8-4 Assignment: Reflection

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Reflection: Each response should be one fully developed paragraph in length (58 sentences).
What peer-review feedback did you choose to incorporate concerning your argument and why?
What challenges did you face in developing your argument? What could you have done differently?
What peer-review feedback did you choose to incorporate concerning your exploration of the issue and why?
What peer-review feedback did you choose to incorporate concerning your effective source integration and why?
What writing strategies were most effective in supporting your argument, given your audience, subject, and purpose?

: Identify a character from both a fiction (Chopin or Glaspell) and a nonfiction piece (Sedaris or Bornstein) that we have read this week. First, show how the character is limited in his or her role in society (excluded from the American Dream), an then e

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Complete the Week 2 Literary Analysis Tools Module before completing this assignment. Part of your grade is based on selection, integration, and citation of paraphrased quotations.

Read all of the information below before posting your response. This is a post-first forum, and you must post your response before gaining access to your classmates’ posts. Submitting a blank post may result in a reduction of your grade.
Post responses to both prompts below. You must post on two different days to earn full credit for participation.

Post 1: Identify a character from both a fiction (Chopin or Glaspell) and a nonfiction piece (Sedaris or Bornstein) that we have read this week. First, show how the character is limited in his or her role in society (excluded from the American Dream), an then explain specifically how that character pushes against boundaries imposed by society. Use paraphrased quotes to support your claims, and cite them in APA style using in-text and reference citations that you reviewed last week.

Criteria:

300 words minimum (excluding quotations and citations)
Include two properly integrated and cited paraphrased quotations(one from each work)to support your claims. See the Literary Analysis Tools Module from this week’s activities for information about integrating and citing quotes.

Interpersonal Conflict in Television or Film

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Interpersonal Conflict in Television or Film
[WLOs: 2, 3] [CLOs: 4, 5]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read Chapter 8 and 9 of Making Connections: Understanding Interpersonal Communication (specifically Section 9.2), complete the Week 4 Paper Training (Links to an external site.) and the Week 4 Paper Training quiz, review the Sample Week 4 Paper, and watch an episode of a television program or film from the lists below.

Resources
Click each source below:

Week 4 Paper Advice
Week 4 Paper Video Resources
Sample Week 4 Paper
Engaging With Course Content
Avoiding Plagiarism
Television options (each show has no charge and has closed captioning):

Black-ish (Links to an external site.)
Modern Family (Links to an external site.)
This Is Us (Links to an external site.)
Film options:

Frozen
Erin Brockovich
If you have problems accessing any of this content, contact your instructor immediately.

In this assignment, you will write a two- to three-page (500 to 750 word) paper in which you apply some of the communication-based conflict resolution strategies outlined in your textbook to a conflict in a fictional television program or film.

In your paper,

Define conflict, utilizing Bevan.
Describe one interpersonal conflict that was not handled effectively in the television episode or film.
Explain how this situation meets the criteria for interpersonal conflict, utilizing Bevan, Section 9.2.
Note: Focus on one exchange that illustrates one conflict and not the entire plot of the episode. If possible, provide some dialogue so the reader can clearly see how the characters handled the situation.
Explain why the conflict was not handled effectively, utilizing Bevan (Chapters 8 and 9).
Describe two strategies outlined in Bevan that the characters used to address the conflict, utilizing Bevan.
Describe two strategies outlined in Bevan that the characters could have used to resolve this conflict more effectively, utilizing Bevan.

The Interpersonal Conflict in Television or Film paper

Must be two to three double-spaced pages in length, which is 500 to 750 words (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Students name
Course name and number
Instructors name
Date submitted
For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

Must utilize an academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.
Must use at Bevan multiple times, including to define conflict and explore ways the characters can overcome it.
Must document use of Bevan following APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Centers APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Develop an Action Plan

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Using the issues that you outlined in Week 3 for the drug court,  develop the goals and objectives to address these issues. Please use evidence-based research on successful drug court strategies in your paper. Remember, the goals and objectives must be clear, concise, and measurable; an example is provided above.

References:  4

I will send you the paper from week three..