What is one particular part of Kukharsky’s piece that you would give constructive corrective feedback on? What would you tell the author to change and why? Your answer should be at least three sentences long.

What do you think Qasim did best in “Avoiding Misconceptions…” and what is a place in which the author could improve? Your response should be at least three sentences long.

What is the most important thing that you took away from this reading? How, specifically, will what you learned from this reading affect your approach to writing your final research paper? Your response should be at least two sentences long.

What was the most important idea that you took away from the reading in the title of the post?  Why did you find it important and how did it shift your perspective on writing a thesis? Your response should be at least three sentences long.

Please read the sample student essay below and comment on one strong point about the essay or one point on which the writer could improve. Please be specific in regard to what you reference about the essay.

Student_Sample_Argument_Essay

Please mention one important thing that you took away from the “Using Sources” (Lunsford and Ruszkiewicz, pp. 180-195) reading. Discuss how this one thing either refined something you already knew or how it taught you something new about writing research papers. Your response should be at least three sentences long.

Respond to this blog post with the question(s) that you plan on answering for your research paper.

Which element/portion of Yablonovskiy’s analysis stood out to you most and why? Provide both context from the text and your reason(s) for why this part of the author’s analysis stood out or seemed profound to you. Your response should be at least four sentences long.

In “One Step Towards Equality…”, Chau critiques movies like Crazy Rich Asians and TV shows like Fresh Off the Boat for reinforcing Asian stereotypes, but Constance Wu (or Jessica Huang), the “tiger mom” on Fresh Off the Boat states that people should celebrate how historic it is that there are movies and TV shows with all-Asian casts. Do you feel like sometimes arguments over identity and representation can be too much or overblown? In other words, are the arguments contextualized well enough and does being highly critical sometimes detract from the progress that has been made in regard to representation of different ethnic groups/races in American media? Your response should be at least four sentences long.

Capture Rankine’s thesis from “Excerpt from Citizen” in one sentence. Discuss Rankine’s appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos and whether or not you feel her appeals were successful. Your response should be 5-7 sentences long.