COM 220 COM220 COM/220 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

COM 220 COM220 COM/220 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

CheckPoint: Research Paper Topic

· Resources: Appendix A, Appendix C, and the Center for Writing Excellence

Grammar Guide.

· Review Appendix C.

· Select a topic for your research paper. Here are possible topic selections:

Affirmative Action

Colonization

Consumerism

Culture

Drugs

Education

Ethics

Gun Control

Identity

Immigration

Literacy

Media

Politics

War

Technology

· Submit the topic for your instructor’s approval. If you write about a topic your

instructor has not approved, your paper will receive a zero.

COM 220 COM220 COM/220 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

Assignment: Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation

· Due Day 7 [Individual forum]

· Resources: American Rhetoric Web site; and Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and

Argumentation

Listen to the speech at

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechcitizenkane2.html by

clicking the Windows Media Video link or the Audio mp3 link, or read the transcript

of the speech.

· Write a minimum 500-word response to the following questions:

What are some examples of bias, fallacies, and specific rhetorical devices in the

speech?

How did the speaker address arguments and counterarguments?

Were the speaker’s arguments effective? Explain.

· Post your assignment as an attachment.

COM 220 COM220 COM/220 ENTIRE COURSE HELP – UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX

CheckPoint: Gathering and Evaluating Information

· Due Day 5 [Individual forum]

· Resources: Finding, Evaluating, and Utilizing Credible Information; Bias, Rhetorical

Devices, and Argumentation; the University Library Interactive Tutorial; the Center for

Writing Excellence; and Appendix D

· Complete the University Library tutorial:

Log on to your student Web site.

Click on the Library tab.

Click on University Library.

Under Library Services, click View the Research Tutorial.

Click Complete the University Library Interactive Tutorial.

Follow the prompts to complete the tutorial.

· Consider the steps you should follow to complete a general search for reliable

sources.

· Follow those steps to locate five to eight sources for your research paper. At least

three of these sources must come from the University Library.

Determine what makes each source credible or not credible. In addition to the steps

you should follow to determine the credibility of a source, be aware of any biases or

fallacies in the materials.

· Explain what information you think you can use from each source.

· Format your sources according to APA guidelines at the Center for Writing

Excellence: http://www.apollolibrary.com/cwe/pdfs/AXIASampleAPAReferences.pdf.

· Complete Appendix D.

· Post Appendix D as an attachment.