Profile- Essay #2

*Be sure to develop all ideasEssay Topic Choices: Any of the journal questions can be turned into a longer essay,

 

Things to keep in mind

 

*use formal tone – no “I” voice
*avoid using words such as: very, many, seems, etc. Remember, you want your essay to stand alone and not be dependent upon you
*consider our in-class discussions surrounding these issues
*review journal entries on this topic (you have already written 3 pages!)

 

Rules of the game

 

*essay must be typed using 12pt. Times New Roman Font
*essay must be a minimum of 2 ½ - 3 pages in length
*essay must have proper headings for first page and subsequent pages
*essay must include two quotes from an internet source that either supports the points you are making, or refutes them.
*thesis statement must be set off in other type (bold, italics, or underlined)

 

Other things to keep in mind for this essay:

 

Support: To support the points you make, include any of the following kinds of information:

 

-- Examples (Specific cases or illustrations of phenomena.)

 

-- Allusions (references to the literature we’ve read, or to popular culture, religion, current events)

 

-- Authorities (sources or people who can substantiate points based on research or professional qualifications.)

 

--Analogies (they compare a familiar thing to a less familiar thing to make the less familiar more understandable.)

 

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3) Quotes: Be sure that your quotes are smoothly integrated with your own words. Please also be sure to review the College’s policy regarding plagiarism. See chapter 24 of the Lunsford text for information on how to integrate quotes smoothly. This is an essential skill for writing well. Remember that any exact words that are borrowed from another source need to be in quotation marks.

 

4) Organization: Be sure to give us a standard academic essay. Here's a description of a standard academic essay:

 

Introductory paragraph: Open with general information about the ideas to be discussed and lead readers to the last sentence of the paragraph, which should be the thesis statement – this states the main point of the essay. Be sure that in this sentence, you've got a clear purpose in mind; in other words, know at this point whether you're going to keep this an objective, 3rd-person analysis of the literature, or you're going to use the literature to make your own point. You can do either for this assignment, but they're different essays, different approaches, and they require different thesis statements.REVIEW TIPS ON INTRODUCTIONS IN HL!!

 

Body Paragraphs: You need at least three, but you can certainly have more. Each paragraph should have one clear main point. The easiest, most obvious technique of sharing the paragraph's main point is to state it in a topic sentence, which is usually the first sentence of the paragraph. Sometimes the topic sentence works as the last sentence, and sometimes the topic can be implied, without an actual topic sentence. You've got to be sure, though, that the paragraph does, indeed, have a single main point. The purpose of the paragraph, then, is not only to make the point, but also to prove it with examples and quotes (or facts, statistics, anecdotes, details, etc.). A good rule of thumb (although I hate hard and fast rules of writing because each essay is different!) is that you should have three bits of support (quotes or examples) for each body paragraph. Each example should follow the intro/quote/analysis pattern. This means that you use your words to state the idea; then you introduce the quote with a signal phrase (e.g., He says, " ..."); and finally you write a sentence or so pulling out the significance of the quote -- analyzing (explaining) how the quote supports the point.

 

Concluding Paragraph: Without repeating exactly what you've already said, remind us of the essay's main point and move on to discuss the significance – the implications in our own lives – of the ideas you've discussed.REVIEW TIPS ON CONCLUSIONS IN HL!!

Here is the copy of the Journal you did for me. Also include the professor correction. You can use this for the essay,

Multit-ask

 

Multitasking is used to refer to the ability of people to partake more than one task, function, or ability at ago. Not clear why there is a source reference here…An example of Multitasking is taking a phone call while driving (Wallis, 2006). Multitasking is also called dual tasking. What is its purpose? What are the benefits? Need to introduce in more specific detail here. Multitasking can be acquired through training where an individual takes their brain into a series of training; this makes their brains adapt. Multitasking can be improved through the inscription of symbols more often so as to strengthen the memory.

 

  Multitasking has This is vague – need to be more specific – avoid these types of terms>several advantages. The first advantage is that performing tasks simultaneously allows us to finish more work within the stipulated time. It also promotes creativity, make one busy and inspire him. Additionally, it helps one to finish his work in early enough to allow resting (Wallis, 2006). Multitasking also reduces the expenses that would have been incurred during the employment of human labor that would have performed the task done by one person. Also, multitasking teaches us to handle our free time appropriately. For example, one can send an email to his boss while waiting for his turn at the bank informing him that he might be caught up with time due to long queue or failure of banking machines.Please avoid using summary and paraphrase of source material. Begin using direct quotes. Doing so will allow you to offer analysis of the information. Be sure to review tips on audience in course announcements. Remember your audience will be looking for your analysis of information, not your reporting of it. This is a really important part of the course.

 

Contrary, multitasking has got its setbacks. Doing multiple tasks at ago is reflective of reduces focus. This always leads to the employee producing dismal work quality compared to someone who is instructed to do only one thing (Wallis, 2006). Multitasking also leads to time wasting since one needs to switch and coordinate from task to task. This requires a periodic reminder of what to switch to. Is this always the case? How so, why, and in what way? The switching is especially difficult for the people working in web design and development firms. In most cases, little work is completed since the individual who multitasks is constantly on the move towards the next item on their list, resulting in low overall daily productivity.

 

Transitions…connection to above ideas? This needs much more detail and development – again, be sure to address the how so, why, and in what way. See additional tips on this in HL – big 6. Technology has significantly led to multitasking Technology has made multitasking simpler than ever. One can simultaneously watch TV and navigate through social media newsfeeds on laptops while reading texts on iPads (Wallis, 2006). However, all the multitasking may shrink the structure and functioning of the brains.