{"id":13128,"date":"2023-04-10T03:55:52","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T03:55:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/write-an-essay-or-a-speech-or-a-letter-if-appropriate-of-approximately-500-words-on-one-of-the-following-topics\/"},"modified":"2023-04-10T03:55:52","modified_gmt":"2023-04-10T03:55:52","slug":"write-an-essay-or-a-speech-or-a-letter-if-appropriate-of-approximately-500-words-on-one-of-the-following-topics","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.goodacademic.com\/blog\/questions\/write-an-essay-or-a-speech-or-a-letter-if-appropriate-of-approximately-500-words-on-one-of-the-following-topics\/","title":{"rendered":"Write an essay (or a speech or a letter, if appropriate) of approximately 500 words on one of the following topics."},"content":{"rendered":"

Write an essay (or a speech or a letter, if appropriate) of approximately 500 words on one of the following topics. You must adhere to the MLA, you must incorporate quotations into your essay (or letter or speech), and you must provide end documentation.<\/p>\n

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In each of the last four texts that we\u2019ve studied, an author aims to \u2018bust\u2019 a particular \u2018myth,\u2019 but each of the respective authors of these <\/div>\n
texts uses a different myth-busting approach. Compare and contrast at least two of these texts in terms of the particular myth at hand <\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
in each case, the myth-busting approach employed by each author, and the degree to which each author is an effective or a <\/i><\/b><\/div>\n
successful <\/b>myth-buster.<\/b><\/i><\/div>\n
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Using as a touchstone the excerpt that we read from Viv Albertine\u2019s memoir Clothes, Clothes, Clothes, Music, Music, Music, Boys, <\/b><\/i><\/div>\n
Boys, Boys<\/b><\/i>, write an essay in which you, as an investigative journalist of sorts, discuss the history of women in punk rock and\/or music in <\/div>\n
general. You must refer to and quote from the excerpt in question, but you must also refer to and quote from one or more other sources.\n<\/div>\n
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Susan Moller Orkin\u2019s essay \u201cIs Multiculturalism Bad for Women?\u201d<\/i><\/b> takes aim at one of the proverbial sacred cows of progressive thinking. Orkin offers a highly nuanced criticism of multiculturalism, though, as she concedes that multicultural policies are both beneficial and <\/div>\n
necessary in some cases. Orkin\u2019s main concern is that such policies often allow certain cultures to maintain deeply patriarchal practices <\/div>\n
that are actually at odds with the aims of feminists and progressive thinking. How should policy makers respond to Orkin\u2019s essay? Should <\/div>\n
they redefine multiculturalism? If so, how, and if not, why not?\n<\/div>\n
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Using Leonard Pitts\u2019s essay \u201cFox Faux News Forces Rare Apology\u201d<\/i><\/b> (originally published as an article in the Miami Herald) as a <\/div>\n
touchstone, write either an essay, a speech, or a letter in which you discuss the broader issue of \u2018fake news\u2019 that is at the heart of Pitts\u2019s <\/div>\n
essay. You must refer to and quote from Pitts\u2019s essay, but you must also refer to and quote from one or more other sources.\n<\/div>\n
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Using Anne Applebaum\u2019s essay \u201cThe Torture Myth\u201d<\/i><\/b> as a touchstone, write either an essay, a speech, or a letter in which you discuss <\/div>\n
some of the implications of using torture as a means of attempting to reduce perceived threats to safety and security. You must refer to <\/div>\n
and quote from Applebaum\u2019s essay, but you must also refer to and quote from one or more other sources.\n<\/div>\n
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The last four works of non-fiction prose that we\u2019ve studied invite us not only to reflect on the world around us, but also to gain <\/span><\/div>\n
self-knowledge and even wisdom. Discuss two or more of these works in terms of this <\/span>invitation.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The essay is consists of an opening, three paragraphs and a conclusion.\n<\/div>\n
Begin each body paragraph with a clear topic sentence that introduces the point and links back to the argument.<\/span><\/div>\n
Follow the standard structure of three body paragraphs.<\/div>\n
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