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DIS12.docxESSAY 1----- DUE 04/14/23
TOPIC: - Universal Health Care
Post are comprised of three elements:
1. Your own original post (OP), responding to the topic as described
1. 450-500 words 2 pages
2. Your OP should be written in APA format (see the “APA Style Guide” under the
INFORMATION tab).
3. Sources must be cited. PLAGIARISM WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
4. Write in a professional way. Do not employ text shorthand, emojis, or the like.
FOLLOWING MATERIAL FOR ESSAY 1
READ 3 PDF FILES: - 240.Atlas, 240.callaha, 240 history
In the last module we established that there should be practical limits on what types of medical care should be provided as necessary care and therefore reimbursed to the patient. This week we'll try to determine how to distribute the costs of providing medically necessary healthcare to the public.
Your term as the chief guru of the healthcare system has not ended. In this week's discussion, you will propose how to structure the healthcare financing system.
First read the three articles provided in this module folder. Begin with "A Short History of American Health Insurance". Then consider the opposing positions presented in the other two articles.
Here is the question you are to address: "Who should pay for medical care?" Should it be the individual on his/her own? Should it be through employer sponsored plans? Should it be through public/private systems like the Affordable Care Act (ACA, otherwise called Obamacare) where the federal government sets the parameters for coverage but insurance companies or states actually provide the reimbursement? Should it be a single payer system where the federal government controls and finances treatment (universal healthcare or "Medicare for All")? Do you have a creative plan of your own?
In your ESSAY, answer the central question, AND THEN EXPLAIN WHERE THE REVENUE TO PAY FOR THE PLAN COMES FROM.
Keep these assumptions in mind:
· Average family income in the US is near $50,000.
· Inexpensive HMO family plan premium is around $1,000/month.
· Although governments do print money, government funded healthcare has to be paid for through taxation. If that's your choice, investigate tax rates in the countries that have it and predict how similar tax rates would affect us in the US.
ESSAY-2
DUE- 12, WEDNESDAY, 2023
2 PAGES
LINK to LESBOS
http://sylviaplathforum.com/lesbos.html
This week you will, as a class, explicate Sylvia Plath's poem, "Lesbos," which is linked below. Also, read the "Poetry Explication" document linked there to.
After reading "Lesbos," each student should post an answer to one of the questions in the handout. Do not answer a question if another student has already answered it.
Attempt to go down the list of questions and respond, as though you were explicating the poem together. You may respond to someone else's answer after you have posted your own to an unanswered question in the Poetry Explication document.
To clarify, you are communally explicating the poem, using the handout to guide you. Your first post should be a response to an unanswered question in the handout. That means you need to read what other students before you have posted. Your second post and any additional posts may be a response to add onto or develop another student's idea, or you may simply answer another unanswered question that builds on another student's interpretation.
* In your essay, be sure to note which "Step" in the handout you are responding to!
Essay -3
3 PAGES
For your essay entry this week, read Elizabeth Alexander's inaugural poem, "Praise Song for the Day." Also, you may watch her read it at Obama's inauguration.
After you read/watch the poem, watch Alexander's interview with Stephen Colbert, also linked below the journal assignment.
Now think about what Alexander wanted to do with her poem - what do you think her purpose was? Do you think she was successful? What would you do differently?
You may consider comparing Alexander's attempt with Maya Angelou's poem at Clinton's inauguration (also linked below). Was Angelou's poem as effective as Alexander's? Or less so? What is the difference? How did the two women use their words to persuade or motivate the audience towards their poems' purposes? Keep in mind, these are very different poems - think about who they are addressing (who is the persona speaking to?) and why. On what level does each poet attempt to appeal?
You may certainly compare the two poems, though you are not required to do so. I do except you, at least, to respond to Alexander's poem, note what you liked about it, explain how well you think she used the gifts of poetic technique (metaphor? hyperbole? symbolism? etc) to achieve her goal, however you determine what that was. Also, identify who the persona is, who the audience she is speaking to is, what is the dramatic situation in the poem, etc.
REMEMBER: You are to write THREE pages (750 words minimum), typewritten in MLA format-- not just one paragraph or so.
ESSAY 4
4 PAGES
Poetry Explication
Remember that explication means to unfold.
Assignment: The pleasure experienced in listening to or reading poetry comes from the interrelationship of all the literary techniques that the poet uses to present the sense, or meaning, of the poem: choice of speaker, sound, imagery, and figurative language. Write an essay which analyzes the connection between the techniques of your selected poem and its meaning, as you received it.
Title:__________________________________________________________________ Poet:__________________________________________________________________
Poem form/structure: _______________________ _____narrative, _____ dramatic, or _____ lyric _____free verse, _____ blank verse, or _____ regular verse
Step #1: Begin by first jotting down your responses to the poem. At this point, concentrate on the poem's emotional effect on you.
Step #2: Now consider the meaning (main idea, message, moral, theme) of the poem.
Step #3: Who is the speaker (or persona) of the poem? Describe the kind of person who appears to speak in the poem.
Step #4: What is the dramatic situation in the poem? In other words, what is going on in the poem? What is the occasion?
Step #5: What sound devices are used in the poem? These may include rhyme, rhythm, onomatopoeia, alliteration, consonance, assonance, etc.
Step #6: What are the dominant images, and/or sensory references (i.e. sounds, smells, tastes, etc)? Consider not only which senses are appealed to, but also whether the images can be grouped in some way.
Step #7: What kinds of figurative language appears? This might include metaphor, simile, personification, allusion, and so on.
Step #8: Is there any other specific technique that influences the poem's meaning? Repetition? Line breaks? Heavy use of a particular image? Symbolism?
Step #9: What is the tone of the poem?
Step #10: Is the title significant? What does the title do to set the tone? The stage? The ultimate feeling about the poem?
Step #11: Complete this plan page:
Introduction: General discussion of the poem's effect on the reader. Last sentence of the first paragraph should be your thesis statement stating the specific techniques used in your poem to convey the meaning of the poem.
Thesis Sentence:
Body Paragraphs: Each body paragraph should discuss each one of the points you have noted. You will support your selection by showing specifically how a passage created / revealed meaning. Each body paragraph mayinclude two integrated quotes from the poem.
Body Paragraph #1 (Topic Sentence):
Partial quotes to be used:
Body Paragraph #2 (Topic Sentence):
Partial quotes to be used:
Body Paragraph #3 (Topic Sentence):
Partial quotes to be used:
AND SO ON, until you have adequately interpreted and explained the poem, according to how you read it. Trust your instincts and your own perceptions/readings of the poem. Use excerpts from the poem to support your interpretations!
Conclusion: Your conclusion should include a restatement of your thesis in different words. You should broaden your discussion to include at least one of the following ideas:
0. * your opinion of the poem
0. * what you learned from reading the poem
0. * connecting the poem you discussed to another literary work, for writers influence writers
0. * connecting the poem to your own life if it is really important, but do not spend a long time doing so!!! The weight of your work should be on analyzing and interpreting the poem.
LINKS : -
http://studentacademichelp.blogspot.com/2010/10/critical-analysis-of-robert-frosts.html
https://www.bartleby.com/lit-hub/mountain-interval/1-the-road-not-taken/
https://druscila7.tripod.com/robertfrost/id2.html
https://www.bestlibrary.org/murrayslit/2009/09/poetic-devices.html
https://highered.mheducation.com/sites/0072405228/student_view0/poetic_glossary.html
www.chaparralpoets.org/devices.pdf
sylviaplathforum.com/lesbos.html
https://poets.org/poem/praise-song-day
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nH6fC3W3YvA
https://www.cc.com/video/8l6srp/the-colbert-report-elizabeth-alexander
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59xGmHzxtZ4&feature=youtu.be
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/48990/on-the-pulse-of-morning
