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COM 220 Entire Course (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
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CheckPoint Research Paper Topic COM 220 Week 1
Assignment Assignment Bias, Rhetorical Devices,
and Argumentation COM 220 Week 2 DQ 1 and DQ
2 COM 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Gathering and
Evaluating Information COM 220 Week 3 Checkpoint
Annotated Bibliography COM 220 Week 3 COM 220
Week 4 DQ 1 and DQ 2 COM 220 Week 4 Checkpoint
Developing a Thesis Statement COM 220 Week 5
CheckPoint Full Sentence Outline Assignment
Quoting, Summarizing, and Paraphrasing
Sources COM 220 Week 5 Assignment Incorporating
Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations
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COM 220 Week 1 Assignment Assignment Bias,
Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation (UOP) FOR
MORE CLASSES VISIT www.com220outlet.com Assignmen
t Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and
Argumentation  Due Day 7 Individual forum  Res
ources American Rhetoric Web site and Bias,
Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation Listen to
the speech at clicking the Windows Media
Video link or the Audio mp3 link, or read the
transcript of the speech.  Write a minimum
500-word response to the following
questions What are some examples of bias,
fallacies, and specific rhetorical devices in
the speech?
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CheckPoint Research Paper Topic  Resources App
endix A, Appendix C, and the Center for Writing
Excellence Grammar Guide.  Review Appendix
C.  Select a topic for your research paper. Here
are possible topic selections Affirmative
Action Colonization Consumerism Culture
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COM 220 Week 2 Checkpoint Gathering and
Evaluating Information (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com220outlet.com CheckPoint Gathering
and Evaluating Information  Due Day
5 Individual forum  Resources Finding,
Evaluating, and Utilizing Credible Information
Bias, Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation the
University Library Interactive Tutorial the
Center for Writing Excellence and Appendix
D  Complete the University Library tutorial Log
on to your student Web site. Click on
the Library tab. Click on University
Library. Under Library Services, click View the
Research Tutorial. Click Complete the University
Library Interactive Tutorial.
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Questions  DQ 1 Due Day 2 Main forum  Post you
r response to the following Where do you
normally find information for topics that
interest you? How do you know when sources are
reliable? Explain your answers.  DQ 2 Due Day
4 Main forum  Post your response to the
following Review the following Internet and
University Library sources. Determine which
sources are reliable and which are not.
Explain your answers.
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COM 220 Week 3 Assignment Quoting, Summarizing,
and Paraphrasing Sources (UOP) FOR MORE CLASSES
VISIT www.com220outlet.com Assignment Quoting,
Summarizing, and Paraphrasing Sources  Due Day
7 Individual forum  Resources Finding,
Evaluating, and Utilizing Credible Information
Appropriate Style Guidelines Appendix D and
Appendix E.  Navigate to Grammar and Writing
Guides in the Center for Writing
Excellence  Read Plagiarism Using Direct
Quotations Understanding Paraphrase and
Summary Understanding Plagiarism and Common
Knowledge.
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COM 220 Week 3 Checkpoint Annotated Bibliography
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CheckPoint Annotated Bibliography As part of
the writing process, you will refine your premise
several times. Before you eliminate any sources,
you should create a record of your research in
case you decide to revisit an idea. An annotated
bibliography tracks your research and compiles
summaries of each source. These summaries are
valuable resources for writing your final
paper.  Due Day 3 Individual forum  Resources
 Finding, Evaluating, and Utilizing Credible
Information Appropriate Style Guidelines the
Center for Writing Excellence and the completed
Appendix D
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COM 220 Week 4 Checkpoint Developing a Thesis
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Thesis Statement  Due Day 3 Individual forum  
Resources Stages of the Research Process Bias,
Rhetorical Devices, and Argumentation Organizing
Your Research Paper the Time Web site and the
Center for Writing Excellence  Review A Nation
Apart at  Consider the strategies Simon
Elegant used in his article to support his thesis
with compelling arguments and counterarguments.
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Questions  Due Day 2 Main forum  Read A
Nation Apart at  Post your response to the
following Identify the thesis statement in the
article A Nation Apart. What strategies does the
author use to formulate his argument? What makes
the arguments so viable and compelling?   DQ 2
Due Day 4 Main forum  Post your response to
the following How does the author of A Nation
Apart organize information to build his argument?
Does he include any counterarguments? Why or
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COM 220 Week 5 Assignment Incorporating
Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations (UOP) FOR
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t Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and
Illustrations  Due Day 7 Individual forum  Res
ources Incorporating Statistics, Graphs, and
Illustrations Creating Tables tutorial and Axia
Colleges Writing Style Handbook  Review Incorpor
ating Statistics, Graphs, and Illustrations on
the student Web site the Microsoft Word
tutorial Creating Tables at Colleges Writing
Style Handbook.  Consider the following
Effective visuals can illustrate points in your
research paper and help readers understand and
accept your arguments more easily.
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COM 220 Week 6 CheckPoint Introduction and
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www.com220outlet.com CheckPoint Introduction
and Conclusion  Due Day 3 Individual forum  Re
source Drafting Your Research Paper  Consider th
e components of an effective introduction and an
effective conclusion outlined in Drafting Your
Research Paper.  Write an introduction for your
research paper that draws in readers.  Write a
conclusion for your research paper that wraps up
your paper.
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Questions  DQ 1 Due Day 2 Main forum  Review t
he sections on introductions and conclusions in
the reading Drafting Your Research Paper on the
student Web site.  Post your response to the
following What type of introduction and what
type of conclusion do you plan to write for your
research paper? How does the introduction draw
readers into your argument, and how does the
conclusion wrap up your paper? Explain your
answers.
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COM 220 Week 7 Assignment Peer Review Workshop
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Assignment Peer Review Workshop  Due Day
7 Individual forum  Resources Giving
Constructive Feedback tutorial and Appendix
G  Review the Giving Constructive Feedback
tutorial at  Perform a peer review of a
classmates rough draft. The instructor will
place this in your Individual forum on Day 4.
Fill in each block of the Peer Review Checklist
in Appendix G.  Post the completed Peer Review
Checklist as an attachment.  Answer the
following questions
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COM 220 Week 7 Checkpoint Rough draft of the
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www.com220outlet.com CheckPoint Rough Draft of
the Research Paper  Due Day 3 Individual forum
 Resources Drafting Your Research Paper,
full-sentence outline of your research paper the
introduction and conclusion for your research
paper the assignment Incorporating Statistics,
Graphs, and Illustrations Study Guide Web site
and Appendix F  Review the reading Drafting Your
Research Paper and for an example of how to
convert information in a full-sentence outline
into paragraphs for the rough draft.
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COM 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Research Paper Revision
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CheckPoint Research Paper Revision  Due Day
7 Individual forum  Resources Revising Your
Research Paper and peer review of your
paper  Write a 200- to 300-word response to the
following What feedback did you receive from the
CWE, your peer reviewer, and your
instructor? Explain what feedback you will
incorporate and what feedback you will not
incorporate into your paper. Include a rationale
for your choices.
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COM 220 Week 8 Checkpoint Writing Skills
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Assessment  Due Day 5 Individual forum  Consid
er the following You will continue to complete
academic writing assignments throughout your
college career. As you complete the Writing
Skills Assessment and review the feedback, use
the information to determine your writing
strengths and to note areas that need
improvement.  Complete the Writing Assessment on
the student Web site.  Copy and paste your
individual results for the assessment into a new
post in your Individual forum. Type Writing
Assessment in the subject line of this post.
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Questions  DQ 1 Due Day 2 Main forum  Post you
r response to the following What was your
experience with the Center for Writing Excellence
(CWE) in the past? In addition to the CWE, what
other writing tools are available for revising a
research paper? How can you become your
own editor and review your writing with a
critical eye?  DQ 2 Due Day 4 Main forum  Post
 your response to the following What strategies
do you use for revising a paper? How do you know
when to accept feedback from another source? What
makes feedback valuable to you?
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COM 220 Week 9 Capstone Checkpoint (UOP) FOR MORE
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CheckPoint  Due Day 4 Individual forum  Write 
a 200- to 300-word response to the following
questions Now that you have finished your
research paper, what advice would you provide to
students starting this course? What would you do
differently if you were just starting the course?
On what would you focus more? On what would you
focus less? Explain your answers.
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COM 220 Week 9 Final Project Persuasive Research
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www.com220outlet.com Final Project Persuasive
Research Paper  Due Day 7 Individual forum  Re
sources Appendix A and Appendix H  Use the
checklist in Appendix H to proofread your final
draft. If you cannot answer yes to an item in the
proofreading checklist, revise your paper
accordingly.  Construct a persuasive research
paper in 2,000 to 2,500 words, formatted
according to Axia-style guidelines.  Include the
following elements Title page Introduction and a
thesis statement Body with supporting evidence
and in-text citations
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