Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 9, 12
- Lesson 1, 2
- Week 5 Assignment (You must choose a section from your outline, one of your main body points, and write a full paragraph developed from that body portion of the extended outline template. Please do not use your introduction or conclusion paragraph for this discussion.)
- Minimum of 1 source: the Susan Glaspell one-act play, “Trifles,” in the textbook and/or the following library article:
Initial Post Instructions
This discussion has three parts.
- Read the following in your textbook: “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell (pp. 294-303). How well does this essay meet the following criteria: “Identify a Problem and Demonstrate That It Exists,” “Appeal to Your Audience,” “State Your Claim,” and “Propose One or More Solutions to the Problem”? (Russell, 2016, p. 283). Explain your answers with specific examples.
- What problem and solution scenarios have you encountered in your education, work, training, or life in the past? How were the problems and solutions conveyed to you or your colleagues? Do you think the issues were clear and the solutions covered thoroughly? Why or why not? What problem and solution situations do you expect to encounter in your future career?
- Using your Week 5 extended outline as a guide, choose one of the main points from the outline and write it as one complete, rich, full body paragraph for your cause and effect essay. Do not use the introduction paragraph or conclusion paragraph you wrote last week. Instead, write one of your full body paragraphs that you outlined last week. Then, address the following:
- What additional details might you add to this paragraph to make it more appealing and clearer to your reader?
- Identify the logic in this point. Does it hold up to scrutiny, or may you be falling prey to a logical fallacy?
ANSWER
- Read the following in your textbook: “Trifles” by Susan Glaspell (pp. 294-303). How well does this essay meet the following criteria: “Identify a Problem and Demonstrate That It Exists,” “Appeal to Your Audience,” “State Your Claim,” and “Propose One or More Solutions to the Problem”? (Russell, 2016, p. 283). Explain your answers with specific examples.
The more obvious problem of this essay is that there has been a murder and the only possible witness is the wife of the victim. As the story unravels, the women, Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Hale, uncover a deeper problem; Mrs. Wright was not happy in her marriage. This essay is trying to appeal to …. To access full answer, click on the purchase button below.