Essay Undergraduate 1,562 words

Rhetorical Analysis: MLK and Fannie Lou Hamer's Civil Rights Speeches

Compares the rhetorical strategies and genres of MLK's "I Have a Dream" speech and Fannie Lou Hamer's 1964 DNC testimony during the Civil Rights Movement.

Communications

~8 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 663 words

Social Marketing: Strategy, Persuasion, and Ethical Concerns

Explores social marketing's core principles, including positive deviance, persuasion tactics, and ethical challenges in promoting long-term social norm change.

Marketing

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 1,378 words

Women's Role in the Rise of Early Christianity

Explores how women were instrumental in spreading early Christianity, from household conversions to higher social status, drawing on Rodney Stark's sociological analysis.

Religion

~7 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 941 words

The Right to Physician-Assisted Suicide: Arguments For and Against

An analysis of arguments for and against legalizing physician-assisted suicide, examining patient autonomy, medical ethics, and current U.S. state legislation.

Ethics

~5 min read

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Reflection Paper Undergraduate 676 words

Multicultural Unit Plan Review: U.S. States and Culture

A review of a multicultural unit plan covering U.S. states, cultural identity, and four approaches to multicultural curriculum design for K–12 learners.

Education

~4 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 419 words

COVID-19 Persuasion, Group Influence, and Pandemic Response

Explores how group dynamics, prejudice, and political polarization undermined public health persuasion during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

Communications

~3 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 934 words

Mayo Clinic Website Evaluation: Credibility and Accuracy

An evaluation of the Mayo Clinic website examining its credibility, content development policy, commercial purpose, rhetorical strategies, and reliability for health information.

Health

~5 min read

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Essay Undergraduate 626 words

Should Alcoholic Beverages Be Banned on College Campuses?

This essay argues for banning alcohol on college campuses, citing research on student health, safety, institutional mission, and reduced long-term alcohol abuse.

Education

~4 min read

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Reflection Paper Undergraduate 982 words

Sermon as a Speech: Audience Adaptation and Persuasion

A student reflection analyzing a substitute minister's sermon on abortion as a public speech, evaluating delivery, organization, audience adaptation, and persuasion.

Communications

~5 min read

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Book Review Undergraduate 1,151 words

Tongue-Tied: Multilingual Children in Public Education Review

A critical review of Otto Santa Ana's anthology on multilingual children in U.S. public schools, examining bilingual education, NCLB, and cultural assimilation.

Education

~6 min read

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