Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read the required chapters from the text and review the required articles for this week. Alcohol and caffeine have nearly opposite effects on behavior and the nervous system, yet these substances are not used to treat overdose or addiction to the other. Why not use caffeine to treat alcohol addiction? Analyze the issues of pharmacological and physiological antagonism. […]

Essay Option 1- Poetry Step 1: Please read “Chapter 8: Fixed Forms” from your textbook. Step 2: Select a poetic form that you would like to write about in your essay (e.g. sonnet, terza rima, free verse, pantoum, villanelle, etc) Step 3: Decide what your thesis for this paper will be. It should be analytical. It will not be a report or a summary. I want to […]

 Compose a one-paragraph rhetorical analysis of In Defense of Animal’s (or IDA’s) “Hunting is Cruel and Unnecessary” (which is linked to below). The purpose of your analysis is to identify one of the more important rhetorical appeals (ethos OR logos OR pathos, not two of them, not three of them) the author employs in order to achieve his purpose with his audience. This paragraph, if done […]

Steps: 1. Choose the theme you want to work with (characters, point of views, setting, etc.,) 2. Identify the stories that you want to work with. (minimum 3 required by 3 different writers…all need to be appropriate for your theme) 3. Give a description of your theme and demonstrate their use and importance in literary works 4. Introduce the writer of the stories and briefly […]

Argumentative Essay Assignment: write a 1,500-word argument which supports a claim of fact, policy, or value. This essay can utilize the same topic as the informative essay or you can select a new one. The only topic that is off-limits is abortion. A claim of fact attempts to prove that something once happened, is happening or will happen. It often doesn’t seem like an argument […]

Drama Essay: Character Analysis   submit your three-paragraph essay as a Microsoft Word attachment. You will complete this assignment using the play Proof on pp. 1181-1232 of Compact Literature.  Directions Read the play Proof, and then write an analysis of one of the characters. You may use the brainstorming questions below to generate ideas, or you may refer to the Week 3 discussion prompt for a […]

You get to write as the artist of a work of art. You get to decide what you want to make, and for whom (aka who your patron is). In order to do this properly, you’ll need to: – Know the time period “you” (your artist) lived in. It can be any time period, it is not exclusive to Baroque art! -Explain how you would […]

This assignment requires that you have an intercultural interaction with someone from a culture different than your own.  First, read about and conduct research on that different culture in depth, reflect upon it and write about it. Then identify a“friend” you will be interviewing and interacting with for this assignment.  Formulate some questions you want to ask them about their culture and experience. Spend time […]

 This paper should be approximately seven double-spaced, typed pages; it is an APA-style (6thed.) critical review of the scientific social work literature on the topic of your choice. You should consider a structure consisting of a clear statement of the issue; a critical review of the available literature (noting strengths and limitations of research methodology); conclusions about what is known from the convergent findings, and […]

Write a three-page comparative analysis of the protagonists, Roselily,  in Alice Walker’s “Roselily”  and Desiree in  Kate Chopin’s “Desiree’s Baby.”  How does gender play a major role in the short fictions?  Do the time periods in each of the literary works cause the characters to act and react in certain ways and to be treated in specific ways because of gender? What themes of constraint […]