Part 2: Practice with building mass balance models. Hint – Chapter 4 of your textbook will be a good reference for this task. Devise a simple conceptual model that represents mass, energy, or material flow through any system of your choosing. Think boldly and broadly, then draw a picture of your conceptual model, making sure to include the elements listed below. Clearly define the elements […]

Your Journal Prompt should include the following:  Use your own words to define deep space composition.  Using a stand-out moment in either Hero or Pan’s Labyrinth examine and analyze the use of Deep Space Composition (note: you may find it helpful to incorporate the “rule of thirds” in this analysis).  For both movies, one of the objectives for the filmmakers was to maintain verisimilitude (a convincing sense of truth).  In […]

In this unit, we have taken a closer look at writing as a craft. We have revisited the writing process and methods for invention, we have examined informal logical fallacies, and we have discussed paragraph cohesion. For this writing, think about your past experiences with writing (which may include the experiences you have had in this course). What advice about writing did you find most […]

Synthesis: Putting texts into dialogue Your task is to discuss two texts from your course readings critically and rhetorically with the goal of synthesizing connections across them. As you read, ask yourself, “How does reading these texts together enrich our understanding of the debate?” As you develop your discussion, your handling of competing or complementary ideas is crucial. Rather than merely agreeing or disagreeing with […]

 Identify a recurring theme that intrigues you in Beloved. Compose a 4-5 page essay explaining how and why this idea is significant. Your essay should consist of close-readings of key examples from the text to support your position. Beloved along with one to two scholarly essays or books should serve as your only sources. Your secondary sources should be accessed through academic databases (i.e. JSTOR, […]

This assignment will prepare your to write your final research paper for this class , and will document your research into secondary sources related to one or more of the texts we’ve explored in class. Your research should include only academic sources, and should be centered on an idea you have about the work(s) you are interested in. This should be an arguable idea—your goal […]

Essay 3: Multimodal Project (15 points) Context: For your essay one, you had to write an objective profile of a fictitious monster, and your essay two required you to respond to the research you found regarding a person, alive or dead. For each essay, your research required you not only to look into the history of a particular culture/monster/person, but also to read their stories. […]

Prepare a three-page paper (double-spaced, one-inch margins, 12-point font) that briefly describes the components of a formal report that have been described in your readings and online sources. You should use headings to organize the elements. DO NOT plagiarize the wording that is used in the readings (or anywhere else). You must describe each element in your own words. Describe the report components in the […]

ead it and think about how it works. Consider how it uses the form.  You can look at the juxtapositions, the use of white space or breaks (asterisks, dots, lines or whatever), the movement in the essay, the presence or non-presence of a narrator, the purpose of the essay, and the degree of inter-relatedness of the threads.  This exercise is a way for us as […]

The academic essay Assignment in this unit will be a written, cohesive argument for the change in your community or workplace that you have been writing about throughout the course. The Assignment should take the form of a persuasive academic essay, in which you will provide reliable evidence from at least four sources to support the argument for change that you are advocating. You will […]