ENG 105 (ENG105)

Topic 2 DQ 1 Look again at the CDC's Web page about ADHD. In 150-200 words, please analyze the document’s purpose and audience. Who, for example, is the CDC's audience? What are the CDC's beliefs about ADHD, and how does the CDC's Web page relate itself to those beliefs? Why would the federal government post a Web page about ADHD? What role does the general public expect the government to play regarding disorders such as ADHD? During the week, go back and read some of your classmates' ...

ENG 105Topic 3 DQ 1 As the name implies, visual rhetoric means the part of communication that involves what is seen, including colors, forms, and the way what we are seeing is laid out on the page. Font type and size can also be included in visual design. The term rhetoric can sometimes cause confusion, so for clarity’s sake; here it means techniques used for the sake of persuasion. Keeping these definitions in mind, describe an image from one of the CDC website pages on ADHD ( D...

ENG 105Topic 7 DQ 1 According to strategies discussed in Chapter 4 of the textbook, post a message in which you explain the techniques you will use for your introductory paragraph and why they might be effective for you. Then write or revise your introductory paragraph using the techniques you have chosen. Post your introduction along with your explanation. During the week, respond to others’ introductions and explain what you think they did well. Also, offer some advice for revision. Yo...

ENG 105 Topic 2 DQ 2 Review the CDC website and answer at least three of the questions below: 1. Who is the writer? 2. What is the writer’s purpose? 3. Who is the intended audience? 4. What is the broader cultural context that motivated the writing of the article? 5. How does the writer establish ethos? 6. Does the writer appeal to logos (logic)? 7. Does the writer appeal to pathos (emotions)? 8. Do you feel that the website is effective? Why or why not? Use these questions to guide...

ENG 105 Topic 3 DQ 3 Use the following checklist to help make final revisions on your essay: Are the introduction, body, and conclusion clearly defined? • Does the introduction provide sufficient background for the reader? • Is there a thesis statement that makes the main ideas of the essay clear? • Does every paragraph address the subject matter of the thesis in some way? • Does the essay show that the writer has a knowledge of the audience? • Is there credible support, speci...

ENG 105 Topic 3 DQ 2 Writing an essay can be divided into at least three main parts—the introduction, the body, and the conclusion. Looking further into the essay, the thesis statement can be implicit (implied) or explicit (a line can be drawn under it).Depending upon the length of the essay, the introduction might be more than one paragraph, but the thesis statement should generally appear at the end of the introduction. Body paragraphs follow, and each has its own unique topic sentence, the...

ENG 105 Topic 3 DQ 1 As the name implies, visual rhetoric means the part of communication that involves what is seen, including colors, forms, and the way what we are seeing is laid out on the page. Font type and size can also be included in visual design. The term rhetoric can sometimes cause confusion, so for clarity’s sake; here it means techniques used for the sake of persuasion. Keeping these definitions in mind, describe an image from one of the CDC website pages on ADHD ( Dur...

ENG 105 Topic 4 DQ 1 Your next major assignment is the review essay. For this assignment, you will need to select a website related to ADHD/ADD and then compare the site to a set of criteria. View the tutorial on the GCU Library website titled "Evaluating Websites." Take notes about the five criteria while you are watching it. Which three of the five criteria do you find to be the most important? Do they seem like enough to evaluate a website? How would you define each criterion? Why is...

ENG 105 Topic 5 DQ 3 Provide a sample in-text citation that you plan to use in your evaluation essay you are currently writing. Use one of the head/body/tail combinations from our textbook (Chapter 2). Then create a second citation for the same source, but use a different head/body/tail combination. As the week progresses, comment on your class mates' in-text citations. Do you think they were cited correctly? Why or why not? How do different patterns create different impressions about the...

ENG 105 Topic 5 DQ 2 One way to disagree with a review is to question the expectations, or criteria, that an author has for the subject of his or her review. Describe how well the website you have chosen for your evaluation essay meets your expectations/criteria. During the week, review your classmates’ posts and discuss similarities and differences between your response and your peers’ responses. The website that I chose to review is the National Institute of Mental Health. The NIMH w...