Choose one of the assignments below and write a three- to five-paragraph (at least 250 words) essay.
1. view the slide show on bias . using the definition of bias provided in the lesson "analyzing an author's credentials/argument," decide how the statement on each slide represents bias. provide a brief description of how each statement includes language that reveals bias. answer in paragraph form, using correct grammar and punctuation.
2. view the slide show on bias . choose either the first or second frame to identify and discuss any three of the five techniques of persuasion (see the lesson "analyzing an author's credentials/argument") used in the description of the picture: bias unwarranted implication oversimplification ignored alternatives appeal to emotion

He shoots a basketball with either hand. identify the adverb phrase and the word it modifies

In melville's "bartleby the scrivener," why does the narrator refuse to fire bartleby even after bartleby has told him he will never write for him again? select all that apply

In this excerpt from "a modest proposal" by jonathan swift, which important issue does the writer deal with using a satirical tone? some persons of a desponding spirit are in great concern about that vast number of poor people, who are aged, diseased, or maimed; and i have been desired to employ my thoughts what course may be taken, to ease the nation of so grievous an incumbrance. but i am not in the least pain upon that matter, because it is very well known, that they are every day dying, and rotting, by cold and famine, and filth, and vermin, as fast as can be reasonably expected. and as to the young labourers, they are now in almost as hopeful a condition. they cannot get work, and consequently pine away from want of nourishment, to a degree, that if at any time they are accidentally hired to common labour, they have not strength to perform it, and thus the country and themselves are happily delivered from the evils to come. a. old, sickly people cannot be hired as laborers because they don't have the physical stamina required for the job. b. old, sickly people and young laborers are useless to the nation because they cannot be productive citizens. c. the economy of the nation is burdened by the poor, the old, and the sickly who survive on charity and handouts. d. the living conditions of the poor and their lack of employment opportunities are serious concerns for the nation. reset next