Citizenship and Constitution Essay

Write an essay explaining how the Constitution and its European influences support the modern concept of American citizenship and citizens rights and responsibilities. This essay will demonstrate your understanding of the origins of American government and democracy. In the process, you will be able to use primary sources to support your ideas. Be sure to cite evidence from the Constitution and at least two of the following: John Locke’s Two Treaties of Government, the English Bill of Rights, Baron de Montesquieu’s The Spirit of Laws, and Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s The Social Contract.

Paragraph 1 -introduction of founding documents, citizenship, and thesis statement

Paragraph 2 – source 1 and relationship to citizens’ rights and/or responsibilities

Paragraph 3 – source 2 and relationship to citizens’ rights and/or responsibilities

Paragraph 4 – source 3 and relationship to citizens’ rights and/or responsibilities

Paragraph 5 – conclusion

Explore the ways in which Maya Angelou creates a sense of voice as she writes about an important lunch engagement she had with her mother and its consequences.

Explore the ways in which Maya Angelou creates a sense of voice as she writes about an important lunch engagement she had with her mother and its consequences.

In your answer you must consider linguistic and literary features, drawing upon your knowledge of genre conventions and context.

Use the following terms/concepts:

Register/Tenor

Gallicism

Sentence types

Comic effects and humour

Lexis

Field

Direct speech

Irony

Metonymy

Narrative techniques

Structure/focus of each paragraph

Genre conventions

Explore the following contextual factors:

Americanisms

Generational gap/conflict

Civil Rights movement

America in the 1970s

the text is mom and me. page 12 to 13.

The Science of Scientific Writing

Write a brief reflection on “The Science of Scientific Writing.”

You can consider the following questions: What did you think when you read the paper? Did it relate to your past experiences? Do you agree? Was the reading helpful? Why or why not?

Since this is a reflection, the idea is for you to write about your opinions. Therefore, you do not have to answer all (or any) of the questions above.