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SELECT ONE either TOPIC A OR TOPIC B
Topics for your Essay, Choose A or B
Essay Length tips–To answer these topics completely, it takes about 2 pages—8-10 paragraphs. Use the topic questions and the scoring rubric to see if your draft responds fully to all parts of the question. A complete, thoughtful answer is more important than word count.
Topic A
In this essay you will address the controversy between free will and determinism. You will go deeper into the problem of determinism by choosing whether it is the
predictability
or the
unpredictability
of our actions that poses a bigger threat to free will. Using passages from the textbook, explain in detail what determinism is and why determinism threatens the idea of free will.
Now consider these two opposite points of view about our ability to predict behavior:
Everything you do is
predictable
to those who know you well. This predictability means your life is determined by choices beyond your control—Paraphrase from Vaughn, p.258
“He sat a long time and he thought about his life and how
little of it he could have foreseen
and he wondered for all his
will
and all his intent how much of it was his doing.”—Cormac Mc Carthy (reprinted in Vaughn, p.255)
Explain what these two points of view mean and then give your own reasoned opinion about which point of view is correct. Defend your answer.
Topic B
Describe the theory of knowledge called skepticism. Consider the skeptic’s charge that we can
never
be confident about the reliability of our normal sources of knowledge (perceptions, memory, introspection, and reasoning.) Describe why and how, for each of the 4 sources mentioned, the source is unreliable. Use examples to show your understanding.
If a source of knowledge is unreliable, it means these sources can trick us into believing falsehoods. Does it follow from the fact that we are
sometimes
mistaken when we rely on these sources that we are
always
mistaken? In other words, once we admit is possible that we are mistaken, does that mean that we need to admit that we might
never
be correct? How would you respond to the skeptic?
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Task:
In this assignment, you will write a set of instructions for Archie, a friend of yours. The scenario for this situation is described below.
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Length:
There is no minimum or maximum word count. However, your instructions must have
15 or more steps
.
o This does not mean that you need 15
main
steps. Some steps can be nested under other steps. More information on this strategy is given in the resources provided in the class on writing steps for instructions.
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Graphics:
You must include at least
7 original graphics.
o No graphics may be borrowed from other sources. All graphics must be original.
o No screen captures are allowed. All graphics must be original pictures taken by you to illustrate your recipe.
o All graphics should be labeled
The Scenario
Your friend, Archie, has contacted you for help.
Archie lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is engaged to be married in two months. His fiancée, Dorothy, lives in New York City.
Dorothy’s parents live in Salem, Oregon, and have never met Archie.
Next week, Dorothy’s parents are coming to Minneapolis for a work-related meeting. Archie has arranged to have Dorothy’s parents over to his apartment for dinner while Dorothy’s parents are in Minneapolis.
When Dorothy’s parents visit Archie in Minneapolis, Dorothy will not be there.
The dinner will be only the three of them—Archie, Dorothy’s father, and Dorothy’s mother.
Archie is a bit nervous about the visit. He wants to impress his future in-laws with a dinner he will cook. However, Archie does not typically cook. He usually goes out for food when he needs to have a meal.
Archie has asked you for help. He would like you to write a recipe that he can follow, a recipe for a dish that he would feel confident serving Dorothy’s parents during their visit.
Brief Description and Strategies to Follow:
You must include the following:
· A brief introduction to Archie about why he would want to make this dish for his fiancée’s parents.
· A list of ingredients
o Remember, this is a meal for three people. You want your instructions to be specific for approximately three people.
o Note that Archie does not typically cook. He might not understand what certain terms mean (e.g., the difference between
tablespoon
and
teaspoon
, the meaning of
au gratin
, etc.)
· The instructions
o Number all of the main steps, as the resources for the class indicate
o Provide a graphic for steps of the instructions that need a graphic
o Remember that Archie does not typically cook. He might not understand what certain terms mean (e.g.,
broiling
,
baking
,
roasting
,
al dente
,
sauté
, etc.)
· Warnings or statements of caution integrated throughout the set of instructions.
o Remember that Archie does not typically cook. He might not know basic safety tips involved in using an oven, handling a chopping knife, etc.

Task:
In this assignment, you will write an essay in which you compare and contrast two websites for their use of
proximity
,
alignment
,
repetition
, and
contrast
.
Length:
800-1100 words
Graphics:
You must include at least eight graphics in order to provide support for your claims in the essay
at least two graphics for proximity
at least two graphics for alignment
at least two graphics for repetition
at least two graphics for contrast
Brief Description and Strategies to Follow:
You must select two websites of the same topic or genre. In other words, you can select two banking websites, two shopping websites, two newspapers online, two health provider websites, or something of this nature.
Possibilities include the following:
The New York Times
and
The Wall Street Journal
eBay and Craigslist
Major League Baseball (mlb.com) and the National Football League (nfl.com)
You will write at least six paragraphs:
An introductory paragraph
You do not have to follow this order. However, you do want to cover these four concepts.
A paragraph on proximity
A paragraph on alignment
A paragraph on repetition
A paragraph on contrast
A concluding paragraph
Again, each paragraph will incorporate at least two graphics in order to show how each of the four areas compares and contrasts between the two websites

Task:
In this paper, you will write a document that provides information that an
external
audience can use to inform a decision.
We have read various white papers in the class this semester. White papers can be any one of the following types:
o technical papers
o business benefit papers
o advocacy papers
o hybrid technical/business papers
The CANRIGHT document that is provided in the class in LEO describes all four of these types of white papers.
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Length:
1200-1600 words
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Graphics:
at least three graphics, two of which have to be original
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Format in Citing and Listing Sources:
APA
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Number and Sources:
at least five sources, at least one of which has to be obtained through OneSearch
Brief Description of the White Paper:
In preparing for this assignment, you will want to review the following video:
“White Papers: An Introduction to the Genre and Its Expectations,” from the Purdue OWL
You may take any of the following approaches:
? a general white paper to an external audience – written to individuals in a particular industry or field of study, but not an organization you are a part of. The white paper could address a problem you are attempting to solve in the organization or to inform an external audience about a relevant trend.
? a white paper promoting a new product or service to potential customers. This is an example of a white paper to an external audience, but it features different rhetorical considerations than the typical white paper written to an external audience does.
Both options are discussed in the Purdue OWL video mentioned above.
Please note:
You will
not be writing
a white paper to your boss or to superiors in the company for which you work.
That type of paper would be an internal white paper. If you take WRTG 394, you can write that type of paper. For WRTG 393, we ask for a white paper to an external audience.
Strategies to Consider for the White Paper:
Please follow these guidelines:
? have a focused topic. Please see the sample white papers from previous students for examples of how previous topics have been developed for this paper.
? write to a reasonably focused and identified audience
o A white paper to an external audience can have a broad audience or a narrow audience.
? For example, if you do not work for a hair salon and you write a white paper promoting a new billing system for hair salons, the audience will probably be the various hair salons in your neighborhood.
o A white paper that promotes a product or service to potential customers could have a fairly broad audience.
? For example, a white paper promoting a new taxi service in your neighborhood has, theoretically, all residents in the neighborhood as a potential audience.
? integrate thorough research
? do not directly tell the audience what action it should take. Rather, offer
background information
that the audience can use to make a decision. The Purdue OWL video mentions this principle. This is one reason the video refers to the white paper as a
backgrounder report
.
Continue to the next page
How to Organize the White Paper:
Please include the following sections in your white paper:
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Executive Summary
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Introduction
?
Previous Approaches
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New Findings
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Conclusion
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References
In the
Executive Summary
, summarize your research and your purpose. The executive summary should be a stand-alone document. It should be written in such a way that a busy executive could read the executive summary and know exactly what the paper is about without reading the rest of the paper.
In the
Introduction
, you lay the groundwork for your readers for the details that will be introduced in the white paper. If you need to define any terms, you will do so here. You might share an anecdote or illustration to describe why this topic is important.
In the
Previous Approaches
section, you will describe the approaches or strategies that have been previously used or are currently used on the topic. For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might review what transportation services are provided now. You could show the challenges or problems that the current services involve. In this section of the white paper, your use of sources will be very important. You should integrate research to show that the problems you have identified exist.
In the
New Findings
section, you present perhaps the most important information in the paper. In this section, you will describe the findings of your research and relate these findings to the purpose of your report. You will not only provide data and research, but you will also explain the data and research and why it is relevant to your report’s topic.
For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might review what transportation services are provided now and show why the new taxi service fills a need that the current set of transportation services does not fill or solves a problem that the current set of transportation services does not solve. You will provide data and evidence for why the new taxi service has promise in solving the problems you have identified.
In this section of the white paper, your use of sources will be very important as well. You should integrate research to show that the problems you have identified will be solved by your new approach.
In the
Conclusion
section, you review what your research shows in light of the previous approaches used. You will not tell the audience what steps to take next. However, you will summarize what your findings articulate.
In the
References
, you will list your sources that you cited in the paper. You will list them in APA format. Please note that the lectures on white papers that you have viewed and examples of white papers you may have read may not have used APA format. You will be using APA format in this assignment.
You are required to have at least five sources for your paper. In addition, at least one of them is to have been acquired through UMGC Library OneSearch.
Primary sources will be very beneficial for the paper. For example, if your white paper is being written to advertise a new taxi service in your area, you might interview some local residents about the problems they have with the current transportation services in the area. The information in such interviews would be persuasive research to integrate into your white paper.
Length of the Paper:
Your white paper should be 1200-1600 words in length. Again, you are required to use at least five sources, with at least one of them being acquired through UMGC’s Library OneSearch.
Graphics:
Your white paper should incorporate at least three graphics. Graphics can include tables, charts, or graphs showing some research findings. They can also be images that are relevant to the topic of the white paper.
At least two of the graphics must be original
. Original graphics can include photos taken by you or tables, charts, or graphs developed by you.
To see examples of graphics used in white papers, see the Purdue OWL video, “White Papers: An Introduction to the Genre and Its Expectations,” at the 3:27 mark, at the 5:29 mark, at the 6:58 mark, at the 7:01 mark, at the 7:11 mark, at the 7:43 mark, and at the 7:58 mark.
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According to Plato, are the ideas of Beauty and Courage objectively real, or are they notions that we invent in our minds whenever we want to? Do you think these ideas are objectively real? Provide an argument to back up your answer.
Is there any way that you can tell whether you are awake or dreaming? Is Descartes right that he cannot tell the difference? Try to identify and explain at least two ways that dreaming experiences and waking experiences are different.
Complete the
Philosophy
Lab
thought experiment questions on page 288.
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In a well developed essay, discuss whether or not you think black women have the freedom to see themselves solely as women or whether or not they must always identify with their race.
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Using your source(s), explore the question: How did a diversity of views transform American society? Provide research in addition to your own analysis of some of the texts from lesson 2 such as “American Jezebel,” “Repeal the Stamp Act!” and “Declaration of Independence.” What ideas from the text reveal answers to the question? Use both outside sources and textual evidence from the selections in the course to develop your essay.
Past literary movements continue to be influential. Consider romanticism, realism, and modernism. How influential were ideas from those periods? Is that influence clearly seen in the texts you have read? Explain with textual evidence from both outside sources as well as from any of the stories from lesson 3.
Research and discuss this idea of money, status, and marriage during any periods you read about in lesson 3. Explain ideas from any of those periods, using both outside sources and ideas from the texts from lesson 3 such as Pride & Prejudice, After the Ball, and The Glass Menagerie. What were some of the social classes of this time? What problems were caused because of classism? Do we experience classism still today? How is that reflected in our society compared to how it was during any of those periods? Consider the types of jobs available to people, depending on social classes during that time. How do jobs nowadays reflect one’s social status?
Research and discuss the role of women historically and present. What were some of the abuses of women? Consider the role women play in today’s society, are they still subject to similar abuse? Use ideas from the stories you have read in this course as well as from outside sources for support in analyzing women historically and present.
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