Category: Essays

Textual Analysis

For this essay you must use The Parable Of The Sower, and analyze it using a method known as close reading. Close reading is defined by M.H. Abrams in A Glossary of Literary Terms as “the detailed and subtle analysis of the complex interrelations and ambiguities (multiple meanings) of the components within a work” (247).

You may not use any secondary works for this essay. Your claims, and all the evidence you use to support these claims, must come only from the text itself. In the essay, you will argue for a particular interpretation of the text reached by practicing this particular method of analysis. The close reading analysis essay must demonstrate your ability to develop a clear interpretation of a text based on evidence from the text.

Analyze your chosen text, DO NOT merely summarize and DO NOT argue for or against the issue presented in the text you analyze.

Creating a good thesis and then supporting it properly is the key to the essay. Above all else, I am examining your ability to present a central claim about the story and then back it up. Make sure that your thesis is as fully developed as possible.

Undeveloped: In "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie, Thomas and Victor are very different people..

Better: In "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie, Thomas represents the past, and Victor represents the present.

Even better: In "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie, Thomas represents past traditions and desires a renewal of that heritage, but Victor represents a modern present day that has stopped having any use for the past.

Best: In "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie, both Thomas and Victor share the common link of Victor’s father, who is a symbol of family heritage, but the two men are opposites, each representing a different philosophy about the value of cultural heritage; Thomas represents the past, practicing abandoned traditions such as story-telling with a vision of the renewal and rebirth of such traditions, but Victor represents the present day, his modern views see no value or use in his cultural heritage.

Keep your thesis directly about the story and its characters. Do not write a general essay about a subject that is related to the story.

Not about the story: All people should value their cultural heritage, but in our modern world we often want to abandon our family traditions.

(While "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" is indeed about the present day value of cultural heritage, the above thesis does not directly analyze the story.)
Do not take make any personal judgments about the story or its characters!

Personal judgment: In "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie, Victor is a soulless jerk who has no joy in his life, and people should really try and be more like Thomas because he is happy and nice.

Some things you may want to consider while forming a thesis: What theme is prevalent in this story? What character traits are presented, and what do they mean? What subtle elements can be found (underlying emotions or concepts)? What is the point of this story? Is there a point?

A gentle reminder: I want to see very focused and specific essays. Choose a thesis and stick with it. Don’t try and answer all the questions above. Just choose one thought or idea and work with that. I’m looking to see how well you support your claims; I am not judging you on the merit of these claims.

*This essay must be in proper MLA format, and requires 5 full pages, minimum.

*The essay should contain 5-7 paragraphs

<1ST AND 2ND PARAGRAPH(introduction)>

-Summary of the book

-a good thesis

EXAMPLE OF THE THESIS:

In "This Is What It Means To Say Phoenix, Arizona" by Sherman Alexie, both Thomas and Victor share the common link of Victor’s father, who is a symbol of family heritage, but the two men are opposites, each representing a different philosophy about the value of cultural heritage; Thomas represents the past, practicing abandoned traditions such as story-telling with a vision of the renewal and rebirth of such traditions, but Victor represents the present day, his modern views see no value or use in his cultural heritage.

<BODY PARAGRAPHS>

-Each paragraph MUST contains a TOPIC SENTENCE, POINT, ILLUSTRATION, EXPLANATION, TRANSITION

-Topic Sentence: Declares the topic.

-Point: A claim, analysis, or interpretation.

-Illustration: Evidence to support the previous point such as a direct quote, summary, or paraphrase.

-Explanation: Detail and further discussion showing how the previous evidence illustrates the point.

-Transition or Conclusion Sentence: A preview of the following paragraph or a conclusion of the current paragraph.

EXAMPLE OF THE PARAGRAPH:

Topic sentence: Thomas Builds-The-Fire can be interpreted as a traditional Native American character who is evocative of the past and lost traditions.

Point: Thomas has a strong connection to his past and his heritage, and that connection provides for him what are seemingly mystical and ancient powers.

Illustration: Thomas is thought of as crazy for telling his endless stories, but both people of the reservation as well as Victor acknowledge that Thomas’ stories actually come true.

Explanation: Thomas is therefore representative of an older era, when storytellers more commonly were thought portend the future.

Point: Thomas can also be seen as a mystical or spiritual being due to

Illustration: the insistence by Victor and the other children that when he was young, Thomas could fly.

Explanation: Thomas is also capable of flight as an adult, although more symbolically, when he flies Victor from Washington to Arizona to collect his father’s ashes.

Transition: Victor is a strong contrast to Thomas, representing not the past but the present, which is often a selfish, spiritually bereft time.

<LAST PARAGRAPH (conclusion)>

-Restate the thesis using different words

-Restate the major topic using different words

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Choose one topic from bellow two topics, write a 1,500 word essay on a specific topic, which must cover the following sections:

1. A brief contextualization of the topic from the literature (e.g., marketing ethics, consumer behaviour, marketing entry strategies, etc.),
2. A critical discussion of the different positions based on the contextualization, and
3. A concluding statement and outlook derived from your discussion
You have a choice of two tasks (see below), from which you have to choose one. Please note that the word limit includes title, bibliography and any appendices that you may wish to add (we recommend, however, to use these only if absolutely necessary). The document that you submit must therefore not exceed 1,500 words in total.

Choose one of the following tasks:

Task #1:
In their attempt to create “the conscious home”, Silicon Valley start-up Nest has recently introduced their second product, the Nest Protect smoke detector.[1] Your task is to explore this new product introduction by critically applying the marketing mix principle. You may use other marketing-related concepts to support your assessment of the utility that a firm can derive from the marketing mix.

Product information link:
[1] http://www.wired.com/business/2013/10/nest-smoke-detector/all/

Task #2:
In his book [To Have or to Be?], Erich Fromm claims “that the wishes of the consumer are manufactured by the producer”[2] Your task is to reflect critically—from a marketing perspective—on this statement, using any marketing-related concept you feel could enlighten your argument.

Book Information
Fromm, Erich (1979). To Have or to Be? (reprint ed.). London: Abacus (Original work published 1976), p. 175

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1.Pick one of the methods
Either the Direct Method, Total Physical Response.
2.Describe the method and analyze it using Social Interactionism in order to reveal what you think theoretically informs the practice.
For example, if it looks like social interaction explain why by making the links between the theory and the practiceUse these terms to analyze the practice “Method” as “Approach, Design, and Procedure”

What are the overall strengths and weaknesses of the model? (this should be analyzed throughout Nurture, nature ,sociohistorical and economic conditions, cognitive faculties ,bidirectional modelingCDC/ parentese, cultural and biological developments, acculturation, cultural capital development: sense of language,pragmatics,cognitive skills, learning styles, knowledge, literacies, paralinguistic- kinesics, eye contact, proxemics, prosodies, olfactory, kinesthetic, artifacts
Form vs function, communicative comp. Active/dynamic ,both observable and competence all theses in 1language acquisition .Regarding 2language acquisition social Interactionism same:foreignerese.
Linguistic interdependent principle: CUP vs SUP-active transfer
Zone of proximal development-codes and conventions intralingual errors ,interlingual interference/transfer.errors analysis errors as a developmental and window
Describe the basic practice.
• What theory/theories undergird this practice and the techniques that are used?
*Find classroom examples
• What parts of language are dealt with in terms of pronunciation, lexical

• How is language proficiency defined—what skills are emphasized?
***need a specific classroom example
• What age groups is it appropriate for?

• Does it address cognitive, psychological, socio-cultural aspects of language acquisition?

• Is culture addressed? If so, how is it defined and taught?

• How are students assessed when using this method/approach?

• Is it a classroom friendly method; what resources are required and how are they implemented?
• What are the roles and responsibilities of the teacher and learner?

• What level of English language proficiency do learners need to possess in order to benefit from this method?
Can this method be modified for use with beginning level ESL students?
Can this method be utilized with students not yet fully literate in English?
• Is it a method that one would be able to utilize in a heterogeneous (i.e., multi-level academic abilities, beginning to advanced English language proficiency levels, and L1 non-literate to highly literate students, etc.) ESL classroom?

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Assessment Scenario

Assume you are working at (TESCO – UNITED KINDOM -Retail food industry) and your position is in corporate strategy, so (TESCO) is seeking to expand into South Africa.

Assignment is 4000 word, divided into section.

please follow this instructions carefully and the core report should include the following as heeding.

1- executive summery ( I recommend it after you Finnish the assignment ) because it is summary of the main content, finding, recommendation, conclusion, so the executive summery should contain enough information for the reader on what is discussed in the full report (not more than 400 word).

2- Introduction – a brief introduction starting what the report will cover (200 word)

3- use the three following quotations and please translate them into your own word and analyse the strength and weakness of the (TESCO) (300 word)

-First Quote is a brief introduction on (TESCO)
"TSCO is the UK based MNE, it is one of the world largest retail sector and it operate in as international industry in many countries across the globe and it employing around 400000 people, TSCO has grown significantly across the globe by benefiting from the expansion it foreign retail grocery market"

SOWT Analysis on TESCO

– strength
– second Quote about (TESCO strength)
" on the the greatest strength for TESCO is achieving sustainable business development model overs the years through diversification into new geographies and value oriented retailing, tosco operate in countries which have good economic grows, which contribute at least 50% of GDP"
–
– Weakness
– third Quote is about (TESCO weakness)

"TESCO has been effected badly with house meet scandal, and it has recall it product many time, specifically the company had recalled the Value Burger many time due to contamination with hours meet. TESCO operations in united State suffered huge losses, effected by the poor performance in the country"

-4-using Five forces Analyse, please analyse the business environment of South Africa. please Translate the following four Quotations to you Own word . ( 300)

Five Forces a analysis

– Fist Quote – (Supplier Power)

"the relationship between supplier change and the retails industries
is excellent, this mean the risk of bargaining power os supplier is minimised, always the large retailer in South Africa they build a good supply chain with a great deal of freedom that help to offset the dangers of local sourcing problem or price fluctuations"

Second Quote – (Barrier to entry)

"entry to the market is not impossible, so the new entrance are always encourage by low entry cost and low exit cost"

PEST analysis of South Africa

third Quote – (Political )

"since 1994 the Republic South Africa has been able to maintain political stability, so the country transformed into democratic system which brought consecutive democratic government"

fourth Quote – (economical Aspect)

"despite the economic resection the country has enjoyed economic growth started in 2010
and 2011, the growth rate recored at this period was 2.89% and 3.46%"

-5- food industry analysis empirical research evidence, finding, ( 300) word)

6- Mode of entry and recommendations
– this is the substantive core of the report, using only Dunning mode of entry for foreign market service Strategy justify your choice and recommendations in (2000 word) please address the following point .

According to dunning "foreign direct investment occur will occur when three conditions are satisfied, ownership advantage ,locational advantage, and internalization advantage."

-instruction address the following point-
-Point 1- the ownership advantage of (Tosco in term of financial, competitive advantage
– Point 2- Locational advantage of South Africa, the key strength GDP on the country and power of the consumer purchases

– Point 3- internalisation advantage

– point 4- chose Direct exporting as foreign market strategy and justified-with the following advantages –

the advantage of exporting
– Low financial exposure, its less risky and not costly
-gradual market enter
-exporting Acquire knowledge, it allow to the firm acquire knowledge of local market
-exporting will Avoid restriction on foreign investment. the company strategy should focus on the strategy has not lthe strategic postion of the

7- finally a short conclusion – re – starting key point (200 word).

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Explain the Rise and Fall of Roman Empire

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Watch 5 YouTube videos posted by classmates. After watching the videos, write a two paragraph evaluation for each video, focusing on the philosophical ideas expressed in the video. You may respond to the classmate’s original evaluation in your evaluation, or focus on another idea from the video. Discuss an idea that you found interesting and explain whether you agree or disagree with the idea (and why).

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If you were the current management team, what detailed strategic plan would you implement to make this company successful? The strategic plan relates to the future and should be completed for 1-5 years. Also should include a SWOT analysis. Fix weaknesses/fine tweak strengths.

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Please follow the instructions below while you write:

1. “Critically” evaluate the book. In other words, say what you think is good, bad, accurate, misleading, etc. about it. For example, would you recommend it to someone who is interested in learning more about Islam? Why or why not?

2. Your intended audience should be composed of those who may or may not know much about Islam. Consequently, you will need to mention briefly what he book has to say. Do not simply report about what you read, though. Pick out thing that you think are important about the work and comment on them.

3. In this class, we are assuming that you have had little previous contact with Islam. So with the book review, you need not use any other outside sources other than the readings we have looked at in class. You have all the necessary tools at hand with what we have learned thus far to write a good, convincing essay that would be of interest even to a scholar of Islam.

4. Think about organization before you begin writing. Ask yourself, “What do I want to say? What is the best way of arguing my case? How can I support this with relevant quotations or paraphrases from the readings?” Only after you have answered these questions should you begin to write.

5. Proof what you’ve written. Remember that spelling and grammar check do not always catch everything. Did the paper achieve what you had set out to accomplish? Check especially that you have smooth transitions between thoughts.

http://sufibooks.info/Islam/Islam-A-Short-History-Karen-Armstrong.pdf

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