ENGL2 Gun Control Shooting in Schools Criminal Law Research Paper I. Writing: Students are required to write a series of essays informed by research and ar

ENGL2 Gun Control Shooting in Schools Criminal Law Research Paper I. Writing: Students are required to write a series of essays informed by research and articulating fully developed arguments about complex issues related to a course theme. Assignments emphasize those skills and activities in writing and thinking that produce the critical essay and persuasive essay, each of which demands analysis, interpretation, and evaluation. ENGL 2 requires a minimum of 6000 words, at least 4000 of which must be in revised final draft form. There will be a total of nine required essays.

A. Two Essay Assignments: Two major essays are required: a critical essay (global document essay) and a persuasive argument — both of which are researched based.

A critical essay is any essay that demands analysis, interpretation, and evaluation of a text or an issue. Critical essays should include scholarly sources as supporting evidence. Essays might include (but are not limited to) the following:

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1. rhetorical analysis: rhetorical frameworks might include Aristotelian, Toulmin, Rogerian, or Mills.

2. visual analysis: film, art work, photograph, advertisement, website.

3. contextual analysis (text- or issue-in-context): requires students to synthesize multiple texts or ideas, seeing each in the context of the others. Contextual frameworks might include the following:

historical: What are the historical events and facts surrounding the argument, and how does this affect how the argument is read? Students can consider when the argument was written or composed, or they can consider the time period in which it takes place, or about other factors concerning the time period of a text such as historical objects or artifacts important to the argument.
biographical: What occurred in the writer’s life? What were the writer’s beliefs, values, experiences, and so on, and how do these affect the ways that one understands the writer’s purpose of the argument?
social: This context is similar to the historical because it asks that students to look at the social influences of the time. For instance, what were the social values, events, discourses, and so on, and how are these social contexts reflected in the argument?
cultural: What kinds of culturally specific values, beliefs, and patterns can be observed? How has the argument been shaped by cultural influences such as religion, nationality, family traditions, and so forth?

4. theoretical analysis: requires students to determine the underlying values, assumptions, conflicts as it relates to a particular lens (gender, political, ethnic, cultural, socio- economical) or course theme.

5. synthesis essay: requires students to synthesize multiple sources to show how different writers discuss and provide evidence for their viewpoints on a highly debated subject. Students will need to think about each writer’s reasons and assumptions in the debate, and situate these assumptions within a broader context.

The instructor will choose which analysis will be used for student emphasis. The Global Document essay drafts/ critical analysis essay falls into this category.

A persuasive argument requires students to take a position on an issue and use external evidence to support their reasoning. Arguments might include the following: 1. definition: arguing about meaning 2. causal: arguing through causes and effects 3. evaluation: arguing about value 4. proposal: arguing about the future 5. review: arguing about performance 6. commentary: arguing about current issues and events 7. multimodal: arguing by showing, telling, and listening

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8. rebuttal: arguing the opposing side

b. Assignment tips

. • The persuasive essay must be researched-based with proper Chicago Style or

MLA citations. Research is an important component of the ENGL 2 curriculum. Please note that a research-based essay that merely reports on a topic is not an appropriate assignment. The purpose is not merely to summarize the views of others on a particular issue; rather, students must take a position on an issue and find appropriate evidence to support their views.

This course will have a minimum of one in-class essay.
If a contextual, theoretical, or synthesis analysis is assigned, it will be sequenced with the persuasive argument. This will help you to see connection among context, audience, and purpose.

Use these reference below. YuKun Jiang
English 2
Perfessor Carlos
7 March 2019
Reference
● “People on opposite sides of the debate about guns apparently can’t agree on anything
these days — not even the meaning of a string of pearls.” By Kate Taylor, March 6,
2019
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/us/new-hampshire-gunspearls.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FGun%20Control&action=click&conten
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● “Gun control, politics, legislation, and enforcement of measures intended to restrict
access to, the possession of, or the use of arms, particularly firearms. Gun control is
one of the most controversial and emotional issues in many countries, with the debate
often centring on whether regulations on an individual’s right to arms are an undue
restriction on liberty and whether there is a correlation between guns and crime.”
https://www.britannica.com/technology/gun-control
● Gun violence is a fact of life in the United States and, in 2018, mass shootings
continue to occur with frightening regularity. Mass murders, such as those at schools
in Parkland, FL and Santa Fe, TX, and at houses of worship in Pittsburgh, PA and
Charleston, SC, shock the conscience and spur debate – but little action by Congress.
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/issues/guns
● Republicans seem to mock gun violence victims by wearing pearls as they testify.
Advocates said message male lawmakers conveyed at bill hearing was clear:
opponents of gun violence were ‘clutching their pearls’
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/mar/06/new-hampshire-republicanspearl-necklaces-gun-violence-victims
● A gunman has opened fire at a synagogue in the US city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
While details of the shooting are still to be finalised, the incident is sure to renew the
debate about gun laws and the rights of gun owners. US President Donald Trump has
already said the Pittsburgh shooting had “little to do” with US gun laws. “If they had
protection inside, maybe it could have been a different situation,” he said.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41488081
YuKun Jiang
English 2
Perfessor Carlos
14 March 2019
Reference
“gun control”from The Columbia Encyclopedia
Government limitation of the purchase and ownership of firearms. The availability of
guns is controlled by nations and localities throughout the world. In the United States the
“right of the people to keep and bear arms” is guaranteed by the Constitution, but has been
variously interpreted through the years. From the late 1930s federal judicial and law
enforcement officials generally held that the right exists mainly in the context of the
maintenance of a state militia, but in 2002 the Justice Dept., under Attorney General John
Ashcroft, indicated that it interpreted the amendment as more broadly supporting the rights of
individuals to possess and bear firearms. Such an interpretation was upheld by 2008 and 2010
Supreme Court decisions that nonetheless did…
https://search.credoreference.com/content/topic/gun_control
Facts from earlier years are cited based upon availability and relevance, not to slant results
by singling out specific years that are different from others. Likewise, data associated with
the effects of gun control laws in various geographical areas represent random,
demographically diverse places in which such data is available
https://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp
Nowhere in the world is gun control more controversial than in the United States, where gun
possession is constitutionally protected but where murders (including mass murders)
committed with guns are extremely common; the United States has by far the highest
homicide-by-firearm rate among developed countries. Proponents of increased gun control in
the United States argue that limiting access to guns will save lives and reduce crime;
opponents insist that it would actually do the opposite by preventing law-abiding citizens
from defending themselves against armed criminals.
https://www.britannica.com/story/gun-control-in-the-us
The term “gun control”, referring to initiatives designed to restrict unfettered access to guns for all
people, is unusual as a word that both liberals and conservatives use – albeit with very different
feeling. Also note that “gun control” and “gun rights are not synonyms but mean very different
things to different people.
For advocates of gun control, “gun control” connotes an effort to create a greater level of
accountability and regulation when it comes to firearms. They have supported a range of efforts
under the gun control banner, from background checks and waiting periods to bans on assault
rifles and certain other weapons
https://www.allsides.com/dictionary/gun-control

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