions or silences, making certain choices about clothing or appearance) if you think they significantly contribute to the rhetorical power or effectiveness of the speech.

Notes:

Your Exploratory Draft is due by class time on TH 3/16 You are required to bring a copy to class for peer review and also to upload it to Canvas. You should aim for a minimum of two double-spaced pages in your Exploratory Draft, and of course, feel free to go longer.

link to the video below:

Dying to Be Thin (Everyone will watch this video for their 1st Reaction Paper.) Find a recent article related to this and use it Writing Assignment-Reaction Papers. You will be expected to watch one assigned video (see below) write a 5 page paper (APA style) . Each one of these will have specific questions you will answer in the paper – See each Video. You are also expected to find a second reference (The first being the video itself) related to the specific question. Remember to answer the following questions for any and ALL Reaction in your paper: How did this video impact your Christian perspective? Are there “life lessons” to be learned from this video? The victims in the video were mostly women. How do eating disorders affect men?

What did you watch that was related to Psychology? What surprised you? What shocked you? Did you learn any new words or phrases (like “McHangover”)? What did you like? What did you find discomforting or disturbing? What did you find funny? Was there anything that the video should have spent more time on? Is this a video that should be “required” viewing in high school or college? What did you take away from this video that will influence your future thinking or your outlook on certain subjects?

The 2nd reference, which is to be an article from a scientific journal (not People or Psychology Today) is to be discussed also in the paper and how it relates to the subject matter in the video

Assume that you are preparing a report for your boss or for a client on the topic of
concrete, types of, building components, systems to place it and failures. You will
need to discuss the following points specifically:

A one and a half to two page, single spaced, typed report should be adequate to
present the answers to the below criteria required in your report (use your cumulative
knowledge from class).

a. What is the material “concrete”?
Discuss the physical properties (types of cement, water cement ratio,
strengths/weaknesses) and use this in your failure and corrective action analysis
(part d).
b. What type of building systems is concrete used in and why (not related to your
failure analysis)? (think about attributes (walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, retaining
walls, etc.), costs, maintenance, durability, etc.)
c. What types of methods are used to place concrete (make sure you discuss
formwork as well). For example chute placement, wheel barrow, pumping, crane
hoist, other.
d. Identify a concrete failure based on the following parameters. Limit your search
to buildings, roads, and flatwork. Answer questions like, did they use the correct
cement type, additives, etc. Were there limitations based on the best available
technology in concrete at the time of construction? Was the failure caused by
something other than the concrete? Think of soils and compaction, change of use,
etc.

i. This is not an internet search. You should physically find a concrete
failure to analyze.
ii. Discuss a possible reason(s) for the failure.
iii. Discuss a possible corrective action(s).
Your report should be concise, accurate, and professionally presented.

2. Your grade will be based on the report:
Include all required information in the memo heading (Standard Format)
Content (5 points)
Neatness and professional delivery (5 points) 12 font, Times New Roman, 1” -2
Spelling, grammar, and accuracy in construction terminology (5 points)
Appropriateness of comments (5 points)

3. FIELD REPORT FORMAT EXAMPLE
Date: March XX, 2023
To: Dr. Fantz
From: Individual student name as required
Reference: Concrete Failure: material, types, systems, and placement.
What is the material “Concrete”?
Discuss the physical properties (types of cement, water cement ratio,
strengths/weaknesses) and use this in your failure and corrective action analysis.
What type of building systems, not related to the failure, is concrete used in and why?
Think about building attributes (walls, floors, ceilings, roofs, retaining walls, etc.),
first costs, maintenance, durability, etc.
What types of methods are used to place concrete?
For example chute placement, wheel barrow, pumping, crane hoist, other. Make sure
you discuss formwork as well (bank pour, wood forms, steel).

Failure Description- The location of the concrete failure is twenty steps outside Clark buliding (C wing). It is a brick that has replaced the concrete. This is due to weather eroding the concrete. A lot of students walk across this area because it is in the middle of campus. There are other bricks along the side of Clark that have replaced the concrete.

This should be written in paragraph form (do not use bullets) and include the following
information:
 Location of the failure. (For instance: Twenty paces South of the entry to
Guggenheim Hall). Provide a photo of the failure.
 Describe in detail the type of failure observed.
 Indicate if there are failures of a similar nature close to the failure on which you are
reporting.
 Is this an area that receives vehicular as well as pedestrian traffic? If the failure is in
a structure, what is the age of the structure? Was there a change of use? (examples
only, not a complete list of questions you should ask yourself)

Proposed Reason for Failure
Present one or more possible reasons for the failure. State why you have presented this
reason or reasons for the failure. For example: “I believe this failure was caused by
differential settling or inadequate compaction of the subgrade. I believe this is the case
because the concrete is lower on one side of the crack than the other.” Other potential
reasons for the failure include: the correct cement type (would our modern types make a
difference in the failure), additives, water-cement ratio, aggregate gradation, insufficient
air content, etc. Students that have no construction or engineering experience may rely on
information from the text, a journal or a web site, but any sources used should be cited
(e.g. Journal of Construction, July, 2003.)
Conclusions and Recommendations
Present possible way(s) to avoid this type of failure in the future. Propose possible
corrective action. If corrective action is not possible, state this and indicate why.
Your report should be concise, accurate, and professionally presented.

ANSWER QUESTIONS BELOW
I HAVE PROVIDED 3 SOURCES
ALL WORK USED MUST BE CITED. IF YOU FAIL TO CITE SOURCES, INCLUDING ANY SOURCES FROM OUTSIDE OF CLASS, YOUR GRADE WILL DEFAULT TO ZERO.

What, exactly, is a gang and what impact do they have on communities?
How have scholars approached the study of gangs and how has that study changed in recent years?
Is there a consensus on what a gang is compared to, say, other groups?

Dr. Kent
History 205
Spring 2023
Book Review Assignment Sheet for Looking Like the Enemy
ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW
• For this assignment, you will be writing on a 3-5 page, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font book review on ONE of the two (fascinating!) books which we’ll be reading over the course of the semester: Mary Matsuda Gruenewald’s Looking Like the Enemy or John Lewis’s March. Your paper must be submitted in Microsoft Word format.
• You will be signing up for the book you’d prefer to work on by Sunday, January 22nd at 11:59 p.m., via the following Google Doc:
Please be sure to note down the deadline by which your paper will be due in your own personal calendar (you will all be working to different deadlines for this assignment, so Canvas will not provide you with a reminder about when your specific primary source paper will be due!)
• You will be writing on EITHER Gruenewald’s book (for Sunday, March 19th at 11:59 p.m.) or Lewis’s book (for Sunday, April 16th at 11:59 p.m.) If you do not remember which book you are writing on, please see the sign-up sheet, available on Canvas, Modules, “Course Assignments and Syllabus” tab!
• You will submit your book review through Canvas, via the “Assignments” section. Please let me know if you have any difficulties uploading your assignment through this portion of the site!
• You will have the OPTION of submitting a revised version of your paper to me, for a potentially revised grade, two weeks after you receive my comments back on your paper. Doing so is entirely optional, but you are more than welcome to do so if you wish! I will let you know what your optional revision deadline is, once you have received your assignment comments back from me on Canvas. If you choose to undertake them, you will upload your optional revisions to me via the same tab where you submitted the initial version of your paper via Canvas, the Assignments section.
• Quoting from your book in your review will be a vital part of the success of your review—providing specifics and evidence from the text will be invaluable to making your points about the book. When quoting from the book, you can use whatever format you are most comfortable with (Chicago, MLA, etc.—footnotes, parenthetical, etc.)—but please be consistent in your citation format. There is no need to provide me with a bibliography when quoting from one of our course texts (Gruenewald or Lewis), and I am not expecting you to do outside research for this review.
ASSIGNMENT DETAILS
In your paper, you will do the following:
• 1) Discuss what you feel the THREE MAIN POINTS of the book are. If you had to distill the overall message and content of the book into THREE main themes, ideas, or concepts, what would they be, and what does your author have to say about these points?
For example, say that I’d assigned you a memoir written by a Civil War veteran in 1877. (Which, alas, I did not. If only we had infinite time, to read an infinite number of books!) You might discuss how the primary points of this memoir were the memoirist’s justifications of the Union cause, his praise for Lincoln’s presidency, and his opinions on Reconstruction policies in the South.
Please note that I am not looking for any specific main points here. If you don’t mention the same three specific points as your classmate writing on the same book (or the same three specific points that I might come up with), that’s totally fine. The most important thing is that you discuss three things which you think are the most important in the text.
• 2) Reflect on the INTENDED AUDIENCE of your book is. Who does the author seem to speaking to, in their text? Who are they assuming and hoping will be reading their book? And how can we tell who this audience (or who these audiences, if there seems to be more than one) is? (I.e., is Gruenewald talking to readers familiar with Japanese-American internment, or those who are not? I.e., “I think Gruenewald is addressing herself in part to readers who were also alive during WWII, and also experienced internment and discrimination. She seems to be doing so as in the text she….”)
• 3) Assess what you felt the primary STRENGTHS AND WEAKNESSES OF THE TEXT WERE. Please note that this does not mean something in the “I hated this book”/“I loved this book.” Perfectly legitimate to hate or love the book, as the case may be, but you will go deeper than that in your analysis than a straightforward “This was great” or “This was awful.”
Your analysis will center on what about the book was the most effective, engaging, and useful—and/or the least useful, compelling, or valuable. Is the book organized well? Does it make the points it wants to make effectively? Does it succeed in accomplishing what the author hoped to accomplish (educating its readers about their experiences of internment and in the civil rights movement, etc.?)
So for example, your assessment of the book’s strengths and weaknesses might be something in the vein of: “One of the things which I felt was most useful about the book was Gruenewald’s discussion of how internment impacted women. By telling stories about how her mother’s experiences were different from her father’s, Gruenewald illuminates the gender-specific impacts of internment on women. For example…” or “One of the things I thought was the least effective of Lewis’s book was how he did not discuss what initially motivated him to join the civil rights movement. I wish he had said more connecting his childhood experiences to his later work in the civil rights movement. For example…”

Term paper in Security management

Active shooting or terrorist Attack: Take one incident and describe the reasons, means types of weapons used, and the psychological background of the perpetrator, or perpetrators. Complete an in-depth study of the event.
OR
Special Event: Place yourself in the position of Director of Security for a large public venue. You are informed that a major special event will be taking place at your facility. You need to produce a security plan for the event.
for the paper include the following
a. type of event i.e, Super Bowl, or other sporting events, Rock Concert, Political Event.
b. Include details for the press and media admission and where they will be placed.
c. Transportation to and from the event for the public, ( private parking, public transportation use).
d. Admitting and seating of the public.
e. Credentialing
g. Crowd control, guard placement etc…
h. Exiting from the event.
i. Emergency preparedness, Emergency evacuation, handling of bomb threats, disruptive/ intoxicated fans.
First aid and other medical emergencies

Case Studies (Case 1 Due: March 19; Case 2 Due: April 2)
You will write a case analysis report for two assigned cases. These should each be submitted as a five
section document for each case. For this course, please submit five bullet points per section (not
narrative here) and do not deviate from this format:
• Section 1 – Introduction to the Organization
• Section 2 – Leadership Problems/Issues Facing the Organization
• Section 3 – Recommendations
• Section 4 – Metrics or indicators of Success (may be quantitative or qualitative)
• Section 5 – Anticipated Outcomes
The following will be used to evaluate your submissions:
• The extent to which you get your points across with concise and precise language
• Reasonableness of recommendations, metrics/indicators, and outcomes

For this assignment. You are required to write a reaction paper. This reaction paper is a combination of summary and your detailed, informed reaction to a cultural psychology research article of your choosing.

CHOOSING AN ARTICLE

You may choose any research paper published within the last 10 years that is concerned with cultural psychology or cross cultural research.

Must rely on academic references. paper you refer to should appear in scientific, peer reviewed journals. textbook and magazines are inappropriate for this assignment.

Ask yourself questions as you read. What are the researchers assumptions? How does the article contribute to the field? Are the findings generalizable, and to whom? Are the conclusions valid and based on the results ? Is it important to pay attention to the graphs and tables because they can help you better assess the researchers claims.

Reaction paper must include summary of article (purpose of the study, methods, results, conclusions) along with your reaction to or critique of the article.

-Your summary of the article can not be less then one page each
-Summary should provide a through examination of the purpose of the study, research questions methodology results and conclusion
-Your critique cannot merely be I agree with the authors or this article was interesting. Presents an argument and provide supporting statements that reflect your knowledge of cross cultural research, based on current readings and lectures.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR APPLICATION PAPERS
Sociological Theories
The application papers are intended for you to examine two specific theoretical concepts introduced in the reading or in lecture and “apply” or “use” them to understand a “real world” social issue found in the media. In writing each application paper you will be expected to demonstrate: (1) an accurate understanding of your chosen concept(s) and (2) an ability to use the concepts to “frame” the social issue being presented. Basically, you’ll demonstrate how your concepts help us to gain new insight into something that’s happening in the world today – or at least in mediated depictions of our world.
The paper has to be 4-6 pages long. It must be typed (double-spaced, 1 inch margins, 11-12 point New Times Roman font) and follow correct citation and referencing procedures. You will also need to include one of the following with your paper: (a) a copy of or link to the relevant newspaper or magazine article; (b) a link to the specific radio broadcast; or (c) clear reference to the film being discussed.
Reference: Please use at least 3 academic sources in your paper (other than the textbook).
Paper content and organization
(1) Please begin your analysis with a brief summary of one or two concepts of interest to you and link it/them to the appropriate theorist or theoretical perspective. The concept(s) should be taken from assigned class reading. Be sure to cite the source of your concept(s) following the citation format instructions. Examples of the types of concepts I’m referring to here might be: solidarity, anomie, alienation, surplus value, the Protestant ethic, habitus, cultural capital, etc.
In addition to providing a definition/description of each concept, provide an example (that was NOT taken from the readings or lecture) to further illustrate your understanding.
(2) Once you have clearly explained the concept(s), move onto a few paragraphs that describe or summarize the key part(s) of your chosen article, radio story/program, or movie. Just tell us about the most important facets of the media presentation for understanding what happened in it. These paragraphs should merely summarize the information presented (wait until the next section to “apply” the concepts).
(3) In the next part of the paper show how each concept is being illustrated in the article, program, or movie. What part(s) made you think about each concept? The type of experience I’m referring to here is of the sort: “Hey! That sounds just like what we were reading about in theory last week.” Explain the connection. What made you see this link and help us to see it like you did? This takes some real critical thinking skill and is what is meant by “application.” You are using theoretical concepts to help us solve (or “frame”) a particular sociological “puzzle” that arose in the article, radio broadcast, or movie.
Note: Using specific quotes or scene descriptions will really help you to clearly demonstrate the connection to your concepts. A quote or two can help you to explain what specifically made you think that the concept was being illustrated in this particular part of the article, program, or movie.
(4) Conclude the paper with a summary of your main points. What insights do you want the reader to take away from your paper? What should the reader really remember about what you’ve said in the paper?
(5) At the end of the paper, include a reference page
DUE DATES: The due date for the paper is 5/7.
NOTE: For the paper, you may use concepts from any theorist or perspective we have covered in the course reading up to that time and, if you use more than one concept, you may use concepts associated with different theorists or perspectives. However, may not re-use a concept that has already been used in an earlier paper.
Grading (see rubric below). Each application paper will be graded out of a possible 40 points.
Receiving a 36-40 means that your paper presented accurate descriptions of your chosen concept(s) and that each of your concept(s) were linked to the appropriate theorist(s) or perspective(s). The relevant parts of the article, radio program , or movie were accurately and completely summarized. This grade also means that you clearly demonstrated how each selected concept was illustrated in the article, program, or movie. You show how each concept frames the issues in a particular way, providing us
with new sociological insights. Finally, this grade also indicates that you cited and referenced material correctly and have demonstrated good writing skills in terms of clarity, grammar, and punctuation.
Receiving a 32-35 means that one of the pieces noted above was missing or inadequate in your paper. It may be that your descriptions of the concepts were not clear, that you didn’t summarize the relevant parts of the article/program/movie or that you didn’t clearly connect your concepts with the article/program/movie (i.e., we were left wondering what the relevance of the concept was for the article). These grades may also indicate that you failed to cite or reference your materials or that your paper had a number of grammar or punctuation problems.
Receiving a 28-31 indicates that major parts of the assignment were seriously flawed or incomplete. Perhaps the descriptions of the concepts were not adequate or the article/program/movie was not clearly summarized. It may also be that the application portion of the paper did not demonstrate an accurate understanding of the concepts. The paper may also have included serious writing errors.
Receiving below a 27 indicates that the paper did not fulfill the requirements of the assignment. This may be because whole parts of the assignment were missing or that the application was clearly inaccurate and incomplete. The paper may also have included so many writing errors to fully comprehend what you were trying to accomplish.
In addition to the information on “How to cite and reference in your papers”:
(If from lecture notes)
Erickson, Rebecca J. 2008. Lecture notes. Sociology 460-001: Sociological Theories, The University of Akron, Spring.
(If from class discussion)
Class Discussion. 2008. Sociology 460-001: Sociological Theories, The University of Akron, Spring.
(If a movie)
Frank, Scott (Writer) and Steven Spielberg (Director). 2002. Minority Report. [DVD]. Los Angeles: Universal Studios Home Video.
GRADING RUBRIC FOR APPLICATION PAPER
POINTS YOUR
POSSIBLE SCORE
A. Introduction to concept(s) being applied…………………………… 10
– Accurate definition/description
– Complete definition/description
– Accurately attributed to theorist
– Example provided for each concept
– Sources of information are correctly cited in text

B. Summary of media presentation or event – article, story, movie, etc…. 8
– Summary complete coverage of relevant issues
– Sources for info accurately cited in text

C. Application of concept to your mediated event……………………………… 15
– Clearly show how each described concept is being illustrated
– Specification of parts/scenes of article/movie that reflect the definition(s)
– Connection accurately explained
– Connection thoroughly explained
– Sources of information correctly cited

D. Final summary paragraph highlighting main points…………………………. 4
– Key points accurate summarized
– Clearly explain what the reader should remember from your paper
E. Reference page included…………………………………………………….. 3
– References complete (1 to 1 correspondence with citations in text)
– Accurate formatting (see citation instructions)

TOTAL POINTS FOR PAPER CONTENT 40
LANGUAGE USAGE 0
(See below for key)
FINAL POINTS EARNED 40
BASIC LANGUAGE USAGE
1. Typos/Spelling/Homophones (accept/except; affect/effect; there/their)
2. Punctuation (Check that comma and semi-colon usage is appropriate)
3. Subject-verb agreement
4. Possessives (Its vs. It’s – it is)
5. Capitalization
6. Agreement of pronouns and antecedents (Their….he…)
7. Appropriate word endings (-ing; -ed; -es. . .)
8. Incorrect sentence structure or word usage
This numbered key was used in correcting your paper. A check mark (√) indicates the place of the problem and the number refers to the type of problem encountered. More than 2 checkmarks per page resulted in the loss of 1 point (up to 4 points).

1) Compare and contrast Afro-Cuban religious music and Black American religious music (i.e. what is similar and what is different?).

2) Explain some historical reasons behind the differences and similarities in the instruments, singing, and musical features.