ntroduction assignment 1. First, before reading the samples below: What is the purpose of the introduction for the reader? What should your goals be as a writer? 2. Please review the below examples and determine (for each introduction): a. What is done well in each introduction to meet the upside-down triangle b. What could be done better in terms of the triangle 3. After evaluating each of the below examples, please answer the following: a. What makes a good hook? b. What is the purpose of context? c. Which of the introductions most clearly establishes the order of the paper (meaning, which introduction best establishes what they will discuss in the paper)? Introduction Samples A. In today's world people are becoming more and more cautious regarding the carbon footprint that they are leaving, but sometimes what they think is helping can actually be hurting our environment further. In James McWilliams article The Locavore Myth, issues regarding buying local food to help the environment is reviewed and disputed. The paper is finished by offering the best solution to reducing a person's carbon footprint. While McWilliams touches on some very good points about why the Locavore theory is a myth, he spends too much time in this area, therefor missing the opportunity to further inform people as to how they can actually reduce their footprint. B. Have you ever received treatment in a hospital or doctor's office? If so, you were most likely receiving care from a nurse. Nursing professionals provide care to patients who are extremely sick and are unable to care for themselves. In order for nurses to provide vigilant care and empathy, the nurses have to be healthy themselves. Unfortunately, a nurses' health is put on the line every day they are working. They are faced with physical risks, infectious diseases, and environmental hazards. "In 2001, U.S. registered nurses (RNs) had 108,000 work related MSDs [musculoskeletal injuries and disorders] involving lost work time, a rate similar to construction workers" (Pope, et al 1995). Along the lines of infectious diseases, "[i]t is estimated that each year more than 1,000 health care workers will contract a serious infection, such as hepatitis B or C virus or HIV" (Pope, et al 1995). The chemicals used in healthcare, which nurses are exposed to, have been proven to be dangerous to the human body, creating a toxic environment if inhaled or created contact (Pope, et al 1995). Nursing professionals are exposed to environmental hazards, infectious diseases and an excessive amount of physical contact with patients, thus, allowing them to become injured on the job hindering the care they are able to provide to their patients. In order to protect the health and safety of nurses, they should become more aware of these potential hazards and how they can be avoided. C. The green movement is a global phenomenon that many people participate in, unknowing of its consequences. However, the good intentions of the movement are negatively affecting the Earth, and consumerism is prohibiting positive change. In the editorial, Buying into the Green Movement, Alex Williams explains how an eco-friendly fad influences individuals and economic behavior. On the contrary to common belief that the green fad is improving the environment, Williams believes consumerism is destroying it, and to mend the problem people should be purchasing fewer products instead; however, individual participation in a minimalistic lifestyle is not enough to save the planet. D. We love to discuss topics we're comfortable with, but what happens when we're confronted with ones we're not? Whether it's what the Kardashians are up to, who drafted Damian Jones, or the displaced Syrian population-we all make an effort to stay current in today's plethora of current events. In order to avoid awkward or even socially disagreeable situations, we skim through news headlines and Twitter feeds to have enough background knowledge of a background of topics to pass as "culturally literate". New York Times Journalist Karl Taro Greenfeld's article "Faking Cultural Literacy" explains how consumers of information often regurgitate knowledge from secondary sources in order to appear informed about subjects foreign in reality (Greenfeld). Agreeably, faking our cultural literacy is necessary to appear socially intelligent and a positive way to become familiar in topics we don't know about. Nonetheless, faking our literacy can backfire-leading to undesirable social consequences

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Stances Your Response What surprised me? What did the author think I already knew? What in the text expected you to have some sort of prior knowledge? What changed, challenged or confirmed what I already knew? SignPosts Contrasts and Contradictions Extreme or absolute language (also include examples of fallacies) Logosnumbers and stats Ethoswhat do I know about the author/publisher, etc.? How has the author established credibility? Pathosare there examples? List and explain if they worked or not. Words and PhrasesI've put them here and also in my Language Log

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