Write a 2.5-3-page persuasive essay.

For this final assessment, you will continue to apply the stages of writing by creating a rough draft of your persuasive essay. Part of this is to complete more research in the Capella library. As you move through your educational journey, you will find that many epiphanies occur when learning new ideas and concepts about areas you thought you understood. You begin to question preconceived ideas and develop new awareness. You will then revise and proofread this draft. As you finish the final draft of your persuasive paper, consider how you see your voice as the voice of a hero for your discipline.

These are the post of two students, please respond giving them feed back in wether you agree or disagree! Please keep them separate!

O’Phylynn post

As I approach the end of my bachelor program I am more stressed than when I started. I say this because there are major projects to be completed along with projects for this course. While it is stressed inducing, I do somewhat feel a sense of relief that the end is near.

As I juggle my capstone course along with this class, work, and family, I find going for a walk, excerise( when I can), listening to music, cooking, or playing with my 20month old relieving. Depending on the day music can be over stimulating if I am mentally exhausted. On those days of over stimulation, I find a long warm shower relaxes those muscles and give a refreshed feeling.

Many may shut down and become really stressed and unable to focus or put words on paper. I am the opposite. I have found that having a deadline for a project gives me inspiration and motivation to have it completed. I find it strange but the stressed caused by knowing the deadline is fast approaching creates those creative thoughts and inspiration. Taking a warm shower (relaxes those muscles), laying in bed (further relaxation)with my tablet, seem to work for me rather than sitting in front of a computer.

Response to the post:

Richard post

When students have a deadline and are feeling stressed, what can they do to relax their mind and body to accomplish what they need to do? Which relaxation strategies would be most successful to achieve that outcome?

I find that taking a walk with my girls always relaxes me. I enjoy the time with my family and the fresh air and the sounds of nature. I usually work on my classes in the evening when I get home from work, but many times I will take that walk first. It clears my head from all of the stress that had built up throughout my work day. As far as deadlines are concerned, I find that time management and preparation is very important in order to be a successful college student. Relaxation techniques can only do so much, but making a plan or calendar and sticking by it is can help you avoid having to do too much at once and the stress that comes with procrastination. I’m not always perfect with it, but I do realize the importance of planning and time management and try to utilize it to the best of my ability in order to cut down on stress.

Your response:

A cultural theme such as class, floods, droughts, death and attitudes toward death, war rivalries, structures of power and politics, religious conflict, chaos and order, gender, revenge, etc. has to connect the two works you choose. For example, if you are interested in structures of power and politics you could compare and contrast an Egyptian pyramid to the Parthenon in Greece. In this example, the two cultures are Egyptian and Greek and the two architectural works are pyramids and the Parthenon. The theme that connects them is power.

You can consult a maximum of 5 sources for this essay. The sources that you use MUST BE CITED in your essay in MLA style. Use the sources to gain background information and context about the works you choose. For example, you will have to explain what their history is or whom or what is depicted in them. You will be making arguments in your essay and supporting them with evidence. These sources will provide that evidence. Sources must be books, database articles, and magazines. You have free access (in the library and online) to databases such as JSTOR where you can download articles. I strongly advise against using unreliable websites and blogs as sources.

TEXTBOOK: Smith The World’s Religions (50th anniversary edition) isbn #9780061660184

Notes from Professor:

* Judaism is the first of the western, or Abrahamic faiths, that we will study. These religions (Judaism, Christianity and Islam) are cousins who all claim to have inherited the covenant promises made to Abraham–a major character in the book of Genesis.

* Jews descend from Abraham’s son Isaac, while descendants of Abraham’s first son Ishmael later gave rise to the Islamic faith.

* Judaism is a religion and also a people group…as a people, Jews are descendants of the characters in the Bible, beginning with Abraham.

* The Jewish book of scripture is what is commonly known as the Old Testament to Christians. (Jews do not believe in or follow the New Testament)

* Judaism is often regarded as the first of the major monotheistic religious traditions.

* Be sure to read Chapter 7 of the textbook for details on the 8 areas where Jews find meaning in the world–I touch on some of these below.

* Meaning in Morality….Judaism is a religion of doing, as opposed to a religion of faith. God gave commandments to the people of Israel in the first five books of the Bible, and Judaism centers on trying to follow these commandments (having to do with eating, worship, dress, marriage, legal codes….basically all areas of life). While the 10 Commandments are quite well known, Jewish scholars find a total of 613 commandments in scripture.

* Meaning in Suffering….to be Jewish is to have experienced suffering throughout the history of the people. Be it slavery in Egypt, being conquered by other powers later in the Old Testament, living under Roman occupation at the time of Jesus, centuries of anti-Jewish hatred since the birth of Christianity, the Holocaust….the Jews have been targeted time and again by those who have tried to eradicate them as a people group.

* Meaning in Messianism…..Jews believe that the Old Testament predicts the coming of a Messiah one day. The word messiah is from the Hebrew for “anointed one.” (In Greek, Messiah is translated as Christos, or Christ in English). In ancient Israel, a new king would be anointed with oil. Jews still await the coming of the Messiah, who in their understanding will be a human being (and not divine), and someone who will bring world peace once they come to earth. The Old Testament does not speak of a “Second Coming,” so Jews expect the Messiah to accomplish his mission all at once.
It is important to note that Jesus was a Jew, as were most of his early followers. After his death, once most Jews continued to await the coming of the Messiah, the followers of Jesus developed what came to be Christianity. From a theological perspective, Christians believe Jesus was human as well as divine, which traditional Judaism does not believe possible. For Jews, monotheism means God is separate from created beings such as humans.

Beginning an essay can often be the most difficult portion. However, when separated into small steps, this process becomes well defined and much more manageable. During these first steps, any writing that takes place is likely to be minimal and rough. This is acceptable, as you realize you are in the prewriting stage and that you have more writing and revising ahead of you.

For this Discussion, you will reflect on your own research strategy and how you have (or, perhaps, have not) used a strategy, such as note-taking, underlining, highlighting, etc., in the past to gather and assess the main ideas from a journal article. Based on what you have learned from the week’s Learning Resources, you will share your thoughts and experiences on use of research in your own writing practice.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review the Learning Resources on arguments and critical reading, and the infographic on Analysis.
• Reflect on your research process in relation to understanding an author’s argument or main idea.
• You may reflect on past or current examples of your research process, including this Assignment.

By Day 3

Post a 1- to 2-paragraph reflection on your research process, describing components that you currently use, as well as any components that you could use more effectively. (Note: You may choose to reflect specifically on your approach to this Discussion assignment in relation to your writing process.)

Required Readings

Walden University Writing Center. (2015i). Walden templates: General templates: APA course paper template (6th ed.). Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/te…
Note: Please submit all assignments using the abovementioned APA Course Paper Template.

Laureate Education. (2015). [Infographic]. Understanding Arguments, Baltimore, MD: Author.

Walden University Writing Center. (2015a). Common course assignments: Writing in the social sciences. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/as…
Students will use the “Main Idea” section to better understand an author’s main points

Walden University. (2015). Writing a Paper: Understanding Arguments. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/writingcenter/wr…

Online journal articles:
Grad Writing II: http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/wcss6061 (semester students)

Online journal articles:
Grad Writing II: http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/wcss6060 (quarter students)

From the list of selected journal articles, choose and critically read one article in preparation for this week’s (and subsequent week’s) Assignment.

Please note: You will use your selected journal article throughout the course.