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Top Text Title: Top Text: <script type="&quot;text/javascript&quot;" src="&quot;http://shots.snap.com/snap_shots.js?" ap="1&key=0b2fb79467ab2eed4a270dd8c020ce34&sb=1&th=purple&cl=0&si=0&po=0&df=0&" oi="0&link_icon=on&shots_trigger=both&lang=en-"></script> <a href="http://www.milforded.org/uploads/241ExpositoryWriting.pdf"> Read the Course Curriculum </a> &quot;The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.&quot; --Mark Twain <font color="&quot;DARKSLATEBLUE&quot;"> Expository Writing is an elective course designed to help students critically think about writing through the study of published authors, writing strategies, and rhetorical uses of language. This class uses the following texts: Survival 5th edition (ISBN) 0-917962-32-X The Bedford Reader 5th edition (ISBN) 0-312-08637-7 Image Grammar by Harry Noden (ISBN) 0-86709-466-4 Writers' Choices: Grammar to Improve Style (ISBN) 0-15-506374-X _____________________________________________________________________________ Please submit all papers for this class to: <a href="&quot;http://www.mydropbox.com&quot;">MyDropBox.com</a><br /> <p>Current ID: 64835 </p> <p>Current Password: writing</p> _____________________________________________________________________________ </font> Please consult the calendar below daily for updates on assignments. <iframe src="&quot;http://www.google.com/calendar/embed?src=ik7rl4aig5drr7j1qjkfqnhr5c%" style="&quot;" width="&quot;640&quot;" frameborder="&quot;0&quot;" height="&quot;614&quot;"></iframe> _____________________________________________________________________________ _ <font size="&quot;5&quot;"> <font color="&quot;Blue&quot;"> Essay: Cause and Effect </font> </font> <a href="http://docs.google.com/Doc?id=dxq7z9r_71fnc8hq"> Cause and Effect Organizer </a> ___________________________________________________________________________ <body bgcolor="&quot;Grey&quot;"> <font color="&quot;Purple&quot;" size="&quot;4&quot;" face="&quot;Times&quot;"> Research Paper Topic and Assignment Sheet<br /> </font> Please see the list of topics below and use the research methods discussed in class to choose three possible topics for research. Remember: Your first choice may be snagged by another student--each topic may have only one pro and one con writer. _____________________________________________________________________________ <p>�</p> <h2 align="center"><font color="#cc0000">�Research Paper Topics</font></h2> <p>�</p> <p> <table width="653" border="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td width="471"> <p align="left"><b>Topic</b></p></td> <td width="90"> <p align="left"><b>Con</b></p></td> <td width="70"> <p align="left"><b>Pro</b></p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Affirmative Action </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Banning Alcohol Advertising on Broadcast Television </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Capital Punishment </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�Corrine F.</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�Brian T.</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Cloning </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p> <p align="left">Heather L.</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p> <p align="left">�Andrew P.���</p> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Doctor-Assisted Suicide </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">Geri M.</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p> <p align="left">Jordan G.</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Global Warming Preventions </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p> <p align="left">�Alyssa D.</p> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�Colby C.</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Government Regulations and/or Restrictions on Media Marketed Toward Children and Young Adults<br></br></font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Gun Control <br></br></font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�Amber M.</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Juvenile Offenders Tried as Adults </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p> <p align="left">�Stephanie D.</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p> <p align="left">Kaitlyn J.</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Mandatory Community Service Requirements for All High School Students</font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Regulation of Music Distribution Through the Internet</font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Stem Cell Research </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�Jake W.</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Use of Steroids or Performance- Enhancing Drugs in Professional Sports </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�Eisha V.</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Year-Round Schooling</font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Raising the Speed Limit on Connecticut State Highways</font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Reforms/Modifications of Immigration Laws </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">Abbie M.</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left"><font face="Times" color="purple" size="2">Reinstatement of the Draft </font></p></td> <td> <p align="left">�Dan H.</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td></tr> <tr> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td> <p align="left">�</p></td> <td></td></tr></tbody></table></p> <p>Research Paper Resources:</p> <a href="&quot;http://docs.google.com/View?docid=dxq7z9r_45gfzr6n&quot;"> Words that Introduce Quotes or Phrases </a> _____________________________________________________________________________ _ _____________________________________________________________________________ _</body> Links Section Title:
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